28 of the Keddie Resort. Teen Died Mysteriously in 2015. Theyd never felt the need to do that prior to the murders. Subscribe now to PEOPLE, or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands now, for more on this case. 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). Case file update is a new column featuring previous cases involving Plumas County and its people. As I listened for more sounds, I suddenly found myself severely short of breath. Gamberg knew the boys as well. Advertiser Disclosure: Backpackerverse.com is a free online resource that offers valuable content and comparison services to users. Cabin 28 at the Keddie Resort, where the 1981 murders occurred. "But do I really want to remember?". Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood described what happened in Cabin 28 in. This case is getting old and unless new eyes come in it will go nowhere. In addition to confirming Sue, John, and Dana were dead, the officers concluded they were murdered. 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Three of them were murdered that night, and one of the children remained missing until years later. CBS13 was there when Sheila was shown the hammer and a knife that may also be connected to the crimes. The evidence proves Dana and John died as true heroes, running to the defense of Sue and Tina. 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. Reporting on what you care about. Cabin 28 had already been demolished, but she decided to check out the site regardless. She reported the possibility of a homicide in Cabin 28. There were faint but heavy footsteps walking in the dirt. What hadn't been discovered until last month was a hammer that's believed to be one of the murder weapons. "But rarely did I speak to the family about it. The Primary Suspects Are Dead But Authorities Are Still Pursuing Justice, 3. Apparently, as the suspects bludgeoned and stabbed their victims to death, none of the suspects were injured or left their own blood at the scene. In 2018, investigators were able to analyze identifiable DNA from a piece of white medical tape that was used to bind the victims' hands and ankles. 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. The hammer, similar to one reported missing by Smartt, was dug up near the crime scene just last month. Dozens peripherally involved in the case had motive, if not opportunity, yet Law enforcement immediately zeroed in on their prime suspects then, seemingly inexplicably, ignored them. Hagwood also had a childhood friend who lived in Keddie's cabin 28 long before the Sharps moved in there. An imprint matching that of the butt of an 880 rifle was also left on Sues head. And more developments are anticipated. Dee Mack, Are you related to Angelique or Angels Mother Hester Mack then later Hester McCormick? 2016 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Life changed dramatically in 1981 for this whole community, Gamberg said meaning not just Keddie, which is six miles west of Quincy. Sue Sharp was found lying very close to the sofa. She has never surrendered her hope the case would be solved, if only to rescue her family's reputation and by extension her own. Editors note: This story contains information that some readers might find unsettling or objectionable. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. 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. 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. She looked at me and smiled and in my head I heard the name, Tina.. "Great! The sheriff at the time of the murders, Doug Thomas, is accused of a cover-up in many online theories. As of November 2016, it was being tested for DNA or blood residue as a possible additional murder weapon. Although two of the main suspects, Smartt and Boubede are dead, they were alive at the time of Tina Sharps discovery. To keep this resource 100% free, we receive compensation for many of the products and services listed on the site. "I thought the adults would do something. Authorities also interviewed Marty's ex-con friend "Bo" Boubede, who had moved in with Marty. That includes the possible mishandling of evidence Hagwood and Gamberg were determined to find. For some reason, the DOJ had an interest in Boubede, according to Gamberg. Years of No Answers and a Theory of the Crime. Although still open, it wasnt a priority. Note the sign on the front tree proclaims this was a home where a mom and her five children lived. I didn't think it was fair that they would have to go through it I didn't think it would be good. "She was a kind and loving mother who was doing her very best to raise five children alone. It's debated whether it was the murders themselves that led to less interest in renting in the once-busy area, or if it was the allegedly poor management of the cabins themselves that led to fewer people being willing to live there. The DNA matches that of a known living suspect, according to Gamberg. Those who were inside Cabin 28 the night and/or early morning hours of April 11 and 12, 1981, were somewhat prepared, according to Gamberg. "Dana was at my house the day before the