Colleen Stan just wanted to hitchhike to a friends birthday party when she was picked up by an innocuous looking couple, and their baby. Little did she know she would be kept in captivity in a small wooden structure for the next seven years...giving her the moniker the girl in the box. It's a harrowing tale of bravery....and survival. 

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