View Full Version : Sharon Marshall - IDENTIFIED


tamanshud
10-03-2014, 11:10 PM
http://www.mattbirkbeck.com/blog/finally

Her name is Suzanne Marie Sevakig and she was from North Carolina.

For those who read the book, you'll recall Floyd fled Florida in 1973. He ended up in North Carolina a year later using another alias and met a recently divorced woman with four children - three young daughters and infant son. Floyd and the woman later married, and in 1975 the woman was sentenced to 30 days in jail for a small crime. When she was released Floyd was gone and so where her children. She found two daughters at a local social services agency, where Floyd had taken them. The mother went to the local police and FBI and tried to file kidnapping charges but they declined to investigate saying that since Floyd was their stepfather he apparently had a right to take the children.
Three months later, Floyd and Suzanne, then six years old, were in Oklahoma City. Her little brother was never found.

bugnpinky
10-03-2014, 11:26 PM
http://www.mattbirkbeck.com/blog/finally
Finally. Finally finally finally. The book about her is amazing and gives way more than the show could fit in a segment. And I am so glad she has her name back....
http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Suzanne_Davis

WishfulDreamer
10-04-2014, 12:06 AM
I'm so glad they know her name now. But I'm not surprised the mystery has deepened. Floyd has confessed to killing Michael openly, but his body is still missing. Suzanne's younger brother missing as well makes me fear that Michael may not have been the first boy he killed. :(

5353
10-04-2014, 12:07 AM
That's an incredible development, but how can they say the case is closed when the fate of Michael is unresolved?

wiseguy182
10-04-2014, 12:51 AM
Whoa. The Investigators did an hourlong program on this case (or series of cases) but I'm not sure even *that* was enough to cover all the details and oddities.

RobinW
10-04-2014, 01:32 AM
Wow, definitely the most shocking development in this case is that Floyd kidnapped ANOTHER child alongside Suzanne who was never found! Really bizarre that he would keep one child, possibly kill another, but let the other two children go. Sadly, even though one mystery has solved, it seems another one has been put into the spotlight and knowing Floyd, he'll probably play games and neglect to reveal what happened to Suzanne's brother.

Well, now that we know the whole truth, I don't think anyone's going to be "pinning a medal" on Floyd like he said they would :mad: !

JenniferS.
10-04-2014, 03:08 AM
What do they mean the case is closed? This whole thing is the cops and FBI's fault. Since when does a man with know known blood ties have a right to kidnap someone else's kids? If they had not been lazy and made excuses this whole thing would have been solved years ago. And what is with this hush business? Sharon and her son Michael's case have been out there in the press and on TV for years. Least they can do is get documentary out there announcing they found out who she was and help the mother find her son. They may even get a lead on Michael as well. Since when does being quiet solve anything anyway? It seems to me they screwed Sharon's mother first time and are doing it again.

Mysteryphile
10-04-2014, 03:36 AM
I just saw this. Oh my god!! This is one case I never thought would ever have some resolution.

dynoguy88
10-04-2014, 11:33 AM
:eek: :eek: :eek: I can't believe she's finally been identified.

But that poor family. Imagine wondering for nearly 40 years where your daughter/sister is only to find out the horrible details of the hellish life she lived with that monster.

DarkDante
10-04-2014, 01:30 PM
:eek: :eek: :eek: I can't believe she's finally been identified.

But that poor family. Imagine wondering for nearly 40 years where your daughter/sister is only to find out the horrible details of the hellish life she lived with that monster.

Yeah I'm wondering if there was a Charley Project file on her? I'm guessing if there was it's gone now as CP is usually pretty diligent about pulling case files once the missing person has been identified as either recovered or deceased.

Floyd is a waste of time. Quite possibly the biggest waste of film that UM ever documented was his interview where he spent half the time proselytizing how we should "pin medals on him" for "helping the poor children that were abandoned to him".

dynoguy88
10-04-2014, 01:42 PM
Floyd is a waste of time. Quite possibly the biggest waste of film that UM ever documented was his interview where he spent half the time proselytizing how we should "pin medals on him" for "helping the poor children that were abandoned to him".