homicide," he said. Keddie and Quincy are seven miles apart. "I struggle with that. "They covered it up, is the way it sounds," Gamberg said. Also, the murders had nothing to do with Dana, or John, or Tina. What else do you want?". According to the crime scene report, the boys' bodies on the living room floor were bloodied around their heads and necks. They had died. An envelope with a cassette recording of a man telling a sheriff's dispatcher about a body that was found three years of the murders that could be one of the victims who was kidnapped from the murder scene. "The neighbors say I came back screaming. The freezer got turned off, Gamberg said. Keddie28 reported Sharp immediately fled the cabin and ran to the neighbors for help. Marty was reportedly an abusive husband. And I go through my moments of, I start crying for no reason. The case was unsolved for two decades after investigators interviewed dozens of people, analyzed evidence and executed several search warrants. The Seabolts didnt have a telephone. "My mother's kindness and grace also extended beyond her own family, which may have ultimately been her downfall.". It's a case that involves a triple-slaying and a missing child whose remains. Despite there being much more to this case, the investigation strangely stopped there. KEDDIE, Calif. It has been 40 years since what is known as the Keddie Murders took place in rural Plumas County. To join the discussion, click the link below. And some of the evidence in storage is contaminated. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The onetime mountain tourist stop's forests, pond and river made it appear idyllic to kids, but it had fallen on hard times. Keddie Cabin Murders Solved? Please enter valid email address to continue. Investigators now seek any biological material including skin, hair, blood and other bodily fluids at crime scenes, according to Randy James in a 2009 feature on DNA testing for TIME. Blood wasnt confined to the floor and on or around the victims. She was spending the night at a friend's house on the night of the murders and came home to find the bodies. There have been a lot of rumors floating around and unfortunately people are considering them as the truth, instead of checking and doing the research. great article! Someone from that cabin ran to the lodge and reported the crime. Blood was also found on the living room ceiling and furniture. Although Smartt and Boubede fled Plumas County shortly after interviews with DOJ, its known that Smartt allegedly lived in Paradise at the time of that phone call, according to dmacs research. And a crime that was committed so many years earlier doesnt have the priority recent crimes receive, he said. But the unsolved murders of a woman, two teenage boys and a girl still haunted him. Sheila's 12-year-old sister, Tina, was missing. I worked with them the entire summer before the murders," he said. Meredith Corporation. Gamberg also knew the two boys. says Sheila, now a 50-year-old mother of three and grandmother of two. Gamberg shared the contents of the tape with People magazine in 2016 when it featured the crime in two magazines and in a news documentary aired on CBS. Gamberg said he was fortunate in that he was able to get his piece of DNA processed in a timely manner. It's a case that's gathered far more dust than clues over the years. Both Hagwood and Gamberg said residents had very little trust or confidence in the sheriffs department before the murders. November 22, 2016. In the rural town of Keddie, California, a mother and three children were attacked on Saturday, April 11, 1981. But it also recounts the killings and Sheila's theory that they were carried out by a neighbor, Marty Smartt, and his ex-con friend "Bo" Boubede, in part as revenge for Sheila's mom siding with Marty's wife in a marital dispute. ET) on Investigation Discovery. 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. My reasons are simple: there is no evidence tying either of these men to the murders. That tape, too, was turned over for voice comparisons with audio of earlier suspects. "It's very easy to say somebody's guilty when they're dead," he said. They were such bad parents that, had this case been properly investigated, their lack of stewardship over Justin would have led directly to capital murder convictions, a punishment which had been re-instated in 1977. * Watch our new true crime show, People Magazine Investigates, which continues with an episode on the Keddie cabin murders on Monday at 10 p.m. The DNA matched that of a then-living suspect. During the revived investigation in 2016, sheriff's investigator Mike Gamberg was made aware of a letter written by Marty to Marilyn shortly after the crimes. 