(Metcalf: 2018). The gruesome murder of a mother and three children 40 years ago continues to haunt investigators, who believe someone knows what happened, KXTV reports. Also, the murderers must have been aware of the three remaining boys in the cabin. As reported by Keddie28, all three victims were bound with cords, medical tape, and wire. Sheilas mother had been covered partially with a blanket though that had done little to hide her gruesome injuries. John and his 17-year-old friend Dana had hitchhiked to a nearby town of Quincy for a party and returned sometime later that evening. Smartt moved to Reno, Nevada, shortly after the conclusion of his police interview and was also never arrested or charged in the Keddie cabin murders. I became their mother, and its hard for me to step back and be a sister, cause thats what I am Im their sister, Im not their mother, and they need to make their own choices.. Sue began renting out Cabin 28 at the Keddie Resort in 1980 when she relocated to Northern California after separating from her husband. 5 Topics 16 Posts Last post Portola Reporter April 12, 20 . until 2013 when the case was reopened with new investigators Plumas Sheriff Greg Hagwood and Special Investigator Mike Gamberg. While he was supposedly collecting cans, a human skull and mandible turned up. You May Also Like: The Disappearance of the Five Sodder Children. Furthermore, it suggests an answer as to why this case was handled so sloppily, remains unsolved, and is seemingly not a priority to the Sacramento DOJ. [29], In April 2018, Gamberg stated that DNA evidence recovered from a piece of tape at the crime scene matched that of a known living suspect.[19]. Immediately, the two lead suspects were Justin Smartts father and the Sharps neighbors, Martin Smartt and his houseguest, ex-convict John Bo Boudebe who was known to have connections to organized crime in the area. We sheltered them, she says about her brothers in the aftermath of the murders. A fight ensued,[24] after which Tina entered the room and was taken out of the cabin's back door by one of the men. All had been beaten with a claw hammer and knifed. Rick and Greg claim they were asleep when the others were killed in the next room. Although the therapist alerted authorities, nothing was reportedly done. In 1980, the Sharp family 36-year-old Glenna "Sue", her 15-year-old son John, 14-year-old daughter Sheila, 12-year-old daughter Tina, and 10-year-old Rick and five-year-old Greg moved from. I was told the suspects were told to get out of town, so to me, that means it was covered up, Sheila Sharp told CBS Sacramento in 2016. It's my strong sense that there's something about Tina that did not allow for her to be left there.". Unfortunately, they couldnt determine where the sounds came from and went back to sleep. All three returned home later, but Marty and Bo went out again. [19] She had been stabbed in the chest,[20] her throat was stabbed horizontally, the wound going through her larynx and nicking her spine, and on the side of her head was an imprint matching the butt of a Daisy 880 Powerline BB/pellet rifle. However, when this failed, the Keddie Resort owner Gary Mollath turned a series of cabins into low-income rental housing. It would also explain why the Smartt boy and the other Sharp boys in the adjoining room were spared. [10] Tina, who had been watching television at the Seabolt residence, was told by Sheila that Sue wanted Tina home by 10 PM, so Tina returned to #28 around 9:55 pm. [24] About 4,000 man-hours were spent working the case,[24] which Thomas described as "frustrating". "[27] A grid pattern search of the area covering a 5-mile (8.0km) radius around the house was conducted with police canines, but the efforts were fruitless. Dana had multiple head injuries and had been manually strangled to death. One of the men was holding a small knife and a hammer. Glenna Sue Sharp was a dark-haired, attractive single mother with five children. The Keddie Cabin murders was a case that involved a triple-slaying as well as a missing child whose remains were later discovered. PEOPLE Magazine Investigates After Show: Survivor Sheila Sharp on the 1981 Keddie Cabin Murders of Her Family For 35 years, Sheila Sharp has tried to repress the memory of finding the. Investigators were called about an hour after Sheila had discovered her slain family. Authorities also interviewed Marty's close friend, John "Bo" Boubede, who lived with Marty and his wife, and was out with Marty on the night the murders occurred. What else do you want?. Unfortunately, they later went into foster care as their aunt already had several children and couldnt handle more. The three boys in the house, Rick, Greg, and their friend, Justin, were all safe in the bedroom. Of the suspects who are still alive, Gamberg said: They better batten down the hatches because were coming. According to the story, Marty said he was angry that Sue had convinced Marilyn to leave him. [24] Plumas County Sheriff Sylvester Thomas, who presided over the case, later stated that Martin had provided "endless clues" in the case that seemed to "throw the suspicion away from him. Watch our new 10-part true crime show, People