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Podcast: True Crime Recaps
Episode: Franklin Floyd Turned His Kidnapped “Daughter” Into His Wife Before Killing Her
Description: For more than forty years, Franklin Delano Floyd hid behind fake identities, forged documents, and stolen children. His crimes began in the 1970s when he kidnapped five-year-old Suzanne Sevakis from her mother and raised her under a series of false names. As the years passed, Suzanne was forced into new identities, new locations, and a life built entirely on Floyd’s control. By the time she died in 1990, no one even knew who she really was.The case exploded years later when investigators uncovered disturbing photographs linked to the disappearance of 19-year-old Cheryl Ann Commesso. Th...