45 Facts About Franklin Delano Floyd

Franklin Delano Floyd was an American murderer, rapist, and death row inmate.

Franklin Delano Floyd was convicted of the 1989 murder of Cheryl Ann Commesso as well as the kidnapping of 6-year-old Michael Anthony Hughes, whom he claimed was his son, from his elementary school in Choctaw, Oklahoma.

Marshall's true identity remained a mystery until 2014 when she was positively identified as Suzanne Marie Sevakis, the daughter of a woman to whom Franklin Delano Floyd was briefly married.

Franklin Delano Floyd disappeared with Sevakis, her two sisters, and infant brother Phillip while her mother was serving a 30-day jail sentence in 1975.

Franklin Delano Floyd was born in Barnesville, Georgia, the youngest of five children born to Thomas and Della Floyd.

Franklin Delano Floyd was subjected to harsh punishments by the staff; as a teenager, his hand was dipped into hot water after being caught masturbating.

In 1959, having been at the Children's Home two years after his youngest sister left, Franklin Delano Floyd ran away and broke into a nearby house to steal food.

Franklin Delano Floyd had Della help him forge legal documents allowing him to go to California to enlist in the United States Army.

On February 19,1960, at age 16, Franklin Delano Floyd broke into a Sears department store in Inglewood, California, to steal a gun.

Police quickly responded to a burglar alarm, resulting in a shootout in which Franklin Delano Floyd was shot in the stomach.

In May 1962, Franklin Delano Floyd returned to Hapeville and found a job at Atlanta International Airport.

Franklin Delano Floyd was convicted of kidnapping and child molestation and was sentenced to serve ten to twenty years at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville.

Franklin Delano Floyd was convicted of the robbery and was sentenced to the Federal Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio.

In November 1972, Franklin Delano Floyd was released from prison and sent to a halfway house.

Franklin Delano Floyd convinced Dial, who had been released from prison, to post his bond, releasing him from custody until his hearing on June 11,1973.

Franklin Delano Floyd did not show up to court, making him a fugitive.

Franklin Delano Floyd was crying, and he approached her, asking what was wrong.

When she replied that she was at risk of losing her children, Franklin Delano Floyd offered to marry her and be the children's father, which she agreed to.

Franklin Delano Floyd never found her oldest child, Suzanne, or her youngest child, Philip.

Franklin Delano Floyd attempted to file kidnapping charges but was told by local authorities that, as their stepfather, Floyd had a right to take the children.

Franklin Delano Floyd later learned from Social Services that he was alive and had been privately adopted in North Carolina shortly after he was born.

Franklin Delano Floyd gave birth to a child who was placed for adoption.

Franklin Delano Floyd had joined the Fraternal Order of Police, despite not being a police officer, and had told Sevakis that he could use his connections to track her down.

Franklin Delano Floyd was rushed to the Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City with severe bruises and a large hematoma at the base of her skull.

When Franklin Delano Floyd arrived at the hospital the following day, he claimed he had fallen asleep at the Motel 6 after Sevakis had departed to collect the groceries.

At the time of Sevakis' death, she and Franklin Delano Floyd were suspects in the 1989 disappearance of 18-year-old Cheryl Ann Commesso, her fellow exotic dancer at the same strip club.

Six months after Michael was placed in foster care, Franklin Delano Floyd was arrested on a parole violation.

At that time, it was determined Franklin Delano Floyd was not Michael's biological father.

When Franklin Delano Floyd was released from jail, he attempted to regain custody of Michael.

Franklin Delano Floyd walked into the school and forced Principal James Davis, at gunpoint, to take him to Michael's classroom.

Franklin Delano Floyd then forced Michael and Davis into his pickup truck.

Franklin Delano Floyd forced Davis out of the truck in a wooded area, handcuffed him to a tree, and sped off with Michael.

Some witness statements detailed alleged confessions by Franklin Delano Floyd regarding Michael's death.

Still other sources reported that Franklin Delano Floyd had stated that Michael was still alive and safe although Franklin Delano Floyd had refused to disclose the boy's exact location or who was caring for him.

Franklin Delano Floyd was listed as a Jane Doe until a year later when the remains were identified.

Franklin Delano Floyd accused Commesso of reporting Sevakis for misstating her income, resulting in Sevakis losing her government benefits.

Franklin Delano Floyd found 97 photographs in the envelope including many photographs of a woman bound and severely beaten.

The police traced the truck to Franklin Delano Floyd, who had stolen it in Oklahoma in September 1994 and abandoned it in Texas the following month.

Franklin Delano Floyd was tried and convicted for Commesso's murder on the basis of the photographic evidence found in the truck.

In September 2014, Franklin Delano Floyd admitted to the murder of Michael and that he had disposed of his body on Interstate 35.

In 2001, while Franklin Delano Floyd was awaiting trial for Commesso's murder, Judge Nancy Ley ruled that he was incompetent to stand trial and ordered him to undergo a further mental evaluation.

Franklin Delano Floyd fought against this assessment, asserting that he was competent.

Several months later, the judge reversed her previous ruling and ordered Franklin Delano Floyd to stand trial.

Franklin Delano Floyd was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death.

Franklin Delano Floyd died from natural causes while on death row on January 23,2023, at the age of 79.