Lifetime Teams Up with Elizabeth Smart for New Movie on Tanya Kach, Who Was Held Captive by School Security Guard

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'Beyond the Headlines: The Tanya Kach Story' is being executive produced by Elizabeth Smart and will premiere on Lifetime this summer

<p>A + E</p> Robert Baker and Jordyn Ashley Olsen in The Tanya Kach Story.

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Robert Baker and Jordyn Ashley Olsen in The Tanya Kach Story.

Tanya Kach survived a decade of being locked in the cramped closet and bedroom of her middle school security guard, who kidnapped her when she was just 14.

Kach’s harrowing ordeal is now the focus of Lifetime’s upcoming Ripped from the Headlines movie, The Girl Locked Upstairs: The Tanya Kach Story, starring Robert Baker and Jordyn Ashley Olson.

Premiering this summer, the movie chronicles the shocking story of how Kach was groomed in 1995 by school security guard Tom Hose, who lured her to his McKeesport, Pa., home after grooming her at school.

<p>Rob Johnson for Warner Bros Discovery, Inc</p> Tanya Kach

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Tanya Kach

For the next 10 years, Hose held her captive and sexually abused her. During that time, he locked her in his bedroom and threatened to kill her and her family if she resisted or fled.

Years into her ordeal, Hose allowed her to start working part-time at a local convenience store. That's when she found the courage to escape. The upcoming movie focusing on Kach's captivity and eventual escape will be executive produced by Elizabeth Smart.

Related: Tanya Kach Was Kidnapped at Age 14 and Held Captive for a Decade. She Says Her Dad Partially Blamed Her

A child safety advocate and author, Smart first gained national recognition in June 2002 when she was abducted from her Salt Lake City home at 14.

Related: Kidnapping Survivor Elizabeth Smart on Jayme Closs Abduction: 'This Family Has Gone Through Hell'

Lifetime documented her kidnapping in I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017), which she produced. In 2011, she founded the Elizabeth Smart Foundation to combat sexual violence. Smart has also published two best sellers: My Story (2013) and Where There's Hope (2018).

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In the new Lifetime documentary, Smart is shown meeting Kach, who opens up to her about the horrors of her captivity, as well as the victim-blaming she experienced in the aftermath of her daring escape.

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