Cabin 28 was condemned and torn down in 2004. in 1990. Editors note: This story contains information that some readers might find unsettling or objectionable. And more developments are anticipated. He was also familiar with Cabin 28 in Keddie. DNA deoxyribonucleic acid is now considered the most reliable physical evidence. 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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As with other related evidence, the process of scientific evaluation is slow. Sue's two younger sons, Rick and Greg, as well as their friend Justin Smartt, were also in the house but were unharmed. I followed behind the footsteps until I heard them stop and a loud creaking noise took its place. I wanted to protect my brothers from it. Decades after a teenage girl came home to find her family brutally slain in their resort cabin, police said the cold case was heating up. Reporting on what you care about. "Clearly by looking at the hammer you can tell that it's been at that location for a very, very long time," Hagwood said. The date was April 11, 1981, when Cabin 28 saw the horrors that crowd it and to this day, the case remains cold. 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. 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. The Keddie Murders Revisited Plumas County Sheriff's Office Probable murder weapons for the Keddie slaying discovered and submitted as evidence in 2016. Why did a enforcer from the mob, 'Bo' Boubede, move in with Smartt just prior to the murders? Please enter valid email address to continue. Public File for KMAX-TV / Good Day Sacramento. Justin Smartt Eason, 12, one of three boys left alive in a second bedroom, was allowed to spend the night. Advertiser Disclosure: Backpackerverse.com is a free online resource that offers valuable content and comparison services to users. In addition to confirming Sue, John, and Dana were dead, the officers concluded they were murdered. Obsessed with travel? After countless hours of digging, the clues in the cold case started heating up, and new light is emerging on the decades-old crime. * Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? His ankles were firmly tied with electrical cord that linked him to John whose ankles were also bound. She was also tightly gagged. These were boys he went to school with. In 1981, the gruesome murder of four in Cabin 28 of the Keddie Resort in Northern California has long been unsolved.or has it?. By. The Seabolt family lived just 15 feet away. Boubede died in 1988, and Marty Smartt died in 2006. The only way this decision by DOJ makes sense is in considering the background of one of the suspects. Sheila tells PEOPLE that Sue would have been 71 this year, at the end of March. 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. Teen Died Mysteriously in 2015. Years of No Answers and a Theory of the Crime. This was Cabin 27 where the Seabolt family lived. People Magazine Investigates' episode on the Keddie cabin murders airs Monday (10 p.m. But both Marty Smartt and "Bo" Boubede are now dead, questioned by law enforcement after the killings but never charged. He wonders if DOJ protected him. "Dana was at my house the day before the homicide," he said. She was dutiful in her attention to each of us, and while we lived in relative poverty, we also lived in a home of love. Marty Smartt's letter was an early re-discovery. Subscribe now to PEOPLE, or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands now, for more on this case. All three victims sustained brutal blows to the head with a hammer or hammers, and they were stabbed, sometimes repeatedly. The Scene Suggests More Than One Killer. Sharp's oldest daughter, Sheila, had been at a sleepover when she returned to the family home, Cabin 28, to find her murdered family. Keddie murders revisited part 2: Following the clues. Another piece of perhaps vital evidence that Gamberg discovered was in an envelope that was never opened. 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. They just kind of kept it hidden. Thomas recently addressed these accusations: In 2013, the case was reopened by current Sheriff Greg Hagwood and investigator Mike Gamberg. The footfalls stopped close to me for a moment, but then started up again, moving closer to where the cabin had been. The Keddie Cabin Murders: With Mike Ferguson, Mike Morford. 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). 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. 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. He accepted the job and the challenge of following the evidence and leads that still existed. Investigators believe it was no random call, as it came on the three-year anniversary of the killings. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. It's a case that's gathered far more dust than clues over the years. 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. Gamberg is having professionals analyze the tape recording comparing that male voice to recorded voices of others identified as potential or known suspects. Broke my heart. Sue's 12-year-old daughter Tina was taken from the cabin, but her decomposed remains wouldn't be found for another three years. Great. In earlier years, before the Sharps moved in, he spent nights there with a friend and his family. I could ask a hundred people what started this and Id probably get the same rehashed rumors from most of them. Between them lies the forgotten tape of the anonymous phone tip left in 1984, rediscovered in 2013. However, she did recognize her ex-husband's handwriting. The evidence proves Dana and John died as true heroes, running to the defense of Sue and Tina. Decades after the horrific incident, there is still significant public interest in the unsolved case. In 2017, a horror film inspired by the murders, Cabin 28, was released by U.K. production company North Bank Entertainment. Sheriff's investigators say they submitted more. To make things even more suspicious, the anonymous called identified the skull as Tina's. There was evidence that went unnoticed and people of interest who may not have been vetted properly. Meredith Corporation. 