I believe in the interview he said that he "saved" her from some horrible people, or something along those lines. Disgusting.

RobinW
10-04-2014, 01:49 PM
Yeah I'm wondering if there was a Charley Project file on her? I'm guessing if there was it's gone now as CP is usually pretty diligent about pulling case files once the missing person has been identified as either recovered or deceased.

Sadly, when I did a Google search on "Suzanne Marie Sevakig" today, the only matches I got on her were the recent official announcements that she was Sharon Marshall. It seems like there was literally NOTHING about this poor girl anywhere on the Internet until yesterday. I find that pretty sad considering all the work spent attempting to match Sharon with other missing girls from the 1970s when it turns out she was a girl who didn't even have her own missing persons profile and received no media coverage whatsoever.

ScaryFog
10-04-2014, 03:24 PM
Great to know cases still get worked on, even when they go cold for long periods of time.

liebchen77
10-04-2014, 04:48 PM
I'm sad that Suzanne's mother didn't do more to look for her children--I know that she tried, and was told that LE couldn't do anything since the man who kidnapped her children was their "stepfather," but I wish she had persisted. I feel badly for her having to find out all the horrific details from a book.

The author's website says that the mother was in prison for a time and that's when Floyd took the children. It's just heartbreaking. Her little brother and her son were most likely murdered by this freak. So sad. I'm grateful that her identity was finally found--she deserved so much more. :heart:

WishfulDreamer
10-04-2014, 06:00 PM
Suzanne being six years old means she likely remembered her family-- and knew what Floyd had done to her younger brother, whatever that was. This may have been another reason (besides physical and sexual abuse) that she was reluctant to run away or defy him. He may have even used that to threaten her.

She really was a beautiful child, a wonderful and brilliant person even after all the hell she had been through. I can only imagine her family's pain having to read in a book all the details of how her life turned out and then was cruelly taken from her. I'm also disgusted by the way this case was handled by the police. She really couldn't have been put into any missing persons database just because it was a "family" abduction? That's ridiculous.

It's pretty much a miracle, when you think about it, that two of the daughters were found unharmed after being in FDF's hands.

TracyLynnS
10-04-2014, 09:01 PM
That's an incredible development, but how can they say the case is closed when the fate of Michael is unresolved?

The FBI recently talked with Floyd who confessed to killing Michael. They now have an idea where his remains are and they are going to search the area.

TracyLynnS
10-04-2014, 09:13 PM
I feel badly for her having to find out all the horrific details from a book.

I'm actually quite surprised that the authorities told her to read that book to find out the details of what Suzanne's life was like. It is disturbingly graphic. Reading it makes people who never knew anyone involved have nightmares. I was actually physically nauseated reading that book. Being a frequent true crime reader, visiting doenetwork, etc I'm pretty toughened up, but this book was, just like you said, horrific.

I hope they didn't just say, yeah, your ex took her and she died in a hit and run. Read the book to find out the rest. Surely they would have at least briefed the family ahead of time to prepare them for what really happened, explained that a pedophile had taken her, and that despite the terrible circumstances she was raised in, she was an incredibly intelligent, strong woman who was loved by all her friends and died too young.

TracyLynnS
10-04-2014, 09:27 PM
First thing tomorrow, I'm grabbing my copy of A Beautiful Child and writing Suzanne's real name in it:



Suzanne Marie Sevakig

SheRaaa
10-04-2014, 11:17 PM
Wow, this is amazing news!

I'm confused, though, on why the family's search efforts never meshed with all the information out there about FDF and Suzanne? I know "Sharon Marshall" had several different aliases, but wasn't at least one of them named Suzanne? Also, I get that the NC authorities wouldn't take a missing persons report initially, but what about all those years later?

I'm glad Suzanne finally has her name, but I'm confused as to why it took so long. I always assumed she HAD to be the child of maybe a street person/prostitute/etc., because there's no way she could have a family out there looking for her after all these years. LOTS of unanswered questions in this case....

wiseguy182
10-04-2014, 11:38 PM
Yeah I'm wondering if there was a Charley Project file on her? I'm guessing if there was it's gone now as CP is usually pretty diligent about pulling case files once the missing person has been identified as either recovered or deceased.

