[Agapeti]

Never heard of it but spent all day yesterday clicking links, some working, most not. Very interesting story. Some of the forums were awesome but it's a circle jerk whodunit .... There was no justice for this family. That's the sad part.

[velvitt]

Went back home to Chico, CA last week and it had been exactly 34 years since the murders and my mom and uncles talked about it like it had just happened. There is even some local dirtbag that gives tours to where the cabin used to be.

I have the VHS of the documentary "Cabin 28: The Keddie Murders" and getting it transferred to DVD and all I need is figure out how an idiot like me can somehow link it for you. Any suggestions?

[dockman]

Originally Posted by DarkRainbow ↗

The Keddie Murders is an unsolved 1981 American quadruple murder that took place in Keddie, a former resort town in the foothills of Northern California's Sierra Nevada mountains. The murders took place in cabin 28, during the late evening of April 11, 1981 and/or early morning of the 12th.

The victims were Glenna Sharp, known as Sue (age 36), her daughter Tina (age 12), her son John (age 15), and his friend, Dana Wingate (age 17). Tina was determined to be missing after the crime was first discovered. Her skull and several other bones were recovered in 1984 near Camp Eighteen, California, in Butte County.

Sue's oldest daughter, Sheila, had stayed with next-door neighbors in cabin 27 that night and discovered the murders the morning of April 12. Sue's two youngest sons and their friend, who were having a sleep-over at cabin 28 that night, were found, uninjured, in the boys' bedroom that morning.

Details of the Murders

Glenna "Sue" Sharp, 36, and her five children had been renting the cabin since November 1980. On the night of April 11, 1981, Sue was home with her daughter, Tina, her two youngest boys, and a young friend of the boys, Justin, who was staying the night. Her oldest son, John, and his friend Dana Wingate, had spent the day in nearby Quincy and were also going to stay the night at cabin 28. John and Dana were last seen hitchhiking from Quincy to Keddie. The crime may already have been in progress when they arrived at the cabin.

At approximately 8 am on the morning of April 12, Sheila Sharp, upon returning from the sleepover next door, discovered the bodies of Sue, John and Dana in the cabin's living room. All three victims had been bound with medical tape and electrical appliance wire. Later, Tina Sharp was determined to be missing from the cabin.

Examination of the bodies determined that each of the victims had been bludgeoned with a claw hammer, and Sue and John had been stabbed repeatedly, including both being stabbed once in the throat. Dana Wingate was also manually strangled and bludgeoned with another weapon. An inexpensive steak knife discovered at the scene had been used so forcefully that the blade had bent approximately 25 degrees.

The case grew cold, but in 1984 the cranium portion of Tina Sharp's skull was recovered near Camp Eighteen, a geodesic distance of roughly 29 miles from Keddie. Months later, after an anonymous caller to the Butte County Sheriff's office claimed the skull was Tina's, the Camp Eighteen area was searched again for several hours over a period of days.

The jawbone and dozens of other bones were found, along with other potential evidence. From these discoveries, no new information regarding the crime surfaced in the media.

The murders remain unsolved to this day.

Great info!

[Morbid75]

So I was watching that and going back and reading the stuff on the thread. If you notice that Justin Smartt never looks directly at the camera. He is totally lying. Sucks that guy died in 2002. Now they will never be solved.

[Lion-hearted Girl]

This case is fascinating, and there's still groups who are actively sleuthing this one. I used to be a member on the site Keddie28.com which has a forum where the surviving family and the guy who made the films have all been active participants in the past. I've left the site after seeing how the founder treated some of the survivors, especially poor Sheila, who was the 14 year old daughter who discovered the murders. They basically dragged her over the coals, made up stories about her somehow being involved, and generally treated her like dirt. Very sad. But there is some good info on the site.

[Lion-hearted Girl]

Originally Posted by morbid75 ↗

Has anyone watched the documentary from these links? It keeps asking for a credit card number, even though they say it will not be charged. I am wary of this. I checked Amazon but cannot find it other than these obscure websites. I really want to watch it

It's on YouTube, I'll download it later

[Morbid75]

Originally Posted by Lion-hearted Girl ↗

It's on YouTube, I'll download it later

I still have to finish it. It is pretty long. There are two parts. I fell asleep on it last night. Not a good thing to fall asleep on

The way the forums are treating the sister reminds me of Dark Places. I wonder if she got her inspiration from this murder. That is awful they are treating her this way as she was not even there.

I misread the earlier posts because the second part was filmed in 2004 and that Justin Smartt guy was still alive and acting really sketchy. The stepfather Marty and his friend Bo are dead and were dead in 2002. Did the brother ever speak publicly?

It seems to me they could get some DNA off the weapons though even if they destroyed the cabins. They must have stored the evidence badly.

[Lion-hearted Girl]

Yeh I think the case was bungled pretty badly... Of course people have conspiracy theories about cops being involved and covering up for friends... Who knows!

[Lion-hearted Girl]

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[K53]

Fantastic photojournalism