'People Magazine Investigates': Did Pam Hupp Stab Her Friend More Than 50 Times? Our Forum holds the facts of the case. More to follow. Keddie Cabin Murders Solved? This just seems like a rehash of an old article. People: 5 Things to Know about the Keddie Cabin Murders and the New Hunt for the Killers. It was an emotional experience, but it didnt reach its peak until after I got home. Sheila tells PEOPLE that Sue would have been 71 this year, at the end of March. Although she was lying on her side, naked from the waist down, theres evidence that someone rearranged her from an indecent position. solved 40 years later with DNA evidence: 20: Murder of Betty Van Patter: . He lived there with his mother and stepfather, Marilyn and Martin Marty Smartt, and his brother. Investigators Allude to a Break in the Keddie Cabin Murders The 1981 murder of Sue, Johnny, Tina Sharp and Dana Wingate remains a mystery, but we may be seeing an arrest soon. Go to PEOPLE.com/PEN, or download the app for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Xumo, Chromecast, Xfinity, iOS and Android devices. He soon moved on to another job and has since retired. Sheila ran screaming back to the neighboring cabin where she had spent the night. The FBI was also involved because it was believed that Tina Sharp was abducted. The Seabolt family lived just 15 feet away. Gamberg said he has hunches about what happened to it, but it hasnt been recovered. With the killings of her family members, "I didn't have the big brother to look up to, and I lost my only sister, and we were close," Sheila says. ", "I would like my kids and grandkids to know that she was a very caring and kind person," Sheila says of Sue. However, Marilyn Smartt did not recall the meeting and also said the two were not friends to her knowledge. The bodies of Sue, John, and Dana were found on the morning of April 12 by Sue's 14-year-old daughter, Sheila, who had been sleeping at a friend's house. Members of that family, along with Sheila Sharp, 14, claimed they didnt hear a sound from the Sharps house that night. 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. They just kind of kept it hidden. Unsolved murders have a way of weighing on a community, the place forever haunted and the neighbors always left wondering. Some even believed the furniture moved around by itself. Wonderful-Variation 2 yr. ago Six people coming together to commit a murder is an extraordinarily unusual situation. The tape was never admitted into evidence, and it was in fact found at the bottom of a box. Police was on the scene for a short while before they realized that Sharps other daughter, Tina, was missing from the home. But that anonymous 911 caller said it was Tina's before the medical examiner confirmed it through dental records. The one he missed or more accurately wasnt allowed to cover was the Keddie murder case, he said recently. In one of the bedrooms, authorities found Rick, Greg, and their friend Justin Eason Smartt, unharmed. DOJ sent two men, special agents Harry Bradley and P.A. The throats of Sue and her son were cut. in 1990. 1. Why was Marty's then-wife, Marilyn Musgrove, a key conspirator and fellow murderer, not arrested? Here are five things to know about their work. Detectives say they are closer than ever to solving the Keddie Murders case | Unsolved California 28,296 views Apr 30, 2021 It has been 40 years since the most horrific crime in Plumas County. He had known connections with organized crime in Chicago.Boubede also had at least two known aliases as Bobby Lake and John DeSantis, according to the Keddie 28 online site administrator dmac. Great. The following participated in the planning and/or execution of these murders: Sheila Sharp, Glenna Meeks, Marilyn and Marty Smartt, Bo Boubede, Dee Jay Lake, Wade and Richard Meeks, John Blaine Greubert, Tony Garedakis. People Magazine Investigates' episode on the Keddie cabin murders airs Monday (10 p.m. Gamberg further tracked down a therapist in Reno, Nev., to whom Marty allegedly confessed after the killings and who told Gamberg he was shocked to learn that investigators at the time didn't use that confession to solve the crimes. They claimed to have witnessed ghost writing on the walls. 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. First published on May 2, 2016 / 11:47 PM. It wasnt followed, he said. The only way this decision by DOJ makes sense is in considering the background of one of the suspects. A psychic online claims she visited the house and could hear the screams of the victims. He also said there are at least six people of interest. The three bodies on the floor had been bound, stabbed and beaten with a hammer. "There's times I think, Gosh, should I go get hypnotized to see what I remember?" 5 People Vanished Along the Snake River Beginning in 1979: Will Police Finally Catch a Serial Killer? 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. The murders took place in house No. If anyone has information concerning a cold case, please contact Victoria Metcalf at 283-0800 or [emailprotected], or contact the Plumas County Sheriffs Office at 283-6300 with tips or leads on active cases. Another person of interest also lived in Butte County. Sheila's sister was missing her remains were found in the woods three years later. Sharp's oldest daughter, Sheila, had been at a sleepover when she returned to the family home, Cabin 28, to find her murdered family. 