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. But the unsolved murders of a woman, two teenage boys and a girl still haunted him. But both Marty Smartt and "Bo" Boubede are now dead, questioned by law enforcement after the killings but never charged. First published on May 2, 2016 / 11:47 PM. The Scene Suggests More Than One Killer. Sheila ran screaming back to the neighboring cabin where she had spent the night. That should shut a lot of traps, and destroy many of the rumors that have floated around for 37 years. Sheila Sharp has purposefully pushed the horrific images out of her mind. Thats when Hagwood asked Gamberg, a private investigator, if hed like to take over the investigation. Gamberg is having professionals analyze the tape recording comparing that male voice to recorded voices of others identified as potential or known suspects. great article! The Keddie Cabin Murders took place on April 12, 1981; Sue Sharp, two of her children, and her son's friend lost their lives. Both now share a common goalsolving the brutal quadruple murder that sat largely untouched for many years. He became a deputy in his hometown in 1988. Keddie murders revisited part 2: Following the clues. As I stood there, fighting to breathe, I couldnt help but think of Dana Wingate, and how she had been strangled to death in the house. Why did a enforcer from the mob, 'Bo' Boubede, move in with Smartt just prior to the murders? Sharp's oldest daughter, Sheila, had been at a sleepover when she returned to the family home, Cabin 28, to find her murdered family. Cabin 28 was condemned and torn down in 2004. 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). "I didn't know what I was supposed to do," she says. When he opened the front door he saw the bodies on the green-carpeted floor, according to Gamberg. 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. A Daughter's 35-Year Fight For Justice: Sheila Sharp Longs to Know Who Murdered Her Family in Their Cabin Sheila Sharp who discovered the victims of the Keddie Cabin 28 murders in 1981, when . From 1974 until his retirement in 1994, he worked all but one of Plumas Countys cases. He said, And I was 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.. Its almost time for the wearin of the green, and the Catholic Church in Quincy is celebrating with a St. The date was April 11, 1981, when Cabin 28 saw the horrors that crowd it and to this day, the case remains cold. A blue bandana and her panties were used first and medical tape then applied. Editors note: This story contains information that some readers might find unsettling or objectionable. Hence them throwing Marty's roommate Bo (who was an ex-con) into the case as an accomplice. 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. 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. "It could be next month, it could be next year but really the focus in our priority is getting the truthgetting the answers.". They said I said it was Johnny. Listen Now For our friends in the Deaf and Signing community, you can view an ASL version of this episode HERE. It was tested for trace DNA or blood residue. * Watch the full episode of the People Magazine Investigates After Show on the Keddie case, available Nov. 28 on People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN). The hammer, similar to one reported missing by Smartt, was dug up near the crime scene just last month. Charles Montaldo. As Marty said in his 1981 confession, they were just collateral damage. They looked through every box in connection with the case and found a recording of a man believed to be one of the killers, or at the very least an accomplice. There were weeds as tall as my thighs all around. 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. That family included James Sr.; his wife, Zonita; daughters Alysa and Paula; and son, James Jamie Jr. At 8:05 a.m., Sunday, April 12, the sheriffs dispatch received a call from Jan Albin, co-owner of the Keddie Resort. It was discovered on the once cheerful, ivy patterned wallpaper and on some bedding in the bedroom Sheila and her sister, Tina, shared with their mother. Despite there being much more to this case, the investigation strangely stopped there. Defensive injuries would be discovered on her arms. It has been 40 years since the tragedy took place in rural Plumas County. "But do I really want to remember?". "It's my feeling that either he [the caller] was told or he was involved in some way," Gamberg said. Between them lies the forgotten tape of the anonymous phone tip left in 1984, rediscovered in 2013. Remember, this was 1981 and DNA collection and processing at crime scenes didnt begin until 1985. 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Justin Smartt Eason, 12, one of three boys left alive in a second bedroom, was allowed to spend the night. On the night of April 11, 1981, four people were brutally murdered in Cabin 28 of the Keddie resort in Northern California. She said she learned of it long afterward by investigators, but she recognized her ex-husband's handwriting. 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. Keddie Cabin Murders Solved? Even his leads in the case were ignored. KEDDIE, Calif. It has been 40 years since what is known as the Keddie Murders took place in rural Plumas County. 