Girl in the Picture (2022)
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A documentary exploring the decades-long investigation to uncover the true identity of a girl abducted and raised by a fugitive.
The story
The story is centered on a young girl known as Sharon Marshall, who was abducted by a federal fugitive Franklin Delano Floyd and then raised as his daughter. The film follows the shocking events that transpired afterward and the years-long efforts by Matt Birkbeck, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and the FBI to find her true identity.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The story is centered on a young girl known as Sharon Marshall, who was abducted by a federal fugitive Franklin Delano Floyd and then raised as his daughter. Over the course of the next two decades, she was sexually assaulted by Floyd, forced to marry him and ultimately died in a suspicious hit-and-run accident in 1990. The film follows the shocking events that transpired afterward and the years-long efforts by Birkbeck, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and the FBI to find her true identity.
- First release year
- 2022
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Skye Borgman
- Genres
- documentary; crime
- Themes
- identity; abduction; justice
- Tone and mood
- shocking
- Premise and plot tags
- true crime; missing persons
- Source material / true-story basis
- A Beautiful Child and Finding Sharon
- Reception
- The film was a success on Netflix, remaining the number one movie on the platform for several weeks after its release.
- Production trivia
- The film was produced by Matt Birkbeck, who also authored the books it is based on.
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