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Janice Morgan

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Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

The Oklahoma City police keep investigating, but they can't find any concrete evidence linking Floyd to the crime. They do figure out that Tanya Hughes wasn't his wife's real name. She was also using a pseudonym. Tanya Hughes is none other than Sharon Marshall. However, at this point, authorities have no idea about her and Floyd's, aka Warren's, life in Florida.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

The Oklahoma City police keep investigating, but they can't find any concrete evidence linking Floyd to the crime. They do figure out that Tanya Hughes wasn't his wife's real name. She was also using a pseudonym. Tanya Hughes is none other than Sharon Marshall. However, at this point, authorities have no idea about her and Floyd's, aka Warren's, life in Florida.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

They don't know anything about Floyd's fights with Cheryl Camesso, the woman who reported Sharon to social services, then disappeared. And Floyd certainly isn't going to tell them. He's also not forthcoming with information about Michael. He insists he's the boy's biological father, but given his history, authorities don't trust him.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

They don't know anything about Floyd's fights with Cheryl Camesso, the woman who reported Sharon to social services, then disappeared. And Floyd certainly isn't going to tell them. He's also not forthcoming with information about Michael. He insists he's the boy's biological father, but given his history, authorities don't trust him.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

They tell Floyd the only way he'll ever regain custody of Michael is by submitting to a paternity test and proving he's Michael's dad. Floyd refuses the test for months until a court order forces him to comply. As police suspected, Michael is not Floyd's biological son, which means all Floyd's parental rights are immediately terminated.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

They tell Floyd the only way he'll ever regain custody of Michael is by submitting to a paternity test and proving he's Michael's dad. Floyd refuses the test for months until a court order forces him to comply. As police suspected, Michael is not Floyd's biological son, which means all Floyd's parental rights are immediately terminated.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

And since Floyd won't say a word about who actually fathered the boy, Michael remains in foster care. But Michael flourishes with his new foster family. He starts talking, calling his foster parents Mama and Daddy. The only remnants of his past life are his nightmares, the ones where he's locked in a dark room, crying out for his mother. But now he's in a safe place.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

And since Floyd won't say a word about who actually fathered the boy, Michael remains in foster care. But Michael flourishes with his new foster family. He starts talking, calling his foster parents Mama and Daddy. The only remnants of his past life are his nightmares, the ones where he's locked in a dark room, crying out for his mother. But now he's in a safe place.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Over the next couple of years, he grows into a happy, well-adjusted kid. Then, in March of 1993, after serving 33 months in prison, Floyd is released on parole. And he begins his search for Michael. It's Monday, September 12, 1994, just after 9 a.m. Franklin Delano Floyd walks into Indian Meridian Elementary School in Choctaw, Oklahoma. He asks for a meeting with the principal, James Davis.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Over the next couple of years, he grows into a happy, well-adjusted kid. Then, in March of 1993, after serving 33 months in prison, Floyd is released on parole. And he begins his search for Michael. It's Monday, September 12, 1994, just after 9 a.m. Franklin Delano Floyd walks into Indian Meridian Elementary School in Choctaw, Oklahoma. He asks for a meeting with the principal, James Davis.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

When Floyd sits down across from Davis, he says, I've been grieving for four years and I'm ready to die. I want you to help me get my son. Then he reaches into his pocket and shows the handle of a gun. Principal Davis knows his life is on the line, but even more importantly, so are the lives of his 500 students. He tries to stay calm. All he can do is follow Floyd's orders.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

When Floyd sits down across from Davis, he says, I've been grieving for four years and I'm ready to die. I want you to help me get my son. Then he reaches into his pocket and shows the handle of a gun. Principal Davis knows his life is on the line, but even more importantly, so are the lives of his 500 students. He tries to stay calm. All he can do is follow Floyd's orders.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Davis leads Floyd to Michael's first grade classroom. The principal asks the six-year-old to come to his office. When Michael steps into the hall, he realizes something's wrong. Even though he hasn't seen Franklin Delano Floyd in years, he remembers him. And he's terrified of him. Floyd forces them both out into the parking lot. He asks where Davis' car is.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Davis leads Floyd to Michael's first grade classroom. The principal asks the six-year-old to come to his office. When Michael steps into the hall, he realizes something's wrong. Even though he hasn't seen Franklin Delano Floyd in years, he remembers him. And he's terrified of him. Floyd forces them both out into the parking lot. He asks where Davis' car is.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

The principal points to a white Ford pickup truck. Floyd tells him to get in. Floyd settles into the passenger seat. Michael sits in the center. Principal Davis drives until Floyd directs him to stop in a nearby field. While Michael stays in the truck with the radio on, Floyd walks Davis into the woods. Floyd handcuffs him to a tree and duct tapes his mouth closed. But then, Floyd walks away.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

The principal points to a white Ford pickup truck. Floyd tells him to get in. Floyd settles into the passenger seat. Michael sits in the center. Principal Davis drives until Floyd directs him to stop in a nearby field. While Michael stays in the truck with the radio on, Floyd walks Davis into the woods. Floyd handcuffs him to a tree and duct tapes his mouth closed. But then, Floyd walks away.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

A few moments later, Davis hears his truck start up and drive off. He screams for help until he's rescued over four hours later. He tells the police what happened, and local authorities call the FBI for help. Special Agent Joe Fitzpatrick reads everything they have on Franklin Delano Floyd. His arrest records, his wife's death, his custody battle for Michael.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

A few moments later, Davis hears his truck start up and drive off. He screams for help until he's rescued over four hours later. He tells the police what happened, and local authorities call the FBI for help. Special Agent Joe Fitzpatrick reads everything they have on Franklin Delano Floyd. His arrest records, his wife's death, his custody battle for Michael.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Now add kidnapping Principal Davis with a gun, abducting Michael straight out of class, and making off with a stolen vehicle to that list. Authorities have to find this man. Fitzpatrick sends agents to interview anyone who might know Floyd. They search his room at the halfway house he's been living in since his parole.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Now add kidnapping Principal Davis with a gun, abducting Michael straight out of class, and making off with a stolen vehicle to that list. Authorities have to find this man. Fitzpatrick sends agents to interview anyone who might know Floyd. They search his room at the halfway house he's been living in since his parole.