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Its known that John Sharp, and his friend Dana were in Quincy and caught a ride home sometime between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m., Gamberg said. In the coming days, the hammer and knife will be scoured for any possible DNA evidence, and the tape will be examined by the FBI to see if there's a possible voice-match with anyone who has already been interviewed in connection with this case. But knowing the details, the minutiae of the crimeit was not a pleasant place to be. On April 11, 1981, Sue's 14-year-old daughter, Sheila, spent the night at a friend's cabin, returning home to her own cabin the now infamous cabin number 28to discover her mom, one of her brothers (Johnny, 15) and his friend Dana Wingate (17) brutally murdered. An April 11, 1981 Keddie became known all over the country for a brutal and horrific murder. I felt this strong pressure on my throat. Its suspected that someone brought a hammer, the one recovered in a nearby pond in 2016, as well as using a hammer and knives found in the home. rice farms in northern california. The Keddie murders, as the case became known, had become infamous as one of the countys leading unsolved crimes. Sue Sharp had envisioned a new life when she moved near her brother, Don, from Connecticut to northern California with her five kids in the late 1970s. I honestly believe that Marty Smartt and Bo Boubede had nothing to do with the Keddie Cabin 28 murders, and that it's awful convenient how they were fingered as suspects years after both of them were dead. Life changed dramatically in 1981 for this whole community, Gamberg said meaning not just Keddie, which is six miles west of Quincy. Cabin 28 had already been demolished, but she decided to check out the site regardless. Updated on July 15, 2019. Gamberg is having professionals analyze the tape recording comparing that male voice to recorded voices of others identified as potential or known suspects. Moving forward, DNA might still be retrievable from evidence collected at Keddie Cabin 28 if it hasnt been compromised and DNA testing facilities are notoriously backlogged. Keddie and Quincy are seven miles apart. Although still open, it wasnt a priority. Gamberg said he was fortunate in that he was able to get his piece of DNA processed in a timely manner. yeah, both of them had records," he said. Growing up in Taylorsville, Kendall (Name changed for privacy) had heard about the Sharp murders from a fairly young age. CALLER: And I was just wondering if they thought of the murder up in Keddie up in Plumas County a couple years ago where a 12-year-old girl was never found? It has been 40 years since the tragedy took place in rural Plumas County. Good question! The sheriff at the time of the murders, Doug Thomas, is accused of a cover-up in many online theories. His department was short of funding and he was short staffed. He was also familiar with Cabin 28 in Keddie. Copyright information and disclaimer here. The theories allege that he was a close friend to Marty Smartt at the time. The Keddie Murders Revisited Plumas County Sheriff's Office Probable murder weapons for the Keddie slaying discovered and submitted as evidence in 2016. Even though the tape was never voice-analyzed, the audio of that phone call is now being compared with audio of suspects to find a match. Unsolved in California: The Case of the Keddie Cabin Murders January 12, 2022 / Jamie Day The little town of Keddie California lies nestled in the mountains to the north-eastern part of the state in Plumas County. In 1981, the gruesome murder of four in Cabin 28 of the Keddie Resort in Northern California has long been unsolved.or has it?. A psychic online claims she visited the house and could hear the screams of the victims. Gamberg also knew the two boys. 28 of the Keddie Resort. My kids don't know who my mom is. And both Hagwood and Gamberg can pinpoint their errors and omissions. But I don't remember that. The Scene Suggests More Than One Killer. "I don't think there really is any type of final closure in a murder case. In 1979 she made the brave decision to leave her abusive husband and make the move from North Carolina to Northern California to be closer to her brother who lived in the town of Quincy. "I have always talked about the situation," Sheila says. Although Sheila wouldnt realize it until later, the order of the bodies was her brother, John, who was closest to the front door. Dead were Sheila's mother, brother and a family friend. By. The three other children present in a second bedroom escaped physical harm. Severin John Bo Boubede, Smartts friend. And there were few reassurances from the sheriffs office that they were doing everything possible to catch the killers. Apparently Marty had confessed to the murders in a session. Smartt would have been in his early 30s at the time of the Keddie murders. "I want to remember the happy times," she says. But because the aunt already had several children, the Sharp kids were eventually placed in foster care first together and later apart. Perhaps one day they will finally confirm those suspicions but for now, the devastating case remains unsolved. "There are people locally who know more than they've said," Hagwood told PEOPLE, "and I believe we've identified some of them, and we know who they are, and we know where they are. Kindness May Have Ultimately Been Her Downfall, Lone Survivor of 1984 Colorado Hammer Killer Attack Misses the Family He Stole: 'Inside I Cry Every Day', Inside the Investigation That Found Holly Marie Clouse 40 Years After She Vanished and Parents Were Murdered, Fla. 