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. Locals describe it as a beautiful woodsy town, one with a strong sense of community. "Whoever did this and there was more than one person had to have blood all over them," said Doug Thomas, who was the Plumas County sheriff at the time of the murder and led the investigation. The items inside were never entered into evidence a crucial part of the chain of evidence necessary in crime investigation. He also compared the available evidence in 1981 to someone firing a shotgun loaded with evidence and no one followed up on all of it as it spread out like pellets. His home was just a short distance away in Cabin 26. 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. And there were only two suspects examined by the police Marty Smartt and his roommate Bo Boubede, who lived two cabins down from the Sharps. Discover unique things to do, places to eat, and sights to see in the best destinations around the world with Bring Me! May 2, 2016 / 11:47 PM Cabin 28 and others in the small Keddie community were allowed to deteriorate in the years following the Keddie murders. New evidence has surfaced in the infamous 37-year-old Keddie murders case. Gamberg was a deputy with the Plumas County Sheriffs Office prior to the murders, he 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. The two say they've zeroed in on longtime suspects, and they believe they've discovered new evidence and re-discovered old evidence that was either forgotten or overlooked that could point to a resolution. 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. Sharps oldest daughter, Sheila, had been at a sleepover when she returned to the family home, Cabin 28, to find her murdered family. The Keddie Cabin Murders took place on April 12, 1981; Sue Sharp, two of her children, and her son's friend lost their lives. The 1981 Keddie cabin murders of three family members and a teenage friend shook the small Sierra Nevada mountain communities of Keddie and Quincy in northern California, beginning a. 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. It was discovered later that 12-year-old Tina Sharp was missing. "It could have been that I blocked it out, and the shock of it all, too.". She was also tightly gagged. "I know we are closer than we've ever been.". 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. Keddie will never be the same because of those murders, and after visiting where it happened, I dont think I will be either, Kendall whispered. "For the record, she was none of these things," Sheila wrote. She left behind a broken marriage with a military man, now deceased, whom Sheila says was abusive to his wife and two daughters. Amazingly, Sheila's two little brothers, Greg and Rick, then 5 and 10, were asleep and unharmed in an adjacent bedroom, along with a friend. In a way, their work has only just begun. 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? And I have every confidence that they either participated after the fact or they have first-hand information Its obviously a worthwhile pursuit. After I got older, you call the sheriff's department every once in a while, and you hear, 'No new leads, nothing's going on. ", "It's obviously a worthwhile pursuit," he says. He accepted the job and the challenge of following the evidence and leads that still existed. According to Gamberg, right after the murders, Sheriff Doug Thomas contacted the DOJ in Sacramento. These were boys he went to school with. A bent steak knife was found on the floor, and a bloody butcher knife and claw hammer were found on a small wooden table near the entryway to the kitchen. Students should, County Administrative Officer Debra Lucero announced today that Plumas will be continuing its closure due to snow except for, The snow keeps falling and our readers keep finding moments to share some of levity, others of some serious, Plumas Unified School District and Plumas Charter School announced this afternoon that there will be no school on Wednesday, March. This case is as screwed up as a soup sandwich, Gamberg said recently. To make things even more suspicious, the anonymous called identified the skull as Tina's. Marilyn, who later remarried, told PEOPLE at the time that she didn't recall receiving the letter. Although its been a mystery as to who gave the two teens a ride home, Gamberg has identified the individual and has interviewed her. He was also familiar with Cabin 28 in Keddie. Some also consider Marilyn a conspirator as well. ", "To have this solved would finally give my family some closure, some answers as to why it happened and why it took so long to solve," Sheila says. The discovery came three years after Tinas disappearance by a man out hunting bottles. she says. Didnt he admit to covering Glenna Sue? Boubede died in 1988, and Marty Smartt died in 2006. Something for everyone interested in hair, makeup, style, and body positivity. On April 12, 1981, 14-year-old Sheila Sharp was returning from a sleepover when she discovered three dead bodies in her family's cabin at the Keddie Resort: her 36-year-old single mother, Sue; her brother Johnny, 15; and Johnny's friend Dana Wingate, 17. How This Serial Killer Was Brought Down By The Same App He Used To Hunt For Victims Jade Townsend The case that took 44 years to be solved: Arlis Perry Fatim Hemraj Mom Attends Birthday Party, Finds Daughter Who Died in House Fire as a Baby Jayden Yugie This Gold-Digger Turned Grave-Digger Lured Men to thier Deaths Help Status Writers Blog Careers It sounded within two feet of me, but nobody was around. While two of the lead suspects Martin Smartt and his friend John Boubede are now dead, others are alive and have been identified, said Hagwood recently. The area probably wouldnt have seemed creepy to an uneducated bystander, she said. 