A Beautiful Child: A True Story of Hope, Horror, and an Enduring Human SpiritTHE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY GIRL IN THE PICTURE Sharon Marshall was a brilliant and beautiful student whose future was filled with promise—until 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 father—and a heartrending testament to the profound courage and perseverance of one woman trapped in the grip of extreme evil. |
Contents
PROLOGUE | 1 |
CHAPTER 1 | 7 |
CHAPTER 2 | 21 |
CHAPTER 3 | 29 |
CHAPTER 4 | 35 |
CHAPTER 5 | 39 |
CHAPTER 6 | 47 |
CHAPTER 7 | 56 |
CHAPTER 18 | 150 |
CHAPTER 19 | 156 |
CHAPTER 20 | 169 |
CHAPTER 21 | 176 |
CHAPTER 22 | 189 |
CHAPTER 23 | 199 |
CHAPTER 24 | 205 |
CHAPTER 25 | 213 |
CHAPTER 8 | 61 |
CHAPTER 9 | 69 |
CHAPTER 10 | 79 |
CHAPTER 11 | 83 |
CHAPTER 12 | 91 |
CHAPTER 13 | 98 |
CHAPTER 14 | 112 |
CHAPTER 15 | 121 |
CHAPTER 16 | 129 |
CHAPTER 17 | 137 |
CHAPTER 26 | 224 |
CHAPTER 27 | 230 |
CHAPTER 28 | 241 |
EPILOGUE | 249 |
AFTERWORD | 279 |
SOURCES | 283 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 284 |
RESOURCES | 286 |
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