I'm pretty sure there was never a CP page on her specifically, but she is mentioned (along with having a photograph) on Michael Hughes's page.

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/hughes_michael.html

What I'd be interested in knowing is if one of her brother will go up: the owner of CP does require a photograph before she puts cases on there. I wonder if there are any photographs of him more than 40 years after the fact.

5353
10-05-2014, 02:07 AM
The FBI recently talked with Floyd who confessed to killing Michael. They now have an idea where his remains are and they are going to search the area.

Whoa, I must have missed that part. That's also great news!

Mysteryphile
10-05-2014, 09:26 AM
She was on the Doenetwork. I am friended to them on facebook and they sent out a post about it yesterday. (that she'd been identified with a link to her page)

Victoria81
10-05-2014, 12:02 PM
AWESOME!!! Just read this on fb!

tamanshud
10-05-2014, 12:12 PM
Would appreciate it if someone with the details would private message me :)

Mysteryphile
10-05-2014, 12:23 PM
Here is the Doe link.

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/8ufok.html

dynoguy88
10-05-2014, 12:30 PM
Suzanne being six years old means she likely remembered her family-- and knew what Floyd had done to her younger brother, whatever that was. This may have been another reason (besides physical and sexual abuse) that she was reluctant to run away or defy him. He may have even used that to threaten her.

She was caught in a tragic position. He was abusing her growing up and she never spoke up to anyone about the hell she was going through. Her high school teachers sensed something was wrong and would try to talk to her on occasion if she was upset about anything but she would never budge. And the friends she had, she never said a word to them either.

The book mentions that she did manage to run away once when she first got pregnant but it only took Floyd about a day to track her down.

chacha6581
10-05-2014, 02:02 PM
http://www.mattbirkbeck.com/blog/finally

So interesting her name really WAS Suzanne. I remember that was an alias that she had, I think the first name she had in school.

This really breaks my heart for so many reasons, and I know that many of us searched records for her and tried to help out.

I guess I am confused. Why did it take so long for this to happen if the family was looking? Her kidnapper, the moms ex husband has been on the news, tv, internet... I always figured her relatives, if she had any, were passed on or not looking.

Poor Suzanne. The things she must have seen. She must have been almost robotic around him, so fearful to try to escape that psycho.

JenniferS.
10-05-2014, 04:44 PM
well i sure hope they find out what happened to her son and her brother. I suppose a documentary will be coming in the future.

WishfulDreamer
10-05-2014, 06:38 PM
She was caught in a tragic position. He was abusing her growing up and she never spoke up to anyone about the hell she was going through. Her high school teachers sensed something was wrong and would try to talk to her on occasion if she was upset about anything but she would never budge. And the friends she had, she never said a word to them either.

The book mentions that she did manage to run away once when she first got pregnant but it only took Floyd about a day to track her down.
I read the book about three years ago. I remember it took a lot for her to even try running. I can only imagine how horrible it must have been. School was really the only place she could have something resembling a normal life and even then his shadow was hanging over her the entire time. :(

Every time I think about this case, I really think about Suzanne's personality. Even after all he did to her, she had an amazing spirit and great strength. She endured so much brutality and still was a kind and bright girl.

dynoguy88
10-05-2014, 08:05 PM
I read the book about three years ago. I remember it took a lot for her to even try running. I can only imagine how horrible it must have been. School was really the only place she could have something resembling a normal life and even then his shadow was hanging over her the entire time. :(

Every time I think about this case, I really think about Suzanne's personality. Even after all he did to her, she had an amazing spirit and great strength. She endured so much brutality and still was a kind and bright girl.

No doubt. She was an amazingly intelligent, beautiful girl. I don't know how she was able to hold it together as well as she did all those years.

Just look at her in this pic with her best high school friend Jennifer. She looks like a normal teenager. You would never suspect the hell she had to live with at home...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8SHKz7nOWY0/Ulsk9ZedimI/AAAAAAAABxs/3cTo1LZR1DI/s640/sharon_marshall_georgia_high_school.jpg

I recall it saying in the book that her straight A average got her a full scholarship to Georgia Tech (her dream school) and she wanted to study to become a Neuro Space Engineer. And she was amazed when Floyd actually agreed to let her go away to school.

