Franklin Delano Floyd Confesses to Michael Hughes Murder

[Tap Dancer]

Originally Posted by Sailor Haumea

We still don't know what he did with Phillip (Suzanne's brother), and there's a possibility he may have abducted a girl and named HER "Sharon" too between February and October of 1973. In addition, there was an anonymous tip that this "Sharon" (can't be Suzanne, as Suzanne was only abducted in May 1975) was with Floyd in October 1973 and he aided in the murder of Christina Lynn Carter.

And Thomas Tillery (kidnapped September 19, 1994) is another potential victim.

I doubt he's going to talk.

[Huskerz85]

Originally Posted by Tap Dancer

I doubt he's going to talk.

Exactly. I can understand how some might hold out hope that he might spill the beans on this, that and the third right before the end, but I have a hard time believing this guy ever would. His mind, among other things, is way too warped.

[Huskerz85]

An interesting update to this case from earlier this year - haven't found anything else regarding this

https://www.forensicmag.com/news/201...ath-row-killer

[Huskerz85]

An interesting update to this case from earlier this year - haven't found anything else regarding this

https://www.forensicmag.com/news/201...ath-row-killer

[jets4life]

If it is of any comfort, I have sources that state Floyd is not enjoying jail. When he was in prison in the 60s, he had a nervous breakdown after being sexually violated for some of his earlier life crimes. I cannot imagine it has gotten any better for him in the past 25 years.

[drew790]

Originally Posted by Sailor Haumea

Not yet. We still don't know what he did with Phillip (Suzanne's brother), and there's a possibility he may have abducted a girl and named HER "Sharon" too between February and October of 1973. In addition, there was an anonymous tip that this "Sharon" (can't be Suzanne, as Suzanne was only abducted in May 1975) was with Floyd in October 1973 and he aided in the murder of Christina Lynn Carter.

And Thomas Tillery (kidnapped September 19, 1994) is another potential victim.

So, a few unanswered questions:

1. Who was the "Sharon" he was with in 1973?
2. Did he have anything to do with the kidnapping of Thomas Tillery?
3. Where is Phillip Steven Brandenburg?
4. Did you murder Suzanne, or did you have someone else do the dirty deed?

Let's get everything resolved, THEN execute him. THINK!!!!

We're not going to get it.

[Cori aka ChrisSCrush]

20/20 on Own did an episode on this which aired last night.

As for Michael and Suzanne, whatever her original identity may have been. Michael had a blood test. Are the results of this or the remains of Suzanne available for DNA testing? Suzanne was Michael's mother, right? Is that in dispute and did she have other children? I didn't watch the entire episode. If so, test results could be run through one of these relative finders and maybe figure out who was really who in this case. Some family may have been missing her for decades. I have suggested this in the Clifford Sherwood case as well and it might work for others such as the unidentified murdered couple if their remains are available.

Sorry, I have not followed the case closely. Was Suzanne positively identifed? Otherwise how do they know when she was abducted and that she had a brother taken at the same time? Thanks.

[drew790]

I still think the school principal that bundled Michael up and sent him off with the psychopath should have faced some kind of charges. Bare minimum should have been prevented from working in that field ever again.

[Cori aka ChrisSCrush]

Originally Posted by drew790

I still think the school principal that bundled Michael up and sent him off with the psychopath should have faced some kind of charges. Bare minimum should have been prevented from working in that field ever again.

Oughta know better.

[jets4life]

Originally Posted by drew790

I still think the school principal that bundled Michael up and sent him off with the psychopath should have faced some kind of charges. Bare minimum should have been prevented from working in that field ever again.

The principal you speak of, was taken at gunpoint, forced to call Michael to his office, then the two were forced by Floyd into the principal's truck, and drove to a secluded area, where Floyd tied up the principal to a tree off a road, and fleeing with Michael in the stolen truck.

How on Earth is the principal to blame?

[dynoguy88]

Originally Posted by jets4life

The principal you speak of, was taken at gunpoint, forced to call Michael to his office, then the two were forced by Floyd into the principal's truck, and drove to a secluded area, where Floyd tied up the principal to a tree off a road, and fleeing with Michael in the stolen truck.

How on Earth is the principal to blame?

Indeed. I have no idea what this person is talking about.

How dare that principal allow himself to get abducted at gunpoint by a mad man?