Magazine Investigates, which airs Mondays (9 p.m. [24] Investigating these sounds, he saw Sue with two men: one with a mustache and short hair, the other clean-shaven with long hair; both wore glasses. Then, see if you can solve any of these six inexplicable, unsolved murders. As she opened the door, she screamed as she discovered the bodies of her mother, Glenna "Sue" Sharp, older brother John Sharp . They also all sustained multiple stab wounds. Published October 18, 2021 Updated November 1, 2021 Between April 11 and April 12, 1981, Glenna "Sue" Sharp and three others were brutally killed in the resort town of Keddie, California. When she opened the door, Sheila found the scene of a massacre. Historic Mysteries reports Marty's wife Marilyn found a bloody jacket in their basement, which she believed belonged to Tina. Everyone loves a good mystery.But what about those good unsolved mysteries that don't have that satisfying ending like Scooby-Doo pulling off the mask of the culprit and are just downright spooky? However, the perpetrators did not leave behind any of their own blood. Surely, no one expected it to be one of the most famous unsolved murder cases in history. 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. Marilyn and Marty happened to be taking the same typewriting class that Sue was enrolled in. Justin said that he was watching TV in the boys room before he fell asleep. When the DOJ was alerted to this confession in 1981, they dismissed it as hearsay.. This would account for Marilyn leaving her husband the day of the murder discovery. She also worked a part-time job at the Quincy Elks Lodge, and with the little money she brought in, Sue rented Keddie Cabin 28 in the fall of 1981. It would not have been accidentally misplaced." What is known is that this 37-year-old crime is far from a cold case, as new evidence sheds light on what may have occurred at Cabin 28 in Keddie, California. They had apparently slept through the entire massacre which had unfolded mere feet from their beds. [27], On April 22, 1984, three years and eleven days after the murders, a bottle collector discovered the cranium portion of a human skull and part of a mandible at Camp Eighteen[17] near Feather Falls in neighboring Butte County,[28] roughly 100 miles (160km) from Keddie. When they returned to the bar much later, they were wearing suits, as if they had spent the evening at a business meeting. For 35 years, Sheila Sharp has tried to repress the memory of finding the brutally murdered bodies of her mother and older brother in her familys cabin home in the Sierra Nevada Mountains a crime that remains unsolved. Any case without an apparent motive is the toughest to solve, Stoy recalled to the Sacramento Bee in 1987. The Keddie Cabin Murders. Gamberg sent the tape to other law enforcement agencies for analysis and possible leads. [6][16] Initial reports stated that the three young boys had slept through the incident, though this was later contradicted. Keddie28 reports she was attending business classes at the Feather River Community College, where she was purportedly a "good student" who worked hard to maintain high grades. There were some bloodstains on her bedding, which suggested that she might have been kidnapped from her bed after the murders. He is the author of a series of published mystery novels and holds a degree in criminal psychology. The strangest thing is that there is no apparent motive. It was Sharps mother, Sue, brother John and his friend Dana, laying in a pool of blood, bound with medical tape and appliance wire. More confounding is that the three youngest boys were not only untouched but allegedly unaware of the event, even though a woman and her boyfriend in the cabin next door awoke around 1:30 a.m. to what they described were muffled screams. Since his recruitment in 2013, he has made several new discoveries. The murders took place in cabin 28, during the late evening of April 11, 1981 and/or early morning of the 12th. It matched the description of the one Marty gave in his interrogation. The new investigators and people online who re-investigated the Keddie Murders have done a very good job digging up some new evidence and analyzing the small amount available. The victims were Glenna Sharp, known as Sue, her son John (age fifteen), and his friend, Dana Wingate (aged seventeen). [24] In his later account of events, told under hypnosis,[17] he claimed to have awoken to sounds coming from the living room while asleep in the bedroom with Rick and Greg. There were four victims: Sue Sharp, her son John, her daughter Tina, and John's friend Dana. The back door left ajar. All of their injuries happened after the killers tied them up. There, she resided with her 15-year-old son, John (born November 16, 1965);[3] 14-year-old daughter Sheila; 12-year-old daughter Tina (born July 22, 1968);[7] and two younger sons, Rick (age 10) and Greg (age 5). He had been manually strangled. The girls shared one, and the younger boys shared the other. Three of Sue's children were with her, Tina, 12; Ricky, 10; and Greg, 5. Inside The Unsolved Shooting Of Brooklyn's Hip-Hop King. 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