I can't recall what it was that messed everything up originally. I think she became pregnant, not with Michael, but with the child she eventually gave up for adoption. And from that point on, college was out of the question and he forced her to get work as a topless dancer to support the two of them. He lived off her paychecks and did nothing to contribute, naturally.

The fact that he originally agreed to her going away (out of state) to college makes me wonder what if. Was he just messing with her? If she was away, he'd have to support himself. And what if she hadn't gotten pregnant? If she did get to go to Georgia Tech, she'd be a thousand miles away from the monster, around sane people. She would have had a chance for some normalcy in her life for the first time in her life.

This was a never ending tragedy all around.

WishfulDreamer
10-05-2014, 08:30 PM
Great post, dynoguy. I think FDF was either messing with her OR perhaps he thought that if she became an engineer he would be able to live off of the substantial income she would eventually make. I have no doubt that if he had actually allowed her to go he would have relocated with her and watched her like a hawk.

I remember being crushed reading that part about her dream school. Receiving the full scholarship, thinking she had a chance to go, then having that taken away from her.

TracyLynnS
10-05-2014, 09:13 PM
I'm also wondering how Floyd has been on TV news and other programs, print news, and online quite a bit for the last 20 years and none of Suzanne's family ever saw him.

Didn't he first go national when he was wanted for Cheryl Commesso's murder, fled florida, and married "tanya" so his wife couldn't testify against him if the cops caught up to them? When Suzanne died and police realized she was actually an abduction victim, Floyd was in the national news again. He went national again in 1994 when he was on the run again after kidnapping Michael from school.

Plus there's all the reruns of the UM 1996 segment, any other news media he's been in, and the 2002 death row sentence.

A few years after the UM segment aired, people started getting the internet. No one in the family ever did a search for FDF's name or did they not know it because he married Suzanne's mother while using an alias?

Awsi Dooger
10-06-2014, 04:45 AM
I recall it saying in the book that her straight A average got her a full scholarship to Georgia Tech (her dream school) and she wanted to study to become a Neuro Space Engineer. And she was amazed when Floyd actually agreed to let her go away to school.

I can't recall what it was that messed everything up originally. I think she became pregnant, not with Michael, but with the child she eventually gave up for adoption. And from that point on, college was out of the question and he forced her to get work as a topless dancer to support the two of them. He lived off her paychecks and did nothing to contribute, naturally.

The fact that he originally agreed to her going away (out of state) to college makes me wonder what if. Was he just messing with her? If she was away, he'd have to support himself. And what if she hadn't gotten pregnant? If she did get to go to Georgia Tech, she'd be a thousand miles away from the monster, around sane people. She would have had a chance for some normalcy in her life for the first time in her life.

This was a never ending tragedy all around.

I thought she graduated high school in Georgia, and that's where they were living at the time. Not 1000 miles away from Georgia Tech.

***

Regarding using her actual name at an early age, it's difficult to tell a youngster she's not Suzanne. She's been Suzanne as long as she can remember. Easier to lose her trust and perhaps cause a problematic slip up in school or in public if she's forced to use a first name she doesn't identify with and doesn't come naturally to her. Changing the last name is not as big a deal because she's with a different parent. She can rationalize that.

I'm not surprised that the family hadn't discovered the connection. These are such specialized pursuits. We assume that picture is well known. It's incredibly obscure. Pig farmers think the world revolves around pig farming. I have friends in Las Vegas who can't believe that I know people who have never placed a bet. There are people here and on true crime sites who know far more details than even close relatives. Every time I hear a celebrity has 95% name recognition, or something nearby, I want to hit the floor in a seizure of laughter. That how you get the traffic incidents and questions like, "Do you know who I am?" The celebrities actually believe the malarkey. Bottom line everybody has a daily routine and is generally content with that routine. They aren't discovering new interests or tidbits from outside their routine very often. But when the authorities ask -- did you look for her? --of course the response is yes we looked, we looked often and carefully. Thinking back to that one phone call 20 years ago.

dynoguy88
10-06-2014, 11:36 AM
I thought she graduated high school in Georgia, and that's where they were living at the time. Not 1000 miles away from Georgia Tech.

