After robbing a house, the criminals Leann Netherwood and John Netherwood stumble with the police and they need to flee, leaving their six year-old daughter Janie behind. Janie is sent for adoption and the photographer Dana Clifton and husband, the architect Russell Clifton, adopt her and give love to the traumatized girl. Meanwhile Leann and John begin a crime spree trying to find their daughter to take her back.