Janice Morgan
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She was determined to get away from him. That, Karen thinks, is how Tanya ended up in a coma. She tried to escape her husband, and it all went wrong. The staff tells Karen she needs to take her suspicions to the police. But then, Clarence shows up. Karen leaves before he sees her. Clarence is in and out of the hospital for the next few days. Tanya's condition appears to be improving.
She was determined to get away from him. That, Karen thinks, is how Tanya ended up in a coma. She tried to escape her husband, and it all went wrong. The staff tells Karen she needs to take her suspicions to the police. But then, Clarence shows up. Karen leaves before he sees her. Clarence is in and out of the hospital for the next few days. Tanya's condition appears to be improving.
Then, it takes a nosedive. She's put on life support. Clarence visits one evening, and when Karen comes the next day, Tanya has died. Clarence asks for his wife's organs to be donated and her body cremated. He doesn't even want a funeral. And when a medical examiner performs an autopsy on Tanya's remains... he finds something very suspicious.
Then, it takes a nosedive. She's put on life support. Clarence visits one evening, and when Karen comes the next day, Tanya has died. Clarence asks for his wife's organs to be donated and her body cremated. He doesn't even want a funeral. And when a medical examiner performs an autopsy on Tanya's remains... he finds something very suspicious.
The medical examiner finds that Tanya Hughes suffered blunt force trauma to the back of her head. That's how her brain was bruised. Like doctors suspected, the injury isn't consistent with a hit-and-run accident. Instead, her death is ruled a homicide. Police in Oklahoma City start investigating in May of 1990.
The medical examiner finds that Tanya Hughes suffered blunt force trauma to the back of her head. That's how her brain was bruised. Like doctors suspected, the injury isn't consistent with a hit-and-run accident. Instead, her death is ruled a homicide. Police in Oklahoma City start investigating in May of 1990.
Their first person of interest is Tanya's husband, Clarence, so authorities go to the Hughes home in Tulsa. It looks like Clarence has already skipped town, but someone is still nearby, Tanya's son, Michael. Authorities learned that Clarence placed two-year-old Michael in temporary foster care on May 1st. He said he would return to pick up the boy, who he claimed was his child, in a week.
Their first person of interest is Tanya's husband, Clarence, so authorities go to the Hughes home in Tulsa. It looks like Clarence has already skipped town, but someone is still nearby, Tanya's son, Michael. Authorities learned that Clarence placed two-year-old Michael in temporary foster care on May 1st. He said he would return to pick up the boy, who he claimed was his child, in a week.
But Clarence never came back to get him. Michael's currently living with a foster family in Choctaw, about 20 miles outside of Oklahoma City, and he displays signs of serious emotional distress. He cries constantly. He won't sleep or talk. In fact, at two years old, it seems Michael has never learned to speak. He's clearly traumatized.
But Clarence never came back to get him. Michael's currently living with a foster family in Choctaw, about 20 miles outside of Oklahoma City, and he displays signs of serious emotional distress. He cries constantly. He won't sleep or talk. In fact, at two years old, it seems Michael has never learned to speak. He's clearly traumatized.
But just as police are learning about Michael, they get a call that changes everything. It's an insurance agent. He says a man by the name of Clarence Hughes just attempted to cash out two life insurance policies on his wife, Tanya. They were worth a total of $80,000, but receiving payment required him to provide his social security number.
But just as police are learning about Michael, they get a call that changes everything. It's an insurance agent. He says a man by the name of Clarence Hughes just attempted to cash out two life insurance policies on his wife, Tanya. They were worth a total of $80,000, but receiving payment required him to provide his social security number.
When he did, the agent realized the number didn't match with the name Clarence Hughes. It belonged to someone else. It appears Clarence had been using a fake identity. His real name? Franklin Delano Floyd. The police were already suspicious of this so-called Clarence.
When he did, the agent realized the number didn't match with the name Clarence Hughes. It belonged to someone else. It appears Clarence had been using a fake identity. His real name? Franklin Delano Floyd. The police were already suspicious of this so-called Clarence.
Knowing his real name only makes them more concerned because Franklin Delano Floyd has a rap sheet that would send a shiver down anyone's spine. He ran away from his rural Georgia home at 15 and started racking up criminal offenses. At 16, he was taken into custody for breaking into a Sears store. Over the coming years, he was arrested for an attempted prison escape and for robbing a bank.
Knowing his real name only makes them more concerned because Franklin Delano Floyd has a rap sheet that would send a shiver down anyone's spine. He ran away from his rural Georgia home at 15 and started racking up criminal offenses. At 16, he was taken into custody for breaking into a Sears store. Over the coming years, he was arrested for an attempted prison escape and for robbing a bank.
His crimes became increasingly violent and predatory. At one point, he was convicted of child molestation. In January 1973, Floyd was out on parole when he tried to kidnap a woman from a gas station. She escaped and Floyd was arrested, but he posted bail and skipped town. He's been on the run using various pseudonyms ever since. That's 17 years as a fugitive.
His crimes became increasingly violent and predatory. At one point, he was convicted of child molestation. In January 1973, Floyd was out on parole when he tried to kidnap a woman from a gas station. She escaped and Floyd was arrested, but he posted bail and skipped town. He's been on the run using various pseudonyms ever since. That's 17 years as a fugitive.
Now police suspect him of Tonya Hughes's murder, and they're determined to track him down. It takes six weeks, but authorities eventually find Floyd living in a trailer in Augusta, Georgia. They arrest him on a fugitive warrant and put him back in prison for the 1973 attempted kidnapping. However, he's not charged with the murder of his wife.
Now police suspect him of Tonya Hughes's murder, and they're determined to track him down. It takes six weeks, but authorities eventually find Floyd living in a trailer in Augusta, Georgia. They arrest him on a fugitive warrant and put him back in prison for the 1973 attempted kidnapping. However, he's not charged with the murder of his wife.