Where Are Stephen and Jennifer Pandos's Parents Now?

An HBO documentary concerning the 1987 disappearance of 15 year-old Jennifer Pandos has a few twists. Police long-suspected her parents had been involved.

True crime is a saturated style, with content working the gamut of prestigious to predatory. Oftentimes the tales are guided by means of an outdoor source who at absolute best is trying to assist and at worst, is the use of any person's trauma as a jumping-off level for popularity. In HBO's docuseries Burden of Proof, the weight lies with Stephen Pandos whose sister Jennifer Pandos disappeared from their formative years house in February 1987.

All that remained used to be a cryptic observe written through Jennifer, as well as many years of grief and frustration.

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In an effort to soothe this, or in all probability to gain some kind of keep an eye on over the location, Stephen embarked on an eight-year journey in conjunction with documentary director Cynthia Hill (What Happened, Brittany Murphy?).

At the time, he was estranged from each his parents whose lives have been destroyed when their daughter vanished. It didn't help that police suspected they had one thing to do with it. Where are Stephen and Jennifer Pandos's parents now? Here's what we all know.

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Where are Stephen and Jennifer Pandos's parents now?

At the beginning of the documentary, Stephen says that he has "reached out to an attorney to see if he could sue them for the death of his sister." Part of his suspicion is based on lies he claims he is been fed for 22 years since Jennifer disappeared. His parents, Ron and Margie Pandos, are neatly acutely aware of the truth that their son lengthy believed they are hiding one thing.

However, in the strategy of filming the sequence, Stephen begins to have doubts.

Stephen and Jennifer's youth was marked through violent outbursts from their father, who suffered from PTSD after returning house from the Vietnam War. It was a terrifying emotional and physical place to be in. Stephen displays on the truth that a few of his ideals are fueled through the deep rage he has towards his father.

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Margie is described as "stoic." She does not have any answers for Stephen, which drives a wedge additional between them. She and Ron divorced within the '90s along with her ex-husband telling Margie he "never wanted to speak to her again."

Wrapped up in Stephen's anger with Ron, is resentment for a mom who could not help him then and apparently refuses to assist him now. By the end of the sequence, something does trade for Stephen and his mom. Ron is a distinct tale.

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Why did documentary filmmaker Cynthia Hill wish to inform this story?

Directory Cynthia Hill instructed Variety that once receiving a message from Stephen by the use of LinkedIn in 2016, she concept to herself, "There must be a story there." By that time, Stephen had already spent years looking to uncover what took place to Jennifer. He wanted a new method to assist her.

"What drew me to the story was this emotional rollercoaster that Stephen had already been on and that he was continuing to be on," Cynthia advised the hole.

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Stephen already believed his father had something to do with it, and this concept was undoubtedly supported by the case recordsdata they'd access to. Because of this, they opted to shift the focus clear of making this a traditional whodunit-style film.

"It was more about trying to just witness this destruction of this family and how you come out of that," Cynthia added.

Cynthia references a twist that adjustments the process the documentary, and perhaps a couple of minds. A lot can occur in 8 years, however a lot more can occur within the 35 years since Jennifer was closing seen.

Stream Burden of Proof on HBO now.

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