The movie was being filmed at the same time, in New Mexico, and right down the street, as 'Rust'. The cast and crew went to the memorial after the tragic shooting on the set of that film.
Clearly based on the unsolved mystery of two women with the same name being killed. One was in a car (parked near the railroad tracks) and set ablaze. Then about a week later, another woman was also killed. It remains an unsolved mystery to this very day.
John Slattery (director) and Jon Hamm (police chief Jordan Sanders) used to be in "Mad Men" playing respectively, Roger Sterling and Don Draper, both senior partners at the ad company that the series was about.
Gabriela Alicia Ortega's first nude scene.