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Janice Morgan

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Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

But they don't know where to turn next, because based on her age, Floyd must have kidnapped this girl in the mid-1970s, and that presents a serious problem. There was no centralized database for missing child cases until the mid-1980s.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

But they don't know where to turn next, because based on her age, Floyd must have kidnapped this girl in the mid-1970s, and that presents a serious problem. There was no centralized database for missing child cases until the mid-1980s.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Finding the identity of a child who was kidnapped 10 years before that is going to be nearly impossible, especially considering the FBI has no idea what city or even what state she was taken from. Agent Fitzpatrick uses every tool at his disposal to search for the girl's true identity. He searches for years, but there's no progress.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Finding the identity of a child who was kidnapped 10 years before that is going to be nearly impossible, especially considering the FBI has no idea what city or even what state she was taken from. Agent Fitzpatrick uses every tool at his disposal to search for the girl's true identity. He searches for years, but there's no progress.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Eventually, Fitzpatrick retires with the investigation still incomplete. It shelved for over a decade. Then, in 2013, the FBI does a cold case review of the Michael Hughes kidnapping. The next year, agents spend days interviewing Floyd in prison. And after 11 years on death row, he's unusually cooperative. He reveals two secrets, one of which he's been keeping for almost half his life.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Eventually, Fitzpatrick retires with the investigation still incomplete. It shelved for over a decade. Then, in 2013, the FBI does a cold case review of the Michael Hughes kidnapping. The next year, agents spend days interviewing Floyd in prison. And after 11 years on death row, he's unusually cooperative. He reveals two secrets, one of which he's been keeping for almost half his life.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

First, Floyd tells them the truth about what happened to Michael. On the long drive from Oklahoma City to Dallas, Floyd said the six-year-old's behavior was getting on his nerves. So he shot Michael twice in the back of the head and buried him off the interstate near the Oklahoma-Texas border. Not only that, Floyd reveals Sharon Marshall's true identity. This is the story he tells. It was 1973.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

First, Floyd tells them the truth about what happened to Michael. On the long drive from Oklahoma City to Dallas, Floyd said the six-year-old's behavior was getting on his nerves. So he shot Michael twice in the back of the head and buried him off the interstate near the Oklahoma-Texas border. Not only that, Floyd reveals Sharon Marshall's true identity. This is the story he tells. It was 1973.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Floyd was on the run after skipping bail, going by the name Brandon Williams. He met a woman named Sandra Brandenburg in North Carolina. Just two weeks after meeting, the pair married and later moved to Pennsylvania with Sandra's three daughters. Then, in 1975, Sandra was arrested for writing a bad check and had to spend 30 days in jail. When she got out, her new husband and children were gone.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Floyd was on the run after skipping bail, going by the name Brandon Williams. He met a woman named Sandra Brandenburg in North Carolina. Just two weeks after meeting, the pair married and later moved to Pennsylvania with Sandra's three daughters. Then, in 1975, Sandra was arrested for writing a bad check and had to spend 30 days in jail. When she got out, her new husband and children were gone.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Sandra found two of her daughters living in a church. The only daughter she couldn't find was Suzanne Savakis, because Floyd kept her. From the time she was six years old, Floyd and Suzanne bounced around the country living under various pseudonyms.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

Sandra found two of her daughters living in a church. The only daughter she couldn't find was Suzanne Savakis, because Floyd kept her. From the time she was six years old, Floyd and Suzanne bounced around the country living under various pseudonyms.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

All the while, Suzanne attended public school, was involved in extracurriculars, and had a small group of friends, none of whom knew her real name or understood what was going on in her home. In high school, she joined the Air Force ROTC and dreamed of becoming an aerospace engineer. As her graduation neared, she got a scholarship to her dream school, Georgia Tech.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

All the while, Suzanne attended public school, was involved in extracurriculars, and had a small group of friends, none of whom knew her real name or understood what was going on in her home. In high school, she joined the Air Force ROTC and dreamed of becoming an aerospace engineer. As her graduation neared, she got a scholarship to her dream school, Georgia Tech.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

But before she could even enroll, Floyd whisked her away to Phoenix. None of her friends ever heard from her again. Months later, Suzanne was working at a hotel restaurant when she got pregnant. The father was one of her co-workers. By the fall of 1987, Floyd once again forced her to pack up and leave town, this time to Tampa, Florida. When Suzanne had the baby, she named him Michael.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

But before she could even enroll, Floyd whisked her away to Phoenix. None of her friends ever heard from her again. Months later, Suzanne was working at a hotel restaurant when she got pregnant. The father was one of her co-workers. By the fall of 1987, Floyd once again forced her to pack up and leave town, this time to Tampa, Florida. When Suzanne had the baby, she named him Michael.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

From here, you know most of the story. Suzanne worked at the Mons Venus strip club where she met Cheryl Camesso. Cheryl reported Suzanne to social services. Enraged, Floyd murdered Cheryl, and he and Suzanne fled the state. Floyd likely knew authorities would be on the lookout for him and his so-called daughter, so he fabricated entirely new identities for them both.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

From here, you know most of the story. Suzanne worked at the Mons Venus strip club where she met Cheryl Camesso. Cheryl reported Suzanne to social services. Enraged, Floyd murdered Cheryl, and he and Suzanne fled the state. Floyd likely knew authorities would be on the lookout for him and his so-called daughter, so he fabricated entirely new identities for them both.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

He forced Suzanne to marry him and pretend Michael was his son. Eventually, they settled in Tulsa, where Suzanne got a job at Passions and took the name Tanya. Floyd, aka Clarence, made Suzanne work at the strip club and hand over her money to him at the end of a long night while she held on to dreams of a different life. going to college, supporting herself and Michael on her own.

Serial Killers
The Shapeshifting Fugitive: Franklin Delano Floyd

He forced Suzanne to marry him and pretend Michael was his son. Eventually, they settled in Tulsa, where Suzanne got a job at Passions and took the name Tanya. Floyd, aka Clarence, made Suzanne work at the strip club and hand over her money to him at the end of a long night while she held on to dreams of a different life. going to college, supporting herself and Michael on her own.