UNITED STATES
Forbes
March 9, 2019
By Sarah Aswell
As millions of viewers watch the crime documentary Abducted in Plain Sight on Netflix, the overwhelming response is shock and disbelief. How could this have possibly happened? How in the world could a man abduct the same child twice? And then not face consequences for it?
As the story unfolds, these questions aren’t completely answered in a satisfying way – even filmmaker Skye Borgman told Vanity Fair that the family’s explanations of the events frustrated her so much that she had to take a six-week break from making the movie.
But there’s one explanation for the outrageous tale that isn’t fully explored in the film (and Borgman herself agrees): the role that faith, religion, and the Mormon church played in the kidnappings, not only when it comes to perpetrator Robert “B” Berchtold’s actions, but also the actions of victim Jan Broberg and her family.
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