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. Blood spatters were found on the floor and ceiling suggesting the kind of forced used. The sheriff at the time of the murders, Doug Thomas, is accused of a cover-up in many online theories. 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 therapist also reportedly told Gamberg that he was surprised the investigators at the time of the murder hadn't used the confession against Marty. But the void has stayed with her. All had been bound and suffered extreme violence. Keddie murders: Keddie: 1981-04-11: 4: . 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. According to records, RMX was seen in Keddie Sunday morning, including multiple times pacing at or walking by 28. 2. As a martial arts instructor at the time, he taught both Johnny and Dana, and says Dana was at his home the day before he died. "They covered it up, is the way it sounds," Gamberg said. Now the murder mystery is getting a fresh look, thanks to Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood and a special investigator, Mike Gamberg. In 2004 the now infamous Cabin 28 was condemned and demolished. Apparently Marty had confessed to the murders in a session. 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 was Marty Smartt, the main suspect, the drug-running local sheriff's close friend? He was also familiar with Cabin 28 in Keddie. That includes the possible mishandling of evidence Hagwood and Gamberg were determined to find. 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. Just three years after reopening the case, Gamberg was talking to the media about new evidence that was recovered namely a hammer that matches one Smartt said went missing before the murders, and a hunting knife, recovered in Keddie. On April 12, 1981, a group of 7 people went to sleep in Cabin 28 at the Keddie Resort Lodge in California. Sheila's sister was missing her remains were found in the woods three years later. Sheriff Hagwood gave an update on the status of the case: Sheriff Hagwood had this to say in regards to Marty Smartt and Bo Boubede being the killers: Sheila Sharp, the surviving member of the Sharp family had this to say of Hagwood: As of now, nobody has been charged and Hagwood and Gamberg continue to dig deeper into what happened that tragic night. 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. Yes, this case was intentionally made to grow cold. "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 aim to bring a resolution to cases which remain open. 1. 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. It was 2013. Also, the murders had nothing to do with Dana, or John, or Tina. WANTED: The Keddie Cabin Killer Episode Summary A family's brutal murder rocks a tiny California town and leaves behind too many unanswered questions. 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. That tape, too, was turned over for voice comparisons with audio of earlier suspects. "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. The Primary Suspects Are Dead But Authorities Are Still Pursuing Justice, 3. People: 5 Things to Know about the Keddie Cabin Murders and the New Hunt for the Killers. KEDDIE (CBS13) Investigators believe they may have found one of the weapons used in a 35-year-old murder mystery. 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. 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. KEDDIE (CBS13) Investigators believe they may have found one of the weapons used in a 35-year-old murder mystery. 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. What else do you want?". Hagwood personally knew them. 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. A blue bandana and her panties were used first and medical tape then applied. Didnt he admit to covering Glenna Sue? When Tina's remains were first found in 1984, on the third anniversary of the murders, her skull was unidentified. Now, an Alleged Serial Killer Has Confessed, Police Say, Judge Orders Release of Adnan Syed as Murder Conviction of 'Serial' Subject Is Vacated. Sheila Sharp has purposefully pushed the horrific images out of her mind. After the slayings, Sheila, Greg and Rick were sent out of state to live with an aunt. 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. 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. 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 . "For the record, she was none of these things," Sheila wrote. ET on Investigation Discovery. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. * 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. 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? He found a letter written by Marty Smartt to his wife reportedly written soon after the murders. Subscribe now to PEOPLE for more on this case. ET) on Investigation Discovery. Many others suspect the police on the case may have been involved in a cover-up. What hadn't been discovered until last month was a hammer that's believed to be one of the murder weapons. Although she was lying on her side, naked from the waist down, theres evidence that someone rearranged her from an indecent position. "It could be next month, it could be next year but really the focus in our priority is getting the truthgetting the answers.". His Case Was Reopened When Investigators Looked into Murdaugh Murders, 'People Magazine Investigates' : Inside Decades-Old Disappearances of 5 People Along the Snake River, An Ohio High School Forensics Class Joins the Hunt for a Young Mother's Killer. "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. Listen Now For our friends in the Deaf and Signing community, you can view an ASL version of this episode HERE. But the unsolved murders of a woman, two teenage boys and a girl still haunted him. Remember, this was 1981 and DNA collection and processing at crime scenes didnt begin until 1985. Editorial opinions expressed on the site are strictly our own, and are not provided, endorsed, or approved by advertisers. Gamberg is no stranger to homicide cases. Dana was found next on his stomach with his badly damaged head resting partially on a sofa pillow. 