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. Along with key review factors, this compensation may impact how and where products appear across the site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). "Clearly by looking at the hammer you can tell that it's been at that location for a very, very long time," Hagwood said. Obsessed with travel? Between them lies the forgotten tape of the anonymous phone tip left in 1984, rediscovered in 2013. By. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. In earlier years, before the Sharps moved in, he spent nights there with a friend and his family. In many ways there was even less trust following the deaths. Yes, this case was intentionally made to grow cold. Their bodies were found by Shiela Sharp, who, unlike the rest of her family, had slept at a friend's house next door. Updated 2/11/2020 Sue Sharp, her son John and his friend Dana were found in the Sharp family cabin beaten and strangled to death in the family room. A segment of tape containing identifiable DNA was found on the floor near the body of Glenna Sue Sharp, 36, in 1981, Plumas County Sheriffs special investigator Mike Gamberg said recently. She waited and prayed for Tina to be found and reunited with her siblings a dream she held onto until 1984, when Tina's severed skull turned up in the deep woods some 50 miles away from the Keddie cabin, in another county. Sheila's 12-year-old sister Tina was missing from the scene but her remains were found at a different time. And now two years after that, hes announced that theres more that links a living person or persons to the crime. 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. KEDDIE (CBS13) Investigators believe they may have found one of the weapons used in a 35-year-old murder mystery. Then he got fired. Some of the evidence was ignored. As Marty said in his 1981 confession, they were just collateral damage. After countless hours of digging, the clues in the cold case started heating up, and new light is emerging on the decades-old crime. Sheila Sharp has purposefully pushed the horrific images out of her mind. 2021. Hence them throwing Marty's roommate Bo (who was an ex-con) into the case as an accomplice. Truly a case of wrong place, wrong time. More than 35 years after a teenage girl came home to find her family brutally slain in their resort cabin, police say the cold case is heating up. Some of the evidence was placed in a freezer to preserve it. Keddie Cabin 28 Massacre- Sharp Family Murders Remains Unsolved since 1981 Infamous Crime Locations 32K views 1 year ago Unsolved Marathon Season 2 BuzzFeed Unsolved Network 10M views 4 years. "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. The girl's skull was found in the woods three years later, some 50 miles away in another county. There is not an expiration date on homicides, and to the extent that we have surviving siblings and family members, it is our fundamental obligation to them to understand who did this and why, Hagwood said in 2016. Smartt would have been in his early 30s at the time of the Keddie murders. I just stood there, staring at the spot when I thought I heard someone walking behind me, Kendall said. Good question! I was a little freaked out, but curiosity won out at the end. * Watch the full episode of the People Magazine Investigates After Show on the Keddie case, available Nov. 28 on People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN). It emerged that Marty was angry about Sue's interference in his troubled marriage. The mystery endures about who brutally murdered the Sharp family single mom Sue Sharp, 36; her son Johnny, 15; daughter Tina, 12; and Johnny's friend Dana Wingate, 17 in the small Sierra Nevada community of Keddie, California. For Sheila, it's a mystery she's never been able to escape and a loss that defined her. These were boys he went to school with. Box after box of evidence, file drawers filled with information and other evidence were all in disarray. Its almost time for the wearin of the green, and the Catholic Church in Quincy is celebrating with a St. Both left the area. Although Sheila wouldnt realize it until later, the order of the bodies was her brother, John, who was closest to the front door. Special investigator Mike Gamberg took us back to where that hammer was found near the crime scene and just a stone's throw away from the cabin where investigators strongly believe the killers were staying at the time of the murders. 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