Girl in the Picture

This true crime series isn't empty or pointless like many others in the genre, writes Jessie Thompson, but it still turns us all into creepy voyeurs.

But I’m not sure if it is – not to Netflix, at least. Towards the end, there is a sense that Girl in the Picture has been trying to uncover this woman’s real identity in service of something greater. Except… she wasn’t really called Sharon, and the man is not really her father. But the conventions of the true crime genre, from the creepy music to the orchestrated pacing, still turn as all into passive voyeurs. It turns out she was really called Sharon Marshall, and the man who said he was her husband was actually her father. But let me be clear: this is another abject project from Netflix that parades another grotesque story in the name of winning some bored eyeballs.

The film has proved to be a hit amongst streamers.

On Twitter, @itzzzmeeeZ tweeted: “The girl in the picture on Netflix 10/10”. @juliakolens wrote: “The girl in the picture is the craziest story ever. Netflix has grown a reputation for tracking down unusual and fascinating true crime stories and The Girl in The Picture is indeed one of these. Since the release of The Girl in The Picture on Netflix last week, it has proven to be another hit with viewers.

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Authorities told her that because he was their legal stepfather, he had the right to take the children. Floyd managed to convince a friend he made in prison to post his bail bond, and he never showed up to his hearing: he fled on June 11, 1973. He managed to escape in 1963 and robbed a bank for $6,000. One aspect of Floyd's life that doesn't appear in the documentary is that he had a criminal history that dated as far back as when he was only 16 years old. And at one point, she was his daughter, as Suzanne was the daughter of a woman Franklin was briefly married to. Netflix is full of tragic and brutal true stories of victims, and the streaming giant's latest documentary, Girl in the Picture, only adds to the service's already redoubtable library of true crime viewing.

Ultimately Floyd only ended up taking Suzanne, changing her name to Sharon Marshall and later Tonya Hughes. Suzanne's two sisters, Allison and Amy, were dropped ...

No-one was ever convicted of the hit and run attack that ultimately killed Suzanne Sevakis, then known as Tonya Hughes. Franklin Delano Floyd was considered the main suspect. Phillip, believing he was the missing child submitted a test and was found to be the brother of Suzanne Brandenburg. He had been adopted privately in North Carolina. He is 79 years old and being held at the Union Correctional Institution. In 2002 he was convicted for the kidnapping Michael Hughes and the murder of Cheryl Commesso and given the death sentence.

Franklin Delano Floyd still doesn't have an execution date 20 years after he was convicted of murder.

Girl in the Picture uncovers the tragic history of Suzanne Marie Sevakis and how she was a bright girl with so much potential. Many people who have watched The Girl in the Picture have been shocked to discover Floyd hasn't yet been put to death yet. He was convicted in the kidnapping case and was handed a lengthy jail sentence because he used a weapon during the incident.