My bad. It's been a couple years since I read the book and I got my states confused with their bizarre timeline. I know they lived in Georgia, Arizona, Oklahoma, and probably a couple other states.

And Wishful Dreamer, that's a good theory about Floyd possibly wanting to mooch off of Sharon's future career. But it's still hard for me to picture. He kept her in a very tight bubble for her entire life. There was few people they interacted with all those years and Floyd probably wanted it that way so nobody would become suspicious of their situation. If Sharon goes away to college, she gets to interact with normal people, make a ton of respectable contacts and Floyd loses a bit of his stranglehold on her. I don't see him letting that happen.

Oh well. It's probably pointless to try and understand the mindset of that lunatic. This is a man that stressed to Sharon the importance of getting a quality education all throughout junior high and high school, only to force her into topless dancing and then marketing her to become a potential porn star.

ctgrumpybear
10-07-2014, 02:56 PM
I guess i was right on the idea that Floyd was nothing more that a serial killer he has 5 vits and maybe more

SPD Yellow
10-07-2014, 05:53 PM
Wow...:eek: I had accepted the Sharon Marshall case as one that would never be solved.

Spark Of Spirit
10-07-2014, 07:50 PM
Glad to hear that we have a name for her now. But what happened to her brother?

nohwheregirl
10-07-2014, 11:15 PM
Wow. I gasped when I saw this post. And I got chills reading what happened: both because it's so amazing that Suzanne finally has her name back, and because of the tragedy and deepening mystery of it all. I don't know how they did it, but whoever got FDF to talk is a hero.

flytrapp
10-07-2014, 11:24 PM
Wow...:eek: I had accepted the Sharon Marshall case as one that would never be solved.

I, too, thought this was one of those cases that was just NEVER getting solved. I was also surprised through reading the links and posts in this thread that it wasn't as complicated as I had thought....I mean it's obviously a crazy story, but I thought it was something like FDF had killed a young mother with no family, who was possibly in a bad situation (like a prostitute), kept her baby (Suzanne) and therefore no one was looking for her...or even knew she existed. Totally bizarre, but very glad there are answers now.

paul.austin
10-08-2014, 05:25 AM
her "real name" was changed slightly in the blog post in order to protect her real family.

TracyLynnS
10-09-2014, 06:04 PM
I read Matt Birkbeck's blog a little more carefully. Apparently FDF was using an alias at the time he met and married Suzanne's mother. That makes a lot more sense to me about why doing an internet search of his fake name would not reveal him to Suzanne's family. Also, he left in 1975 and didn't start really being in the national spotlight on tv until around 20 years later. By the time he was arrested for Cheryl Commesso's murder in 1998 he looked A LOT different. I can see where he might not be recognized if they were just flipping through the TV channels or skimming the newspaper.

So anyway, while on the run from a June 1973 failure to appear at trial, and while a federal warrant for his arrest had been issued, FDF managed to marry Suzanne's mother in 1974 or 1975, then in 1975 take off with all 4 of her kids while the mom did 30 days in jail. When she got out, she found the two older children with social services but Suzanne and her younger brother were missing with Floyd.

The mother tried to file a missing person's report but the police and FBI told her that since Floyd was their step-father, he had the right to take the kids. He'd barely been in there lives at that point. He could have known the family for maybe 18 months? It's not exactly like he'd been these kids step-father for ten years.

So they are saying he has the legal right to run off with the children. IMO, maybe... if he took them to Disneyland or to visit relatives for a few days, but in this case he NEVER came back. At what point does the biological mother's right to have custody of her children finally outweigh the step dad's right to keep her kids away from her without contact?

Also, she was recently divorced when she met Floyd. Did the biological father have any interest in finding out where his ex-wife's new husband had taken his children?

TracyLynnS
10-09-2014, 06:06 PM
her "real name" was changed slightly in the blog post in order to protect her real family.

