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Jan 15, 2019 · With Jan Broberg, Bob Broberg, Mary Ann Broberg, Susan Broberg. The twisting, turning, stranger-than-fiction true story of the Brobergs, a naive, church-going Idaho family that fell under the spell of a sociopathic neighbor with designs on their twelve-year-old daughter.
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- Documentary, Crime
- Skye Borgman
- 2019-01-15
Abducted in Plain Sight, also known as Forever B, is a 2017 true crime documentary film directed by Skye Borgman. The documentary covers the kidnappings of Jan Broberg, an Idaho child who was abducted by her neighbor Robert Berchtold in the 1970s on two occasions. [1] It contains interview footage with Broberg.
- The First Abduction
- The Second Abduction
- Her Parents’ Role
- Where Are They Now?
In October 1974, Berchtold took 12-year-old Jan on what was supposed to be a one-day horseback riding trip. They didn’t return — but since her parents didn’t believe Berchtold would harm their daughter, they didn’t report her missing for days. After taking her, Berchtold drugged Jan and strapped her down in the back of the motorhome he was driving ...
The marriage between Jan and Berchtold was annulled upon the duo’s return to the U.S., and Berchtold was charged with kidnapping. He only received a 45-day sentence, and ultimately he served only 10 days of jail time. Meanwhile, the sexual abuse continued — though by then, Jan says in the film, she believed she was in love with “B.” When Jan went m...
Many viewers have expressed outrage at how Mary Ann and Bob Broberg turned a blind eye to their daughter’s abuse. They waited three days to report Jan missing when she first disappeared in 1974; they allowed her to sleep in bed with Berchtold; and the film states that they signed affidavits, after the first kidnapping, agreeing not to press charges...
Bob Broberg died in 2018; he and Mary Ann remained married until then. Jan Broberg went on to become a successful actor, appearing in TV shows like Everwood, which ran on The WB, and appearing in films like Chasing Bullitt. Vanity Fairreports she currently lives in Utah, where she works as the executive director of a local theater. Jan has been out...
- Laura Barcella
Feb 7, 2019 · The new Netflix documentary Abducted in Plain Sight is a bewildering account of one girl’s kidnapping by a family friend.
Feb 14, 2019 · It chronicles the peculiar kidnapping case of Jan Broberg, an Idaho teenager who was abducted by her decades-older neighbor Robert Berchtold in the 1970s. But Berchtold—known as “B”—did ...
In this true crime documentary, a family falls prey to the manipulative charms of a neighbor, who abducts their adolescent daughter. Twice. Watch trailers & learn more.
Abducted in Plain Sight 2017 1h 31m Documentary Crime Drama List 74% Tomatometer 23 Reviews 75% Audience Score 250+ Ratings In 1974 a 12-year-old girl is abducted from a small church-going ...
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- Documentary, Crime, Drama
