{"id":98007,"date":"2025-04-11T14:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=98007"},"modified":"2025-04-11T14:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:27:25","slug":"lifetime-greenlights-new-ripped-from-the-headlines-movie-kidnapped-by-a-killer-the-heather-robinson-story-starring-steve-guttenberg-jana-kramer-and-rachel-stubington-premiering-june-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/11\/lifetime-greenlights-new-ripped-from-the-headlines-movie-kidnapped-by-a-killer-the-heather-robinson-story-starring-steve-guttenberg-jana-kramer-and-rachel-stubington-premiering-june-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime Greenlights New &#8220;Ripped from the Headlines&#8221; Movie &#8220;Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story&#8221; Starring Steve Guttenberg, Jana Kramer and Rachel Stubington Premiering June 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_98008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98008\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-98008 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Heather-Robinson-4-11-2025-00027.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Heather-Robinson-4-11-2025-00027.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Heather-Robinson-4-11-2025-00027-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Stubington as Heather Robinson in Lifetime&#8217;s <em>Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lifetime announces the greenlight of the new original<em> Ripped from the Headlines<\/em> movie, <em><strong>Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story<\/strong><\/em>, starring Steve Guttenberg (<em>How to Murder Your Husband, Ballers<\/em>), Jana Kramer (<em>A Cowboy Christmas Romance, One Tree Hill<\/em>), and Rachel Stubington (<em>Shrinking<\/em>). Based on the true story of Heather Robinson, who was abducted as a baby and raised by the family of a serial killer who was convicted of murdering her mother, the movie is set to premiere Saturday, June 7 @ 8\/7 c.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Robinson (Stubington) grew up in a loving family in Illinois and, by the time she was a teen, had long known that she had been adopted as an infant by her parents. But in 2000, the then-15-year-old&#8217;s world was shattered when she learned that the man she knew as her uncle, John Robinson (Guttenberg), was actually a serial killer accused of murdering multiple women in the Kansas City area, including her biological mother. After her uncle&#8217;s arrest, Heather learns the shocking truth about her birth mother&#8217;s disappearance. 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