Well phooey. They certainly have a right to their privacy, tho.

Is her real name at least Suzanne Marie?

tarheelslim
10-10-2014, 11:16 AM
Well phooey. They certainly have a right to their privacy, tho.

Is her real name at least Suzanne Marie?

Ummm..... wikipedia is not respecting their privacy ;)

tamanshud
10-10-2014, 12:53 PM
Matt has updated, he was given the wrong name.

She is Suzanne Sevakis.

TracyLynnS
10-10-2014, 04:51 PM
Ummm..... wikipedia is not respecting their privacy ;)

I saw that same name with that spelling on a comment someone made on websleuths. (I wasn't signed in at the time, just doing web searches for surnames similar to what was on the blog and that comment showed up in the web search.) IIRC,that poster figured out the last name and then, to their satisfaction decided it was the right name by matching up Suzanne's facial features with those of relatives who'd posted pictures of themselves online.

Matt did update his blog page, but there's still the discrepancy on whether her middle name is Marie or Maree.

I REALLY wish UM was still on the air. Can you imagine a real UM update to this case (and the Wendy Camp, Cynthia Britto, Lisa Kreager case), among others. With all the new information that's been learned about so many of these recently solved cases, they could devote an entire UPDATE episode to each case.

Tap Dancer
10-22-2014, 02:46 PM
I'm glad Suzanne's family finally knows what happened to her, although it's a horrible story. I honestly didn't think we'd ever learn her identity. It gives me hope that maybe one day we'll find out what happened to other missing people.

rerungirl
10-23-2014, 01:04 PM
What an amazing development. Nothing will ever undo the horrible things that were done to Sharon, but at least now we know the truth. Something Floyd would never have given up.

rerungirl
10-23-2014, 05:32 PM
I just keep thinking about how astonishing this is. It was one case I wasn't sure would ever be solved. I referred to her as Sharon in my earlier post but I was wrong. She wasn't Sharon Marshall or any of the aliases Floyd made her use. She was Suzanne and she had a family that loved her.

nikkispence1989
10-28-2014, 01:08 PM
Its so pleasing to hear that sharron has finally been given her true name. Very sad story to know her mother went to the police and they failed to act. Wonder if she will get any compensation for that? Although thats not really what matters I suppose.

To be fair this mystery is only part solved and it seems this web that FDF has made will continue to go on and on till her brother and son are found.

Is FDF going to be charged with the kidnapping of Suzanne? Is her mother pressing charges? I'm from UK so not sure how it works with statues of limitations?

dynoguy88
10-28-2014, 03:54 PM
I just keep thinking about how astonishing this is. It was one case I wasn't sure would ever be solved. I referred to her as Sharon in my earlier post but I was wrong. She wasn't Sharon Marshall or any of the aliases Floyd made her use. She was Suzanne and she had a family that loved her.

Her tombstone in Park Grove Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma is under the name 'Tonya' which is the alias Floyd had her use at the time of her death. There's no last name.

I wonder if her real family will have her remains dug up and flown home to be buried under her real name.

nikkispence1989
10-29-2014, 04:29 AM
I wonder if her real family will have her remains dug up and flown home to be buried under her real name.

That will be a costly affair. The LE that failed to act should donate something towards it or pay for it in full.

Or maybe some charitable rich person who's read the case will pay for it.

Funding from the book sales perhaps.

She should be brought home.

ctgrumpybear
10-31-2014, 02:44 PM
Is FDF going to be charged with the kidnapping of Suzanne? Is her mother pressing charges? I'm from UK so not sure how it works with statues of limitations? unlikey because he is on death row and at his age it better just leave it alone

I think he need push into talking Micheal's death and Sharon Marshall's death and what happen to her brother

i think they need talk to him about what cold cases he is ties to

TracyLynnS
11-01-2014, 11:51 AM
Is FDF going to be charged with the kidnapping of Suzanne? Is her mother pressing charges? I'm from UK so not sure how it works with statues of limitations?

I think the statue of limitations is up on the kidnapping of Suzanne and her brother. IIRC, murder is the only crime in the US without a statute of limitations, and until recently one or two states had a 15 year statute on that.

