Plot Synopsis

In 1977, 20 year-old experienced hitchhiker Colleen Stan doesn't think twice when she jumps in the car of young couple, Cameron and Janice Hooker for a ride to visit friends. But the life she knows is completely ripped away when the couple abducts her and takes her to their isolated trailer in Red Bluff, California where Cameron tortures and rapes her with Janice watching. For the next seven years, Colleen, who is renamed Kay by her captors, is imprisoned for up to 23 hours a day, in a coffin-sized box, and hidden beneath their bed. Only allowed to be out of the box to babysit the Hooker's kids or to satisfy Cameron's bizarre and extreme sexual fantasies. Her captor convinces her that she is being watched by a powerful organization known as 'The Company' that will kill her and her family if she ever tried to escape. Janice reaches her breaking point in 1984 when Cameron starts talking about taking more sex slaves. She finally decides to leave him and eventually notifies the authorities of Colleen's kidnapping. In 1985 Cameron Hooker is convicted of kidnapping and rape and was given a 104-year sentence. Immediately following the premiere of the film, the two-part special "Colleen Stan: The Girl in the Box," which documents the real-life story of Colleen Stan, will air at 10pm ET/PT. Featuring news footage and interviews with first-hand accounts from Stan and police officials, the docu-special takes viewers through Stan's journey to a new life.