Directed by Skye Borgman, the documentary Girl In The Picture: Crime in the Abyss tells the mysterious story of a kidnap victim who, despite herself, becomes the wife of her captor.
In Netflix’s long list of — often loathsome — documentaries, there are plenty of surprises. One of the most recent is The Girl in the Picture: Crime in the Abyss by Skye Borgman. A story worthy of the greatest thrillers and with multiple twists and turns. The film focuses on a strange, unknown case in France, the case of a young woman who has multiple identities and ends up in a butcher’s shop.
It all begins one evening in April 1990, when the body of a blonde haired stripper was found on the side of the road in Tulsa, Oklahoma. According to reports, the 21-year-old injured was hit by a car. She leaves a son, Michael. Authorities have identified her as Tonya Hughes.
All are suspicious of her husband, Clarence, a man described as strange and violent. This is a shock for the young woman’s friends and colleagues. For the police, this is the beginning of a long, unbelievable investigation.
Tonya Hughes or Sharon Marshall?
When investigators contact the mother, she reveals that her own daughter died a long time ago when she was still a child. Tonya Hughes is ultimately just one of many false names borrowed by the victim. The surprises continue four years later when his face appears on television. A former classmate this time recognizes her friend… Sharon Marshall. She remembers him and her abusive father, Warren Marshall.
Tonya Hughes / Sharon Marshall in her teenage years.
It’s really the same person. Only Sharon – aka Tonya – is the victim of the butcher who kidnapped her when she was 4 years old. This man first becomes her father – Warren Marshall – before deciding years later to become her husband – Clarence Hughes.
The prisoner, a young woman, has no choice but to follow her captor. In order not to go unnoticed, they move around and change their identities by taking the names fixed on the graves in the cemeteries. A way for them not to take away the identities of people who are still alive.
Girl In The Picture – a title that refers to this photo of the victim, a child, sitting on her captor’s lap – pays tribute to this woman, whose real name was Susan Marie Sevakis. Director Skye Borgman – who has already signed on to make the documentary Abducted In Plain Sight, which is also available on Netflix – does not deliver a sensationalist and voyeuristic film. He decides, instead, to do him justice by telling his story.
The girl in the picture: deep guilt Available on Netflix.
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