Someone is killing beautiful, young hipsters in East L.A. But while the bloody trail is cold for the super-apathetic detectives "investigating" the murders, Charlie, a crime scene cleaner with a penchant for Sherlockian deduction begins finding some unusual clues in the demo CDs of indie bands left behind at the murder sites. It's a cinematic goldmine for Wallace and Roger, the out-of-luck filmmakers working as freelance crime scene videographers for the police homicide department. They hatch the idea to begin filming Charlie as he cracks the case and actually begins solving the murders for what they think will be their career-breaking masterpiece, and maybe the most bizarre film-noir documentary ever made.