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. Authorities arrived at the scene shortly after 8 a.m. Leads werent followed and evidence wasnt checked. She reported the possibility of a homicide in Cabin 28. 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 mystery that lingers decades later. Cabin 28 at the Keddie Resort, where the 1981 murders occurred. Enter your email address to subscribe to Plumas News and receive notifications of new posts by email. This murder is shrouded in mystery, leaving behind a messy and compelling trail of clues. in 1990. He writes under dmac and Dee Mack but his name is David McNarie. Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood described what happened in Cabin 28 in. 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. Editorial opinions expressed on the site are strictly our own, and are not provided, endorsed, or approved by advertisers. He was their coach in martial arts and other activities. Some of the evidence was ignored. Its here he would roll up his sleeves and begin going through the evidence. 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. 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. Yet Gamberg and Sheriff Greg Hagwood believed the evidence leaned toward those two as the culprits. And wasnt Justin 12 when this happened? "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. "It struck this community harder than anything," he said of the killings. I could ask a hundred people what started this and Id probably get the same rehashed rumors from most of them. When Tina's remains were first found in 1984, on the third anniversary of the murders, her skull was unidentified. A vital thread, Gamberg said, is who knew about Tina's remains placed in an isolated wooded area in neighboring Butte County and who may have helped to put them there. Why were corrupt DOJ BOCCA agents immediately assigned to this rural case? "Clearly by looking at the hammer you can tell that it's been at that location for a very, very long time," Hagwood said. "There were some theories that [Marty's friend] Boubede was involved, and there was some theories that some other people in Keddie were involved," Thomas said. Sheila tells PEOPLE that Sue would have been 71 this year, at the end of March. Of Marty and Boubede, he said, "The only thing I knew is, they hung out together. 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. "She would have done anything for them and probably spoiled them rotten.". 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. Sue Sharp, Johnny Sharp, and Johnny's friend Dana, were bound together by some type of electrical wiring. The freezer got turned off, Gamberg said. Backpackerverse.com does not include the entire universe of available offers. Some also consider Marilyn a conspirator as well. Go to PEOPLE.com/PEN, or download the app for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Xumo, Chromecast, Xfinity, iOS and Android devices. I could still see where the cabin itself once stood, but nature had started to take over the area once more. According to the crime scene report, the boys' bodies on the living room floor were bloodied around their heads and necks. ", Thomas wasn't so sure. Marty Smartt's letter was an early re-discovery. Marilyn, Marty, and Bo were only after Sue. Keddie and Quincy are seven miles apart. How did Doug Thomas keep Gamberg out of the investigation if Gamberg was terminated in March 1981 and wasnt reinstated until 1983 (2 years after Thomas resigned)? Life changed dramatically in 1981 for this whole community, Gamberg said meaning not just Keddie, which is six miles west of Quincy. Her skull had been found 50 miles away in a different county. Sheriff's investigators say they submitted more. 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. These were boys he went to school with. I didn't think it was fair that they would have to go through it I didn't think it would be good. 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. But the void has stayed with her. Perhaps one day they will finally confirm those suspicions but for now, the devastating case remains unsolved. As police continued to search for Tina, other officers brought in multiple suspects. A bent steak knife lay on the floor, and a butcher knife and claw hammer, both also bloodied, were side-by-side on a small wooden table near the entry into the kitchen. It wasnt followed, he said. 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. Sue's 12-year-old daughter Tina was taken from the cabin, but her decomposed remains wouldn't be found for another three years. 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. The Sharp familys home shortly after the infamous murders took place in 1981. In Gambergs opinion, You could take someone just coming out of the academy and theyd have done a better job, of investigating the case. I guess it was the mother in me trying to keep them safe.". Please enter valid email address to continue. Search, watch, and cook every single Tasty recipe and video ever - all in one place! And Ive seen speculation being treated as fact over the years, even when it can be discredited by the facts that get ignored. They claimed to have witnessed ghost writing on the walls. She was also tightly gagged. solved 40 years later with DNA evidence: 20: Murder of Betty Van Patter: . Subscribe now to PEOPLE for more on this case. rice farms in northern california. To make things even more suspicious, the anonymous called identified the skull as Tina's. 