I do believe he murdered Michael, he has told authorities where to look for the remains.

I also believe he killed Suzanne's little brother. If they can prove he killed those two boys, depending on the state the crime occurred in, the year, and which statute laws were in effect at the time, he could be tried for those murders, too. But since he's already on death row in Florida for Cheryl Commesso's murder, they may decide not to go through with a costly trial.

Padfoot
11-03-2014, 03:49 PM
Is FDF going to be charged with the kidnapping of Suzanne? Is her mother pressing charges? I'm from UK so not sure how it works with statues of limitations?

Statutes of limitations are different in each state. South Carolina does not have a statute of limitation on criminal acts.

So FDF could be charged, but I don't think he will be. :(

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CD8QFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvictimsofcrime.org%2Fdocs%2FDNA%2520Resource%2520Center%2Fsol-for-sexual-assault-check-chart---final---copy.pdf%3Fsfvrsn%3D2&ei=MthXVNu9McSZgwTO3YKYDA&usg=AFQjCNFM6-Gs3I8rxy5-VKVlIslVAszfdg&sig2=p_cc-pqGuwGUC5Vs3y6Gxg

TracyLynnS
11-03-2014, 10:39 PM
That links to a document specific to sexual assault and not kidnapping. South Carolina has strange wording about it's statute of limitations regarding sex crimes. It says that it has no statute of limitations on" Any criminal prosecution.

Other states are more specific and say what their statutes are on "first degree rape", "felony criminal sexual assault", or even just "other felonies". I find the SC phrase of "any criminal prosecution" vague and confusing.

Do they mean that they have no statute of limitations on any crimes at all and will prosecute any criminal activity and are stating that in this sexual assault document? Or do they mean they will prosecute any criminal sexual activity, and have no statute of limitations. And why do they bring up "prosecution" under the heading of "crime"? Any Criminal Prosecution is not a crime. The other states all list crimes in that category.

tamanshud
11-05-2014, 09:06 PM
Am I the only one who finds it odd that Matt is the only person to have reported on this? Even if the story isn't huge, it's received enough coverage to be reported by someone other than the author of the book. Least, seems so to me.

wiseguy182
11-06-2014, 01:36 AM
Am I the only one who finds it odd that Matt is the only person to have reported on this? Even if the story isn't huge, it's received enough coverage to be reported by someone other than the author of the book. Least, seems so to me.

The Charley Project did talk about it a bit, although I'm guessing the info they got originated from Matt, so there may not be more than one source. It was my understanding the family values their privacy very much and didn't want it to blow up into a huge news story.

Padfoot
11-07-2014, 02:19 AM
That links to a document specific to sexual assault and not kidnapping. South Carolina has strange wording about it's statute of limitations regarding sex crimes. It says that it has no statute of limitations on" Any criminal prosecution.

Other states are more specific and say what their statutes are on "first degree rape", "felony criminal sexual assault", or even just "other felonies". I find the SC phrase of "any criminal prosecution" vague and confusing.

Do they mean that they have no statute of limitations on any crimes at all and will prosecute any criminal activity and are stating that in this sexual assault document? Or do they mean they will prosecute any criminal sexual activity, and have no statute of limitations. And why do they bring up "prosecution" under the heading of "crime"? Any Criminal Prosecution is not a crime. The other states all list crimes in that category.
That is correct. South Carolina has no statute of limitation on any crime. They do have limitations on civil prosecutions.

Sorry if I was 'misleading' by posting a sexual assault document--that wasn't my intent.

TracyLynnS
11-08-2014, 06:17 PM
That is correct. South Carolina has no statute of limitation on any crime. They do have limitations on civil prosecutions.

Sorry if I was 'misleading' by posting a sexual assault document--that wasn't my intent.

Thanks for clearing that up for me. :)

JamesG
10-06-2015, 01:44 PM
I was wondering if Matt Birkbeck is going to update the book A Beautiful Child w/ a new chapter or afterword regarding Sharon Marshall's real identity.

TJ
06-15-2022, 12:40 PM
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