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Comment by missjean on May 5, 2009 at 8:55am

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Comment by Grace Flynn on March 23, 2009 at 11:24pm

Worth the time to read this blog posted below by missjean.

http://slightlydangerous.blogspot.com/2007/09/story-of-franklin-del...

Comment by missjean on March 23, 2009 at 10:29pm

bonheur du jour: the story of franklin delano floyd & suzanne davis

Comment by Gwen Johnson on March 21, 2009 at 3:46pm

It always frusterates me that we have so many very old cases that never really get resolution. What a wonderful story. Thank you so much for sharing this with us and I want to know more.

Comment by missjean on March 21, 2009 at 1:26pm

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Comment by Grace Flynn on March 21, 2009 at 11:20am

Hi Miss Jean,

Thank you so much for sharing this story with us! It is truly mind-boggling. How could this have happened? I just checked with our local Barnes & Noble and they do not have Matt Birkbeck's book in stock. I guess I'll have to order it online.

I did visit Matt's blog. This story is truly incredible. This poor young woman. i understand DNA tests are being waited upon to find out if Sharon is Christina Carter.

I would love to hear how you came to know Sharon's story and if her story has gripped your heart as it has mine. Also, I noticed at the beginning of your post you wrote "Crimes Discussion list." Do you belong to a Websleuths group?

Thinking of You Always,

Grace

Comment by missjean on March 20, 2009 at 10:30pm

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Comment by missjean on March 20, 2009 at 1:37am

Crimes Discussion list.
By her senior year, Sharon Marshall was among the top students in her class at Forest Park High School near Atlanta, Georgia. She was an avid reader, studied hard, served as a Lt. Colonel in the ROTC, and was focused on winning a full scholarship to Georgia Tech University, where she would study aerospace engineering. No one questioned why this was the fourth high school in the last year alone for this blonde, blue-eyed, and good-natured young woman.

Sharon Marshall's story is one of the most baffling cases in the annals of American law enforcement. Sharon's excellent behavior and grades kept anyone from examining the stranger aspects and conflicting stories of her personal life. She insisted that she arrive home by 4:30 PM every evening to cook, clean, and care for her ailing father. She told some her mother had died of cancer, and others she was killed in a car accident. The provocative clothes she wore did not match her wholesome persona. Sharon was carrying horrible secrets about the murderous felon predator she called her father. In truth, she knew little of her past, real parents, or the very different life she could have led.

She was unable to escape the man who raised her as his daughter. If Sharon made a friend, or if questions were raised about, the father and daughter they changed identities and moved - to Oklahoma City, Ok; Louisville, KY; Atlanta, GA; Phoenix, AZ; Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL, New Orleans, LA, and Tulsa, OK - keeping Sharon isolated. Later, Sharon had a baby boy, Michael, born into the reign of terror that seemed to have no end.

Before the Missing Children Act of 1982 was signed into law, missing children were not considered a government priority, and there was no national registry for local governments to share information about children lost and found. A dedicated FBI agent and law enforcement officials, reveal Sharon's story and the heinous crimes committed by her "father," Franklin Delano Floyd.

And thanks to the work of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, information has been discovered that could lead to Sharon's identity. If Sharon's story increases public awareness about the plight of the thousands of missing and exploited children reported each year, her tragic life will not have been in vain.

A Beautiful Child by Matt Birkbeck -- It's the true story of Sharon Marshall, a gifted student in Georgia in the 1980's who lived alone with her father, Warren. Only her name wasn't Sharon and Warren wasn't her father. He was a murderous felon named Franklin Delano Floyd who kidnapped Sharon when she was a toddler and raised her as his daughter. It's a truly remarkable story, one of the most bizarre in the anals of law enforcement