Franklin Delano Floyd

Franklin Delano Floyd
Family photo of Franklin Delano Floyd and Sharon Marshall/Suzanne Marie Sevakis
Born	(1943-06-17) June 17, 1943 (age 73)
Nationality	American
Other names	Warren Judson Marshall Clarence Marcus Hughes Trenton Davis Preston Morgan Kingfish Floyd
Criminal penalty	Death
Spouse(s)	Sharon Marshall
Conviction(s)	Murder of Cheryl Ann Commesso, kidnapping of Michael Anthony Hughes
Imprisoned at	Union Correctional Institution

Franklin Delano Floyd (born June 17, 1943) is an American death row inmate. He was convicted of the 1989 murder of Cheryl Ann Commesso, an exotic dancer from Florida, as well as the kidnapping of his 6-year-old stepson from his elementary school in Choctaw, Oklahoma. Floyd is also considered a person of interest in the hit-and-run death of his wife Sharon Marshall. It was later discovered that prior to becoming his wife, Sharon was raised by Floyd from an early age as his daughter and was herself kidnapped by Floyd as a child.

Sharon's true identity remained a mystery until 2014, when she was positively identified as Suzanne Marie Sevakis, the daughter of a woman to whom Floyd was briefly married. He disappeared with Suzanne, her two sisters and infant brother while her mother was serving a 30-day jail sentence in 1975. Suzanne's brother has never been located.

Authorities began investigating Floyd in April 1990 when his wife, Sharon Marshall, was found dead in a suspicious hit-and-run accident. Marshall went by a number of aliases, including Tonya Tadlock, which is how her coworkers at the time referred to her. At the time of her death, Marshall and Floyd were suspects in the 1989 disappearance of 18-year-old Cheryl Ann Commesso, a former coworker of Marshall's. Commesso had disappeared following an angry confrontation with Floyd. Floyd was considered the lead suspect in his wife's death as well.

Following his wife's death, Floyd put their 2-year-old son, Michael Hughes, into foster care and left the state. Hughes' foster parents told authorities the boy had limited muscle control, was non-verbal, and often experienced hysterical behavior when he first arrived at their home, but he had made remarkable progress. In 1994, they began adoption proceedings.

Six months after Hughes was placed in foster care, Floyd was arrested on a parole violation. As part of the adoption process, Hughes' DNA was compared to Floyd's to establish paternity. It was discovered at that time that Floyd was not Hughes' biological father. When Floyd was released from jail, he attempted to regain custody of Hughes. On the basis of his criminal record and the discovery that he had no biological relation, his request was denied.