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. 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. Charles Montaldo. We hold major institutions accountable and expose wrongdoing. All three victims at the crime scene had been bound with medical and . Her remains surfaced years later. Although its been a mystery as to who gave the two teens a ride home, Gamberg has identified the individual and has interviewed her. But that rain can't wash away the horror of what happened in the now-empty lot in the tiny resort town of Keddie. In her book, Sheila wrote, "My mom's character has been subject to all manner of cruel supposition including accusations that she was a drug addict, drug dealer, prostitute, or at the very least an unfit mother.". solved 40 years later with DNA evidence: 20: Murder of Betty Van Patter: . Thats probably when she was covered. Sue Sharp was the mother of five beautiful children. Victoria didnt do any research for this one and it sounds like Gamberg is part of the problem! 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. May 2, 2016 / 11:47 PM Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. "It could have been that I blocked it out, and the shock of it all, too.". 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. 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. KEDDIE, Calif. It has been 40 years since what is known as the Keddie Murders took place in rural Plumas County. An imprint matching that of the butt of an 880 rifle was also left on Sues head. That said, he understands that some of the individuals who had the experience to work the crime scene and follow the leads werent allowed to do their jobs in 1981. Gamberg also knew the two boys. A psychic online claims she visited the house and could hear the screams of the victims. Cabin 28 and others in the small Keddie community were allowed to deteriorate in the years following the Keddie murders. But for some, Keddie is synonymous with murder and despair. She has never surrendered her hope the case would be solved, if only to rescue her family's reputation and by extension her own. 2021. "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. 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. 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. Perhaps one day they will finally confirm those suspicions but for now, the devastating case remains unsolved. Anyone who has any information on the Keddie murders is asked to call the Keddie murders hotline at 283-6360. To keep this resource 100% free, we receive compensation for many of the products and services listed on the site. more. Gamberg was a deputy with the Plumas County Sheriffs Office prior to the murders, he said. 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.. 'People Magazine Investigates': Did Pam Hupp Stab Her Friend More Than 50 Times? However, Marilyn Smartt did not recall the meeting and also said the two were not friends to her knowledge. "The alleged killers who lived here did they have any problems with law enforcement prior? yeah, both of them had records," he said. 2016 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. I don't think either one of them were involved.". 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. What else do you want?". If someone confessed in 1981 why is it still unsolved? Keddie Cabin Murders Solved?Listen: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ghost-town/e/67103419?autoplay=trueTrue Crime Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuy_Via5vtA\u0026list=PLv5QzOH7CKqBf9WTQVbfJw-sVrF0GtrDnSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4iUdTQnVVmyjM8je06uzR3Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpodContact: ghosttownpod@gmail.com\r#keddiecabinmurders #truecrime\r\rTranslated titles:\rAsesinatos de cabina de Keddie\r\rKeddie Cabin Murders And wasnt Justin 12 when this happened? "It's very easy to say somebody's guilty when they're dead," he said. Both had personal connections to victims of the case. Growing up in Taylorsville, Kendall (Name changed for privacy) had heard about the Sharp murders from a fairly young age. My kids don't know who my mom is. April 12, 1981, the bodies of 36-year-old Sue Sharp, her 15-year-old son John and his 17-year-old friend Dana Wingate were found in Cabin 28 at the Keddie Resort, north of Quincy. Backpackerverse.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As she got older and contemplated a career in law enforcement, she became more interested in the case. Backpackerverse.com does not include the entire universe of available offers. But that anonymous 911 caller said it was Tina's before the medical examiner confirmed it through dental records. Cabin 28 at the Keddie Resort, where the 1981 murders occurred. The onetime mountain tourist stop's forests, pond and river made it appear idyllic to kids, but it had fallen on hard times. The hammer, similar to one reported missing by Smartt, was dug up near the crime scene just last month. "I don't think there really is any type of final closure in a murder case. All rights reserved, Privacy Policy|Online Content Agreement, The Sacramento Bee: Mother, 2 Teen-Agers Slain in Plumas Hamlet, The San Francisco Examiner: Three brutal murders, missing girl mystify Plumas County, by Steven Capps, The Lompoc Record: 3 murders puzzle authorities, by UPI, The San Francisco Examiner: Sierra resort is rocked by nightmare murders in cabin, by Steven A. 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