Doctor Franklin is a well-respected doctor who works at the local insane asylum.One night,he gets into a fight with his live-in girlfriend;Nancy Walker.The fight escalates until Doctor Franklin pulls out a gun and kills Ms.Walker.Just as Doctor Franklin thinks he's going to get away with murder,he finds out that there was a "Lone Witness to a Murder";a witness to the murder that he committed,who watched the whole event.Naturally,this witness is the only person standing in his way of getting away with murder,little Carol Anne;the next-door neighbor's little girl,who he must now find a way to silence forever.