Matt Birkbeck

Author and investigative journalist

Verification status: Every documentary connection below is cited.

Last research update: 8 November 2026

Appears in

Girl in the Picture

Interviewed on camera

Interviewee / executive producer.^[IMDb]

Documentary archival context: The documentary incorporates archival footage and reenactments; historical footage subjects and dramatized performers are not listed as interviewees.^{[Chicago Sun-Times]}

Episode not verified

Short biography

Birkbeck wrote books about the case and is identified as an executive producer of the film.^{[Netflix Tudum]}Single source

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Related people

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Billy Carter
Assistant chief, Choctaw Police
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Charles Engles
Neurosurgeon
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Edward Kumiega
Former assistant U.S. attorney
Both appear in Girl in the Picture
Ernest Bean
Michael’s foster father
Both appear in Girl in the Picture
Franklin Delano Floyd
Fugitive and convicted murderer at the center of the case
Both appear in Girl in the Picture
Jenny Fisher
Friend and student-council-camp acquaintance
Both appear in Girl in the Picture
Joe Fitzpatrick
FBI special agent
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Lynn Clemons
Friend from Forest Park Senior High
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Mark Deasaro
Detective, St. Petersburg Police
Both appear in Girl in the Picture
Mark Yancey
Assistant U.S. attorney
Both appear in Girl in the Picture
Mary Dufresne
Megan Dufresne’s mother
Both appear in Girl in the Picture
Megan Dufresne
Suzanne Sevakis’s daughter
Both appear in Girl in the Picture
Merle Bean
Michael’s foster mother
Both appear in Girl in the Picture
Michelle Cupples
Michael’s babysitter
Both appear in Girl in the Picture
Skye Borgman
Documentary filmmaker
Both appear in Girl in the Picture

Sources

What Happened to Sharon Marshall? Girl in the Picture Podcast Tells Us — Netflix Tudum, published 2022-06-29. Accessed 2026-11-08.Official production sourceHigh reliability
Girl in the Picture — IMDb, published 2022-07-06. Accessed 2026-11-08.Reference workLow reliability
‘Girl in the Picture’ makes sense of a senseless, complex crime — Chicago Sun-Times, published 2022-07-05. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationHigh reliability

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