[Labonte18]

Originally Posted by dynoguy88

Indeed. I have no idea what this person is talking about.

How dare that principal allow himself to get abducted at gunpoint by a mad man?

Honestly.. i didn't remember this from the episode. Maybe because this is so similar to the case where the banker(?) was kidnapped by the guy who wrote all the notes to himself and left in the woods wrapped in a sleeping bag, then promptly escaped.

Always made me think it was a kidnapping done by Milton Waddams from Office Space. and the suspect in the re-enactment looked like him, too.

[dynoguy88]

Looks like Netflix is doing a documentary on the bizarre Franklin Floyd / Sharon Marshall saga. 'Girl in the Picture' will be released July 6th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnJ4BGNpby8

For those who didn't read the book, you're finally going to get to hear about the intimate details of how truly evil Franklin Floyd is. But now with more information. The book was written BEFORE Floyd confessed to Michael's murder and before Sharon's birth family was finally tracked down.

I look forward to watching this.

[SPD Yellow]

I watched the Netflix documentary. It was pretty good, but thought I’d link to a Danielle Kirsty video about it. According to it, Suzanne’s little brother, Philip, was found alive and well thanks to forensic genealogy.

https://youtu.be/Ky1u0Ss-NZM

Just thought I’d see what the rest of you thought of it. It seems almost all of the mysteries related to this case have been answered. Thank God…this one has fascinated me since I saw it on UM when I was a kid. And from what I can tell, hatred of Franklin Delano Floyd is universal on this board; it’s one of the few things we all agree on: **** Franklin Delano Floyd!

I thought the part of the Netflix documentary with the former friend of Suzanne’s who criticized Suzanne’s Mom was kind of interesting. I thought I’d see what the rest of you thought about it. The friend herself was kidnapped as a child for five years, but was eventually found thanks in part to her mother who pretty much pounded the pavement constantly and did everything she could to keep her case in the public eye. Hence why she criticized Suzanne’s Mom. I’d post a clip, but I have no idea how to do so.

[dynoguy88]

This was a very well done documentary. And I think the best thing about it is they got interviews with pretty much every person attached to Suzanne's life.

We now know the answers to everything except where Michael's remains are buried. That's the only task that will be extremely difficult to accomplish since Floyd doesn't know of the exact spot.

Something that shocked me to my core was the interview with Suzanne's best friend from high school in Georgia. I read the book, 'A Beautiful Child,' and it made note of the instance where the friend was spending the night at Floyd and Suzanne's trailer and Floyd busted into their bedroom while the girls were changing to point a gun at them as a "joke." But the book doesn't mention that Floyd walked back into the bedroom a second time a few moments later holding the gun and told the friend to put her face down on her pillow while he raped Suzanne on her bed. Once he finished, he left the room and the friend, still clearly in shock, had to be comforted by Suzanne because "that's just the way her dad is."

I had to pick my mouth up off the floor. Suzanne had clearly been abused by Floyd for so long that her being raped just inches from her best friend and classmate was somehow normalized in her head. And what also kills me is that the friend told NOBODY. Not her parents, not the police, nobody! How different things might have turned out had she reported this to authorities.

I will never understand the police's stance in 1973 that because Suzanne's mother was married to Floyd at the time, that gave him the legal right to basically kidnap her kids. He was the step-father. He never legally adopted any of those children. So why was he allowed to do this?

I thought the part of the Netflix documentary with the former friend of Suzanne’s who criticized Suzanne’s Mom was kind of interesting. The friend herself was kidnapped as a child for five years, but was eventually found thanks in part to her mother who pretty much pounded the pavement constantly and did everything she could to keep her case in the public eye. Hence why she criticized Suzanne’s Mom.

Yeah, I thought that was interesting as well. But nobody goes into detail of what the mother did or did not do back in the early 70's. After the mother said police wouldn't get involved, her interview is basically done. I feel horrible for her and the father. To spend 30 something years wondering if your daughter was alive and where she was only to discover the hellish life she had to live with that monster. How do you even cope with that?

I'm glad Suzanne is now buried under her real name. It's just a shame that she never got to find out who she was. Had she been able to grow up under even mediocre parents and away from Floyd, I could definitely see her working for NASA, which was her dream.

Floyd is scum. He can rot in hell.