As Inside Edition reports, Tanya Nicole Kach wrote a book about her experiences entitled "Memoir of a Milk Carton Kid." Her story was told in a 2012 TV movie called "Captive: The Sex Slave Girl," per IMDb. 

WTAE-TV reports that in 2012, Kach's father and stepmother sued her for defamation, claiming that she made untrue statements in her memoir. Kach revealed that her happy reunion with her parents didn't last long — her father began to blame her for her own kidnapping, telling her, "You knew what you were doing." Kach said she replied, "Dad, I was 14."

Per Pittsburgh's Action News 4, Thomas Hose, now a registered sex offender, was released from prison in February 2022. He served a 15-year sentence. Kach, now 40 years old, was dismayed to hear Hose was now free and said, "It's not such a safe world anymore. ... Through all of these years, though, I have become very resilient. I am not just the victim. I am a survivor."

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