In 2002 , shortly after 9/11 , Ray Kasten ( Ejiofor ) , a counterterrorism agent for the FBI , and his friend Jessica " Jess " Cobb ( Roberts ) , an investigator for the Los Angeles district attorney 's office , meet new ADA Claire Sloan ( Kidman ) . Jess and Ray receive a call about an unknown female body found in a dumpster near a local mosque , which Ray has been investigating for possible terrorist links . At the crime scene , both are devastated to discover that the victim is Jess 's 18-year-old daughter , Carolyn ( Zoe Graham ) , whose body has been bleached inside and out to destroy DNA evidence of both rape and murder
9/11
September 11 attacks
Secret in Their Eyes