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A Beautiful Child

A True Story of Hope, Horror, and an Enduring Human Spirit

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A Beautiful Child

By: Matt Birkbeck
Narrated by: Skye Borgman
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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 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.
Murder Social Sciences True Crime Crime Student Horror Nonfiction
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The life that little girl had, as a mother, I cannot even begin to imagine how she even survived all that trauma, I hope one day we can give her a name, and find her son, just heartbroken for a young girl snd her son,

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