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Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)

| Documentary, Crime | 26 May 2017 (USA)
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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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Skye Borgman

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Jan Broberg, Mary Ann Broberg, Bob Broberg | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Jan Broberg ... Herself
Mary Ann Broberg Mary Ann Broberg ... Herself
Bob Broberg Bob Broberg ... Himself
Pete Welsh Pete Welsh ... Himself
Karen Campbell Karen Campbell ... Herself
Joe Berchtold Joe Berchtold ... Himself
Susan Broberg Susan Broberg ... Herself
Cor Hoffman Cor Hoffman ... Himself
Annette E. Belnap Annette E. Belnap ... Herself
Danielle Holjeson Danielle Holjeson ... Herself
Emily Kincaid ... Gail Berchtold
Devin Ordoyne ... Robert Berchtold
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James DuMont ... Lawyer
Sinclair DuMont ... Jan Broberg
Jon Jacobs Jon Jacobs ... District Attorney
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In 1974, 12-year-old Jan Broberg was abducted from a small community in Idaho. When Jan was returned 5 weeks later, she assured her parents and the courts that "nothing had happened"....enabling a pedophile to go free, and paving the way for Jan's second abduction and years of sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse. Written by Anonymous

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The Jan Broberg Story chronicles the bizarre abduction, rape & brainwashing of 12 year old Jan Broberg by her family's next door neighbor and closest friend, Robert Berchtold.

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 May 2017 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Forever B See more »

Filming Locations:

California, USA See more »

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Top Knot Films See more »
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16:9 HD
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I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
20 January 2019 | by SpacemanBob – See all my reviews

The story of an abduction or two. Involves a monster, a con artist, a master manipulator, naive parents, and a little girl. If this were fiction I'd have called it far fetched, but this is all too real. It's disturbing, shocking, maddening, and somehow strangely close to physically painful to watch. A well made film, the story moves quickly, there's no filler by any means.
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