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. He accepted the job and the challenge of following the evidence and leads that still existed. This just seems like a rehash of an old article. Obsessed with travel? The discovery came three years after Tinas disappearance by a man out hunting bottles. Hes also shared some important information with the Plumas County Sheriffs Office. That night I dreamt of a young girl, walking around the empty site. It emerged that Marty was angry about Sue's interference in his troubled marriage. It sounded like a door that rested on rusty hinges, if I had to pinpoint it, she nodded, brows furrowed. Boubede died in 1988, and Marty Smartt died in 2006. 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. 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. Note the sign on the front tree proclaims this was a home where a mom and her five children lived. In 2004 the now infamous Cabin 28 was condemned and demolished. Subscribe now to PEOPLE, or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands now, for more on this case. Another person of interest also lived in Butte County. Sue Sharp was found lying very close to the sofa. Dana was found next on his stomach with his badly damaged head resting partially on a sofa pillow. Those left dead at the scene included the mother, Sue Sharp; her son, John Sharp, 15; and his friend, Dana Wingate, 17. Hagwood was a teenager at the time and knew some of the victims. The three were killed using knives and a hammer. Deputy Hank Klement was the first to arrive on scene. "There are things that were done--but I think most importantly there are things that were not done that are hard to explain," he said. 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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While the crime was being reported, Jamie Seabolt, Sheila Sharp and possibly Zonita Seabolt helped the three young boys out a side bedroom window of the cabin. The anonymous caller said he was watching the news about the discovery at Feather Falls down Highway 70 from Keddie. Fragments of her skull and other bones were discovered in Camp Eighteen, CA. All three victims at the crime scene had been bound with medical and . Sheila's sister was missing her remains were found in the woods three years later. Police was on the scene for a short while before they realized that Sharps other daughter, Tina, was missing from the home. It's a case that involves a triple-slaying and a missing child whose remains. Outside of organized crime, that basically never happens, and even within the world of organized crime it is probably quite rare to have so many people in on a hit. Unsolved murders have a way of weighing on a community, the place forever haunted and the neighbors always left wondering. Gamberg thinks the tape was deliberately ignored when it arrived at the Plumas County Sheriffs Office. An imprint matching that of the butt of an 880 rifle was also left on Sues head. The hope is coming from an unlikely sourceinformation from a family member of Boubede has led to a discovery investigators thought was long gone. As of November 2016, it was being tested for DNA or blood residue as a possible additional murder weapon. The father of Dana Wingate (the friend of the Sharps who was also killed) said in 2001 the police had "stumbled over each other and fouled up the case.". Also, a man recently discovered a steel blue claw-hammer using a metal detector that matched the description of one that Marty had told investigators he lost. At one point, Thomas did say he gave one session of advice to the couple but it was before the murders. 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 most vivid image I have is of my brother laying there," she says. More to follow. "There's times I think, Gosh, should I go get hypnotized to see what I remember?" As I listened for more sounds, I suddenly found myself severely short of breath. Investigators Have a Personal Stake in the Case, 5. I wanted to protect my brothers from it. But the unsolved murders of a woman, two teenage boys and a girl still haunted him. It became a top priority when Hagwood took over several years ago and he hired Gamberg to focus on the murders. It would take those at the scene at least several hours to realize that fact. Some even believed the furniture moved around by itself. Dana Wingate was at his house just the day before he died. And more developments are anticipated. However, she did recognize her ex-husband's handwriting. Case file update is a new column featuring previous cases involving Plumas County and its people. But I don't remember that. To join the discussion, click the link below. He reportedly left for Reno, Nevada after the 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. Here are five things to know about their work. He would have been in his 50s during the murders. A few Keddie residents believe that when Cabin 28 still existed, it became haunted after the Sharp murders. The footfalls stopped close to me for a moment, but then started up again, moving closer to where the cabin had been. 