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It has been 40 years since the most horrific crime in Plumas County history, the Keddie Murders.Subscribe at: https://goo.gl/vai8EuFind ABC10 online: https://www.abc10.com/Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.abc10.com/email Stream ABC10 on Roku: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/63398/abc10Stream ABC10 on Amazon Fire: https://www.amazon.com/Gannett-Broadcasting-ABC-10-Fire/dp/B01E0H2KZQStream ABC10 on AppleTV: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abc10-news-weather-traffic/id469397853?mt=8Like ABC10 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ABC10tv/ Like ABC10 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abc10tvFollow ABC10 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ABC10App download Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gannett.local.library.news.kxtv\u0026hl=en_USApp download iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/abc10-news-weather-traffic/id469397853 "It could be next month, it could be next year but really the focus in our priority is getting the truthgetting the answers.". Why did a enforcer from the mob, 'Bo' Boubede, move in with Smartt just prior to the murders? As a Quincy deputy who knew many of the area residents, understood and had experience in homicide investigation, and as someone who knew at least two of the victims, he believes his input should have been taken seriously. The date was April 11, 1981, when Cabin 28 saw the horrors that crowd it and to this day, the case remains cold. Here are five things to know about their work. "For the record, she was none of these things," Sheila wrote. As he sorted he found one bag of evidence that was never opened. Some of the evidence was ignored. Although he prefers not to share his identity, dmac has been heavily investigating the Keddie murders for many years. In earlier years, before the Sharps moved in, he spent nights there with a friend and his family. And 2022 could be the year this murder finally gets solved. The girl's skull was found in the woods three years later, some 50 miles away in another county. Blood was discovered on both bedroom doors and outside on the handrail of the steep back stairs. Thats when Hagwood asked Gamberg, a private investigator, if hed like to take over the investigation. "The most vivid image I have is of my brother laying there," she says. "It's my belief that there were more than two people who were involved in the totality of the crime--the disposal of the evidence and the abduction of the little girl," Hagwood said. "Great! It's a case that's gathered far more dust than clues over the years. Thats probably when she was covered. Sue Sharp was the mother of five beautiful children. New developments were found when the case was reopened Gamberg organized some boxes of case reports and uncovered evidence from the case that had been shoved aside. About the Cabin 28 Keddie Murders Case: The morning of April 12, 1981, Glenna Sue Sharp and her kids, Tina and John, and John's friend, Dana Wingate, were brutally murdered inside house #28 in Keddie, California. Charles Montaldo. She personally believes that the murders of her family were carried out by Marty Smartt and Bo Boubede. Brenda Brown, Ryan Becker, 2020 "Murder in California: Serial Killers and Unsolved Murders", Marques Vickers, 2019; References This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 06:27 (UTC). Although someone had covered the body of the mother with a blanket, it did little to relieve the horrific scene the teen and law enforcement encountered. "She was a kind and loving mother who was doing her very best to raise five children alone. Those left dead at the scene included the mother, Sue Sharp; her son, John Sharp, 15; and his friend, Dana Wingate, 17. It sounded within two feet of me, but nobody was around. Note the sign on the front tree proclaims this was a home where a mom and her five children lived. With nothing in those first weeks that tied them to the crime, Thomas said, neither were charged. And some of the evidence in storage is contaminated. With copies of most case files still in existence, we've drafted the most realistic timeline of events leading up to the murders, how they took