<P> Once back home, Stan studied for an accounting degree, married, and had a daughter . She also joined an organization to help abused women . Both she and Janice have changed their last names and continue to live in California, but with no communication . </P> <P> The case and its core elements of an invisible conspiracy used to coerce the victim into servitude and long periods of confinement has formed the basis for several episodes of television crime series, including Criminal Minds (episode "The Company", season seven), Ghost Whisperer (episode "Ball & Chain", season four), and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (episode "Slaves", season one). It was also profiled in the 2008 episode "Kidnapped" of Investigation Discovery series Wicked Attraction . A 2012 episode of SyFy series Paranormal Witness, "The Apartment", told the story of the disappearance of Marie Spannhake, and includes a cameo mention of Stan's kidnapping . The case was also mentioned in passing during an episode of Waking the Dead (episode "Fugue States", part 1, season 4). It was also documented in the book Perfect Victim: The True Story of the Girl in the Box (1989) by prosecutor Christine McGuire and Carla Norton, and referenced in Kathy Reichs' novel Monday Mourning (2004). </P> <P> In 1996, American rock band Elysian Fields released a song titled "Jack in the Box" for their debut studio album, Bleed Your Cedar, which was made available for purchase that same year . Its lyrical content delves into Stan's experience of being imprisoned by Cameron in the box under the bed he shared with his wife, and alludes to the power he had over her . The case inspired the name for Richard Ramirez's Texas experimental noise group Black Leather Jesus . In 2012, a short opera piece composed by Patrik Jarlestam and Jonas Bernander was based on the kidnapping, and premiered in Stockholm, Sweden under the name of Den 4444: e dagen (The 4444th day). Additionally, the main plot of The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) was based on this case . An updated version of Stan's story, Colleen Stan, The Simple Gifts of Life by Jim Green, was published in 2009 . On September 10, 2016, a television movie based on the case titled Girl in the Box premiered on Lifetime Network; the movie was followed by a two - hour documentary called Colleen Stan: Girl in the Box . </P>

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