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THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY GIRL IN THE PICTURE
Sharon Marshall was a brilliant and beautiful student whose future was filled with promiseuntil her murderous, fugitive father drew her into a lifetime of deception that became one of the most baffling cases in the annals of American true crime.
A student at Forest Park High School near Atlanta, Georgia, popular blonde-haired Sharon Marshall was at the top of her class. Serving as a Lt. Colonel in the ROTC, she earned a full scholarship to Georgia Tech University to study aerospace engineering. She was the ultimate girl next door, sweet, generous, and well-adjusted. But Sharon had disturbing secrets so shocking and unique, they took more than a decade to unravel...
This is the horrifying true story of a mysterious young woman caught in the violent web of the murderous fugitive she called her fatherand a heartrending testament to the profound courage and perseverance of one woman trapped in the grip of extreme evil.
Sharon Marshall was a brilliant and beautiful student whose future was filled with promiseuntil her murderous, fugitive father drew her into a lifetime of deception that became one of the most baffling cases in the annals of American true crime.
A student at Forest Park High School near Atlanta, Georgia, popular blonde-haired Sharon Marshall was at the top of her class. Serving as a Lt. Colonel in the ROTC, she earned a full scholarship to Georgia Tech University to study aerospace engineering. She was the ultimate girl next door, sweet, generous, and well-adjusted. But Sharon had disturbing secrets so shocking and unique, they took more than a decade to unravel...
This is the horrifying true story of a mysterious young woman caught in the violent web of the murderous fugitive she called her fatherand a heartrending testament to the profound courage and perseverance of one woman trapped in the grip of extreme evil.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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A BEAUTIFUL CHILD
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Copyright 2004 by Matt Birkbeck.
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Suffer little children, and forbid them not,
to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
MATTHEW 19:14
PROLOGUE
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 1990
The thunderstorms that swept through the southern Plains left the region damp and misty, the spring moisture adding a heaviness to the air and to the darkness of the early morning hours, which made driving somewhat more difficult for Delbert Ray Collins and his two companions.
They had just exited Interstate 35 and were driving slowly along the poorly lit service road toward the Motel 6, which beckoned just a few hundred feet ahead. It was late, and the men were tired.
After passing a truck stop, one of the passengers, Shawn Peters, saw a small object in the middle of the road. His friend Roy Kibble saw it too. As the car passed it by, the two men turned around to look out the back window, straining to keep their eyes on the object. It was bluewith a high heel.
Looks like someone lost a shoe, said Shawn.
As the two men stared out the rear of the car, Delbert Ray drove two hundred feet down the road and then called out, Is that a body?
Roy and Shawn quickly turned around and saw Delbert Ray pointing toward the right as he eased on the brake, slowing the car. There, on the edge of the road, was what looked like a young woman lying facedown in the gutter, her body convulsing, her arms and legs twitching in different directions.
Delbert Ray pressed his foot firmly on the gas pedal and sped into the Motel 6 parking lot. He jumped out of his car and ran into the building, telling the night watchman to call the police.
The 911 emergency call came into the Oklahoma City Police Department at 12:55 A.M.: A pedestrian was lying on the side of the east service road of I-35, just south of the northeast 122nd Street exit.
The I-35 highway is a major artery that cuts through the heart of Oklahoma and the capital city that bears the state name. Take the interstate north and end up in Kansas. Keep going south and face the flatlands of northern Texas.
Along its length through Oklahoma City, other highways intersect with I-35. Interstate 40 slices through on an east-west route, directing motorists toward either Arkansas or the Texas Panhandle. A northeast passage, I-44 leads to Tulsa and southern Missouri.
By the time Oklahoma City police arrived on the scene, paramedics had already taken the woman downtown to Presbyterian Hospital. She was still alive, though unconscious, and was apparently the victim of a hit-and-run accident. She was young, probably in her early twenties, but had no identification. Found on the road near where she lay were a loaf of bread, two containers of milk, a package of cookies, and two bottles of Dr Pepper. Scattered among the groceries were a broken radio antenna, a windshield wiper, and flecks of red paint, believed to be from the suspect vehicle, along with a pair of headphones and a portable radio, which apparently belonged to the victim.
While the ground and grass off either side of the road were still moist from the days rains, the road was relatively dry, and there were skid marks forty feet before and after the presumed point of impact, which was determined by a shoe scuff on the road. The victim apparently had her headphones on, was listening to music, and couldnt hear the vehicle coming from behind.
Police interviewed several people at the truck stop, which was a few hundred feet north of the accident. A clerk at a mini-market there said the woman had come into the store to purchase groceries around 12:30 A.M. It appeared that she was walking toward the Motel 6 when she was struck.
Employees and the few patrons at the Kettle restaurant, which was across the street between the accident scene and the truck stop, said they didnt see or hear anything, not even the sound of a car screeching to a stop. The eatery was close to where the victim was found, about fifty feet away.
When the victim arrived at Presbyterian Hospital she was moaning, calling out, Daddy! Daddy! Her extremities continued to move uncontrollably and her eyelids opened and closed, though not on command. The paramedics had tried to talk to her during the ride to the hospital, but she was unresponsive, with the exception of rubbing her forehead and grimacing on occasion.
At the hospital, she was given medication and the jerking motions stopped almost immediately. Soon she was resting quietly, and doctors removed her clothing and began their examination.
They gently pulled back each eyelid. Her pupils were dilated but unresponsive to light. She had several thin scratches and older, faded bruises on her torso. Similar contusions were found on her legs, arms, and head. Injuries from the accident were relegated to three spots, with fresh bruises on the back of each leg, about twenty inches high and just below the buttocks. A much larger hematoma was found at the vertex of the head. Judging by their conversation with the paramedics and where she was found on the street, the doctors surmised the car apparently hit her from behind, the bumper striking her legs and the impact forcing her to roll backward over the hood, tumbling onto the windshield and up and over the rear of the car. At some point, the back of her head was severely bruised.
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