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tamanshud · 10-03-2014, 11:10 PM

http://www.mattbirkbeck.com/blog/finally

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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

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Originally Posted by tamanshud

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

!

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

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

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Originally Posted by dynoguy88

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

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Originally Posted by DarkDante

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

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Originally Posted by DarkDante

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.

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.

10-04-2014, 12:51 AM	#5
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	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.
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10-04-2014, 12:06 AM	#3
WishfulDreamer Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 01, 2009 Location: L.A. Posts: 3,868	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.

10-04-2014, 12:07 AM	#4
5353 Call me Perm Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 08, 2013 Posts: 152	That's an incredible development, but how can they say the case is closed when the fate of Michael is unresolved?

10-04-2014, 01:32 AM	#6
RobinW Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2010 Posts: 1,874	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 !

10-04-2014, 03:08 AM	#7
JenniferS. Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 06, 2003 Posts: 515	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.

10-04-2014, 03:36 AM	#8
Mysteryphile I wonder what happened to her. Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 02, 2009 Location: England via Iowa Posts: 320	I just saw this. Oh my god!! This is one case I never thought would ever have some resolution.

10-04-2014, 11:33 AM	#9
dynoguy88 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 01, 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 3,672	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.

10-04-2014, 03:24 PM	#13
ScaryFog Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 25, 2009 Posts: 222	Great to know cases still get worked on, even when they go cold for long periods of time.

10-04-2014, 04:48 PM	#14
liebchen77 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 14, 2011 Posts: 19	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.

10-04-2014, 06:00 PM	#15
WishfulDreamer Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 01, 2009 Location: L.A. Posts: 3,868	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.