Franklin Delano Floyd

Description

There are few serial criminals who have committed the range of crimes as Franklin Delano Floyd. When he was finally arrested for kidnapping a boy he claimed was his son in the 1990s, decades of mysteries were uncovered.

Credits

Researched, written, hosted, and edited by Charlie Worroll

Music by Scott Buckley

Cover art by Lars Hacking, host of Rusty Hinges podcast

Support the Show

Patreon: patreon.com/crimelines

Sources

Internet

• https://web.archive.org/web/20150412041543/

• http://www.floridacapitalcases.state.fl.us/case_updates/Htm/R30302.htm

• https://law.justia.com/cases/florida/supreme-court/2005/sc03-35.html

• https://www.theledger.com/news/20071222/crucial-evidence-in-murder-case-is-stolen

• http://www.mattbirkbeck.com/blog/finally

• https://helpsharonmarshall.blogspot.com/2015/08/solved-fbi-releases-case-information.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR1oq3H4bPG9UyoEFcjX8ZEFZVAvDlUu2JZm3oPHWAxdGu-C5soAxdz3MtY

• https://web.archive.org/web/20190412194950/

• https://www.forensicmag.com/news/2019/04/exclusive-nc-man-waits-dna-results-putting-him-wake-death-row-killer

• http://charleyproject.org/case/michael-anthony-hughes

NEWSPAPERS

• US Prisoner’s Crash Gate in Fire Truck, Chillicothe Gazette, 28 Sep 1963

• Macon Youth Guilty in Bank Hold Up, The Atlanta Constitution, 13 Jun 1963

• Camera Catches Robber, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar 1963

• Father Charges Child Harmed, The Atlanta Constitution, 12 Aug 1964

• Abduction’s Twisted Tale, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov 1994

• Mystery Shrouds Life and Death of Boy’s Mother, The Courier-Journal, 19 Nov 1994

• Abduction Suspect Worked in Courts for Custody of Boy, The Daily Oklahoman, 14 Sep 1994

• Boy’s Principal Feared Worst in Kidnapping, The Daily Oklahoman, 15 Sep 1994

• From Jail, Alleged Kidnappers Says Boy’s Safe in Foreign Land, the Daily Oklahoman, 5 Jan 1995

• Boy’s Abductor Gets 52-year-Term, The Daily Oklahoman, 12 Aug 1995

• A Tortured Trail, Tampa Bay Times, 7 Jun 1997

• Tonya’s Bright Light Snuffed Early, The Daily Oklahoman, 28 Dec 1997

• Murder Suspect Back in Pinellas, Tampa Bay Times, 7 Oct 1999

• Accused Murderer Found Incompetent to Stand Trial, Tampa Bay Times, 3 Mar 2001

• Rant Begins Proceedings in Jane Doe Trial, Tampa Bay Times, 19 Sep 2002

• Man Convicted in ‘Jane Doe’ Killing, Tampa Bay Times, 28 Sep 2002

• Sentenced to Death, Killer Remains Defiant, Tampa Bay Times, 23 Nov 2002

• Kidnapper Admits to Killing Boy, The Daily Oklahoman, 12 Apr 2016