place, and the ensuing coverup by the killers and corrupt members of law enforcement. He became a deputy in his hometown in 1988. Leads werent followed and evidence wasnt checked. As reports of the renewed investigation went public, Gamberg learned of a man who, using a metal detector, had found a hammer in a pond near the Keddie property and the steel, blue-handled claw hammer, then recovered, exactly matched the description of a hammer that Marty told investigators he'd lost. I didn't think it was fair that they would have to go through it I didn't think it would be good. Both Gamberg and Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood believe that possibly as many as six people were involved in one capacity or another in the murders or the cover-up. "It could have been that I blocked it out, and the shock of it all, too.". "I've paid the price of your love & now that I've bought it with four people's lives, you tell me we are through," Marty wrote. Adding to the mystery: Sheila's younger brothers Greg and Rick, ages 5 and 10 at the time, were asleep and unharmed in an adjacent bedroom of the cabin, along with a friend, Justin Smartt. People Magazine Investigates' episode on the Keddie cabin murders airs Monday (10 p.m. All three victims sustained brutal blows to the head with a hammer or hammers, and they were stabbed, sometimes repeatedly. What else do you want?". Among those questioned in the killings was Sue's neighbor Marty Smartt, who lived two cabins away with his wife (and Justin Smartt's mother), Marilyn. "The fascinating aspect of that discovery is that the envelope had never been opened," Hagwood said. The bottoms of Sues bare feet and the soles of one of the boys shoes were also covered in blood suggesting they were mobile and stepped in it at some point. Hence them throwing Marty's roommate Bo (who was an ex-con) into the case as an accomplice. In 1980, Sue moved her kids to the Keddie area, where they lived in relative poverty. Gamberg also found in the investigation's files an apparently unopened envelope with a recording of a 911 call. says Sheila, now a 50-year-old mother of three and grandmother of two. Blood wasnt confined to the floor and on or around the victims. Cabin 28 and others in the small Keddie community were allowed to deteriorate in the years following the Keddie murders. I really hope they get justice and whoever was involved thats still alive according to the article pays for what they did to this woman and the kids. A GRAPHIC Look Back at the Keddie Murders On the morning of April 11, 1981, 14-year-old Sheila Sharp returned from a neighbor's house after a sleepover and stumbled upon the most disturbing and gruesome scene that she and the rest of Keddie, California, had ever seen. To make things even more suspicious, the anonymous called identified the skull as Tina's. To join the discussion, click the link below. Echoes Of Grisly Murders Will Find A Way To Haunt You At This Abandoned California Resort, True Horror: Beware Angry Spirits At This Richmond Swimming Pool, Paranormal Lies: Theyll Tell You Not to Be Afraid At This Berkeley Park, Your Truest Nightmare: Demons Crave Companionship At This Nortonville Hill, Supernatural Child Checks into the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal. WANTED: The Keddie Cabin Killer Episode Summary A family's brutal murder rocks a tiny California town and leaves behind too many unanswered questions. Its known that Sue Sharp was home with her daughter Tina, 12, and her two sons, Rickey, 9, and Greg, 5. Of Marty and Boubede, he said, "The only thing I knew is, they hung out together. Her skull had been found 50 miles away in a different county. My reasons are simple: there is no evidence tying either of these men to the murders. Years of No Answers and a Theory of the Crime. Everybody was suspicious of everybody and afraid of everybody else, he said. Another person of interest also lived in Butte County. The hammer, similar to one reported missing by Smartt, was dug up near the crime scene just last month. Why were corrupt DOJ BOCCA agents immediately assigned to this rural case? He would have been in his 50s during the murders. Both had personal connections to victims of the case. Smartt died in 2006. She'd spent the night at a friend's cabin next door to her family's cabin 28 in Keddie and was returning home on the morning of April 12, 1981, when she discovered the unimaginable. Hagwood would graduate from California State University, Sacramento with a degree in criminal justice. Broke my heart. There are people locally who know more than theyve said, and I believe weve identified some of them, and we know who they are, and we know where they are. What was ignored was an alleged admission of guilty by one of the suspects. The throats of Sue and her son were cut. Sheila's sister was missing her remains were found in the woods three years later. Victims,. 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