Protagonist who spends three years obsessively searching for his girlfriend Diane after she vanishes at a gas station. He eventually tracks down her kidnapper, Barney Cousins, is drugged and buried alive, but is rescued by his girlfriend Rita. He kills Barney, accepts Diane's fate, and reunites with Rita.
Jeff confronts Barney directly upon learning he caused Diane's vanishing.
Romantic partners who begin a vacation together before the central tragedy occurs.
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