'A Friend of the Family': What Jan Broberg Says About Getting Abducted and Sharing Her Story (Exclusive)
. Not only that, but that man – Robert “B” Berchtold – manipulated her family, driving a wedge between her parents, Bob and Mary Ann, who couldn’t fathom that their charismatic neighbor would upend their lives. It’s a harrowing saga that is almost too wild to believe, but it happened the same way it could have happened to anyone else. And that’s why Broberg, who serves as producer alongside her mother, wanted to bring this cautionary tale to the screen. “We were a loving, trusting, educated family.