What Happened To Robert Berchtold? The 'A Friend Of The Family' Kidnapper Died In 2005

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What Happened To Robert Berchtold? The 'A Friend Of The Family' Kidnapper Died In 2005

Peacock’s A Friend of the Family revisits the harrowing true story of how Robert “B” Berchtold used sophisticated manipulation tactics to kidnap Jan Broberg not once, but twice in the 1970s. Played by Jake Lacy in the streaming dramatization, Berchtold exploited his Pocatello, Idaho, neighbors, the Brobergs, including parents Bob Broberg (Colin Hanks) and Mary Ann Broberg (Anna Paquin), in order to drive the family apart. Ultimately, he walked a…