The child was abducted by his non-custodial father, Sean Spencer Copeland.

I'm not really sure how much of what has happened Marc understands. For many years his father ignored him.  Instead of trying to make a happy family with his wife and son, Marc's father was gone much of the time.  We lived in France, but Sean could not seem to make up his mind where he wanted to be, and what he wanted to do with his life.  So living much of the time alone, Marc and I grew closer, hoping that someday Sean would settle down and we would be a happy family of three.

Finally, Sean decided he was moving from France and taking my son with him.  My little boy, my happiness, my son who I had raised almost completely alone.

While Marc could be anywhere in the US, there is a high probabilty that his father (Sean Copeland)  is working at trade shows and fairs making leather products such as belts, leather jackets and cowboy boots. In the past, he has worked primarily with Harley Davidson type leather products.  Please post posters of Marc and Shawn at trade shows and fairs  across the country, and especially in the states of :

NC (Sylva, Cherokee, Dunhill, Charolette), SC, GA (McDonough), TN, CO (Gunnison, Denver, Colorado Springs), AK, FL (Boca Raton, De Land, New Smyrna Beach, Daytona Beach), ND/SD (He has been at trade shows on ND and SD in the past), CA (Sean has an uncle in the desert part.

Note:Sean and his family normally go to the Daytona Beach Rally in January or Febuary.