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When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Dee Mack, Are you related to Angelique or Angels Mother Hester Mack then later Hester McCormick? At the time, law enforcement felt that the murders were committed by "more than one person.". But she doesn't get to the great-grandkids, she doesn't have that. Self care and ideas to help you live a healthier, happier life. In earlier years, before the Sharps moved in, he spent nights there with a friend and his family. And some of the evidence in storage is contaminated. "I thought the adults would do something. And the cops have DNA. His ankles were firmly tied with electrical cord that linked him to John whose ankles were also bound. I just stood there, staring at the spot when I thought I heard someone walking behind me, Kendall said. The therapist also reportedly told Gamberg that he was surprised the investigators at the time of the murder hadn't used the confession against Marty. People: 5 Things to Know about the Keddie Cabin Murders and the New Hunt for the Killers. DOJ sent two men, special agents Harry Bradley and P.A. And also, as I'm growing older, what can I expect in my later years? 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. ", "But then it's also, I think, made me stronger," she says, "because I've had to look out for my two younger brothers. I felt this strong pressure on my throat. However, Marilyn Smartt did not recall the meeting and also said the two were not friends to her knowledge. Although she was lying on her side, naked from the waist down, theres evidence that someone rearranged her from an indecent position. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. She ultimately settled into the small town of Keddie nestled in the Sierra Nevada mountains only five miles. * Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? It contained a tape recording of an anonymous caller to Butte County dispatch. says Sheila, now a 50-year-old mother of three and grandmother of two. In a way, their work has only just begun. 5 People Vanished Along the Snake River Beginning in 1979: Will Police Finally Catch a Serial Killer? The possible motive: Marty was married to Marilyn Smartt, the mother of Justin Smartt, who was one of the kids that was found alive in the cabin. In the larger community of Quincy, with a population of just under 2,000, Sheriff Hagwood was a schoolmate of victims Johnny and Dana, and the summer before the murders they'd all worked together as teenagers on a painting crew. DNA taken from a strip of white medical tape consistent with that used to bind the victims hands and ankles, and to cover the mouth of one victim, has revealed much as the Plumas County Sheriffs Office moves forward in its efforts to solve the quadruple murder case. Also, the murders had nothing to do with Dana, or John, or Tina. That tape, too, was turned over for voice comparisons with audio of earlier suspects. All three victims sustained brutal blows to the head with a hammer or hammers, and they were stabbed, sometimes repeatedly. In earlier years, before the Sharps moved in, he spent nights there with a friend and his family. / CBS Sacramento. "Even still today I sit here and think, What would my life be like with her here?" Gamberg knew the boys as well. The FBI was also involved because it was believed that Tina Sharp was abducted. Years of No Answers and a Theory of the Crime. 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. Spring showers replenished the waterways near the Feather River, giving life to the picturesque landscape in Plumas County, about 140 miles northeast of Sacramento. Gamberg and Hagwood reiterated their position that a resolution was imminent in a 2021 interview on the anniversary of the murders, saying that they were "close" to solving the case. 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. The only way this decision by DOJ makes sense is in considering the background of one of the suspects. 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. When he was reinstated, Thomas kept him out of the investigation. kannada chowka full movie download. It was discovered later that 12-year-old Tina Sharp was missing. The murders took place in house No. "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. Gamberg said he was fortunate in that he was able to get his piece of DNA processed in a timely manner. I worked with them the entire summer before the murders," he said. Didnt he admit to covering Glenna Sue? "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. Dead were Sheila's mother, brother and a family friend. "I have always talked about the situation," Sheila says. ", "It's obviously a worthwhile pursuit," he says. "I am not by nature a conspiracy theorist but there are facts and circumstancesthe number and the nature of whichI can't ignore anymore," he said. We still have to live on without our loved ones. Both had personal connections to victims of the case. As he sorted he found one bag of evidence that was never opened. "Not knowing where she'd been for three years, or even what happened to her, it's been really, really tough.". The three were tied up, bludgeoned and stabbed to death. ET on Investigation Discovery. The Gruesome Unsolved Keddie Quadruple Murders Posted on March 2, 2020 by Morbid N' Macabre Spread the love This is the crime which the movie "The Strangers" is loosely based on, though this true story is much more terrifying than any movie could ever be. For Sheila, it's a mystery she's never been able to escape and a loss that defined her. 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