Sep 26, 2022 · Between 1972 and 1976, Robert Berchtold groomed the Broberg family in order to get closer to their 12-year-old daughter Jan — who he eventually abducted and married.

Nov 10, 2023 · Robert Berchtold abducted 12-year-old Jan Broberg twice in the early 1970s. He befriended the Broberg family and manipulated them into allowing him to have a friendship …

Nov 7, 2022 · Robert Berchtold allegedly committed horrendous crimes — and supposedly no one stopped him, despite a seeming plethora of evidence against him. The almost unbelievable, …

Dec 20, 2022 · Some people know him as Robert or "B," but he was Bob or Dad to me. He was a salesman and my mother had contacted him about purchasing a traveling franchise.

The documentary covers the kidnappings of Jan Broberg, an Idaho child who was abducted by her neighbor Robert Berchtold in the 1970s on two occasions. [1] It contains interview footage …

Oct 7, 2022 · Who is Robert Berchtold’s Family? Although Robert (or B) was born on February 7, 1936, around Tremonton, Utah, he primarily grew up across the Mountain West region …

Robert Berchtold was a man whose name became synonymous with one of the most disturbing criminal cases of the 1970s. Known for his manipulative and deceptive nature, Berchtold …

Oct 18, 2025 · It's been 51 years since Jan Broberg was first kidnapped by Robert Berchtold, a man she considered to be a "second father." Jan was missing for weeks, and though she was …

Though he abducted Jan Broberg twice in the 1970s, Robert Berchtold largely escaped punishment. Decades later, he died by suicide while facing separate charges.

Berchtold killed himself at age 69 on Nov. 11, 2005. At the time of his death, he had just gone to court and was found guilty of simple assault, criminal trespassing, and disorderly conduct after …