article_snippet: And that over in South Carolina a wealthy stockbroker by the name of Benjamin Harris Todd III had never given up hope of finding young Queensland woman Samantha Geldenhuys - and that Sam's birth name was Savanna Todd. '
article_snippet: Never gave up hope: Savanna's father Benjamin Todd II (pictured with Savanna's father Benjamin Todd II baby daughter in 1994) never stopped hoping his baby daughter would be found and each year updated his baby daughter room and made a video for each of his baby daughter birthdays .
article_snippet: The dramatic events of Sam's past began on an access visit in 1994, when Dorothy Lee Barnett did not return baby Savanna to Benjamin Todd and the two disappeared.
article_snippet: Following Ms Geldenhuys parents' separation her real father Benjamin Todd III was awarded full custody of baby Savanna .
article_snippet: Ms Barnett friends told the Seven Network that Benjamin Todd had wanted Ms Barnett to terminate Benjamin Todd pregnancy with Savanna in 1993.
article_snippet: But when the marriage failed, it was Todd who gained custody of Savanna following a court case in which Benjamin Todd alleged Ms Barnett was bipolar, and Benjamin Todd was awarded only supervised access to Benjamin Todd .
article_snippet: last year after learning Benjamin Todd 20 year wait had come to an end, but at a time when Benjamin Todd was still unsure whether Savanna/Samantha would want to meet Benjamin Todd .
article_snippet: Benjamin Todd III   long hunt for Savanna was over.
article_snippet: But J Graham Sturgis said Benjamin Todd yearned for the 'long awaited opportunity' of meeting Savanna and had literally counted the days - 19 years, six months and 12 days - from the access visit on which Savanna disappeared  to when Australian police knocked on a door in faraway Townsville and J Graham Sturgis was found.