Girl in the Picture
A young mother’s mysterious death and her son’s subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman’s true identity, and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all.
- Released:
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Crime, Documentaries
- Stars: Natalie De Vincentiis, Mark Chinnery, Sarah French, Dana Mackin, Meg Schimelpfenig, Robert Christopher Smith
- Director: Skye Borgman
Comments
- leiram45 - 7 June 2024
A sad, tragic story; and it's good that it's being told
A woman believed to be a victim of hit-and-run dies in a hospital, leaving behind her husband and son. A simple call to her mother triggers a domino of suspicions, tragedies, and revelations that almost always only happen in fiction.
As a documentary, this was well done. All the interviews offered something new to the whole story and none felt like a filler. This story has a lot of details and "chapters"; it could have been confusing, but, fortunately, it was not, and the creators of this documentary deserve commendation for presenting the different information in a very organized way.
The story covered in this documentary touches on a lot of things-parenting, friendship, job dedication, family, community. There are lessons and reminders to take here. There are lives, that although short, should be told and remembered.
Who is she? What's her story? What are the secrets behind that picture? Different people from different careers got together to answer those questions. A well done documentary of a moving story. - pattie_cakes - 2 January 2023
More unraveling and heartbreaking from start to end
This documentary came up as a suggested watch on my tv service. I figured I would give it a go, something to entertain during a late night first day of the new year watch.
Boy, did I get into something so heart wrenching and sad before I even knew it.
I looked at the tv, without my focused view missing the screen for every last minute of this documentary. Except when I paused to get up and collect my thoughts.
This poor woman, her story, her potential, then it just unravelled in front of my eyes like a broken glass filled fruit by the foot. It kept giving, but not anything good...just the heartbreaking truth and more hurt and sadness. Sadness towards this woman, her son, daughter, and her real family. I could add even more, but I can't because the sadness is too real.
This is one of the _____ (I leave it blank for my heart can't even describe it) documentaries that I have ever watched. I say that with a heavy heart because it's also one of the worst I have ever watched.
Rest in peace to those who were lost in this heartbreaking story. I hope to never see anything as sad as this ever again. - BigChris777 - 30 August 2022
Tragic. Beautiful.
This is an excellent documentary, beautifully and respectfully told. The truth is unfathomable and brutal and it is told without the sensationalism or embellishments so often found in such true crime pieces. The pacing is spot on. Tragic and chilling, with increasing layers of deception and sadness unfolding that would be too much were this fiction. But this is also a tender tribute to the human spirit and to a promising life cut terribly short.
The only thing missing perhaps would be a deeper insight into the forces that shaped the perpetrator - we're offered an intriguing glimpse - and how he escaped detection for so long. - destiny_west - 31 July 2022
Just Wow
I can't recommend this documentary enough.
As it unfolds before your eyes you will be continually gobsmacked at how evil a man can be.
This documentary is so well put together, and keeps you watching. I wasn't even half way through and I was texting all my friends to tell them to watch it.
Netflix do deliver with great true crime documentaries and the Girl in the Picture definitely delivers.
I had never heard about this case before.
Very sad and got me intrigued to find out more.
Definitely well worth the watch.
