The narrative follows the Broberg family—parents Bob and Mary Ann and their daughters—as they welcome a charismatic new neighbor, , into their inner circle. Berchtold uses a sophisticated campaign of grooming and manipulation to infiltrate the family, eventually exploiting the parents' trust and religious devotion to isolate Jan.
The story titled is a chilling dramatization of the real-life experience of Jan Broberg , a young girl from a sheltered Mormon community in 1970s Idaho who was kidnapped twice by a trusted neighbor. The Plot Summary Friend of the Family