NETFLIX fans were left horrified and sobbing after watching new true crime film Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey.
Viewers expressed their outrage at how Lisa McVey was continually failed by so many people as the film told the story of the 17-year-old’s kidnap and rape by serial killer Bobby Joe Long.
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One Twitter user said that it was “infuriating” to see all the people that did not believe McVey’s ordeal act so condescendingly towards to her.
Another said that Lisa McVey showed “absolute mind-blowing bravery.”
Others admitted the footage left them “absolutely sobbing.”
The Netflix movie shows how officers, as well as Lisa’s own grandmother and her grandmother’s boyfriend, found Lisa’s story far-fetched.
watching the lisa mcvey documentary on netflix and it’s making my blood boil – she was failed by so many people
— _ (@hesafinelie) June 1, 2021
I watched Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey on Netflix and it was so harrowing. I can't even imagine what it must be like to live through that. I also had no idea she was suicidal before the kidnap.
— Denny (@IamLynetteDenny) June 1, 2021
Lisa suffered sexual and emotional abuse at the hands of her grandmother’s boyfriend, which led to her feeling suicidal before her abduction, but her harrowing ordeal gave her a new determination to survive.
McVey was kidnapped by Long on November 3rd 1984 as she cycled home from her job at a doughnut shop in the early hours of the morning.
Long held her at gunpoint for 26 hours and continually raped her, but Lisa’s calm demeanour and quick thinking meant that she was able to persuade Long to let her go and gather clues that would lead to his arrest.
Absolutely sobbing after watching “believe me- the abduction of lisa mcvey”
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(@2_whiteRabbit) June 1, 2021
