In November 2009, a 27-year-old Florida woman named Marcela Borges was confronted by four masked, armed strangers at her Winter Garden home. The intruders barged their way inside and took hostage the two-months-pregnant Borges, as well as her husband Rubens Laureano Morais and their 5-year-old son Ryan, for three torturous days, demanding an exorbitant sum of money for ransom for the family's freedom. That home invasion is, terrifyingly, a true story and one that serves as the basis for Lifetime's newest thriller, Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story, as part of the network's "Ripped from the Headlines" series.
Premiering tonight, January 11 at 8pm Eastern Time on Lifetime, the true crime flick stars Orange is the New Black alum Dascha Polanco as Marcela Borges, with Johnathan Sousa playing Rubens and Alessio Andrada as Ryan. The film's official synopsis reads: "A pregnant Marcela Borges and her family face terror when armed intruders demand $200,000 from their Florida home. With no access to such funds, Marcela must make critical decisions to protect her loved ones from the violent captors."
