[1] Eric Wilson had left his native Ottawa in July 1978 in a Volkswagen camper on a trip to Boulder, Colorado.
The film focuses on how little help the various police forces were and is an indictment of the apathy and bureaucracy of the legal system on both sides of the border.
Raymond Hatch and Bertram Davis, hitchhikers Wilson had picked up, eventually confessed to the murder.
The long-time criminal and drifter Hatch, who had committed the murder, was sentenced to 26 years in prison, but was released after serving 13.
[3][1] In this film, Zaritsky broke new ground for documentaries by having the interview subjects recreate their actions for the camera.