The Keddie Murders is an unsolved 1981 American quadruple homicide that occurred in Keddie, California. The murders took place in Cabin 28 of the Keddie Resort during the late evening of April 11, 1981, or early the following morning. The victims were Glenna Sue Sharp (née Davis), known as Sue (age 36), her son John (age 15), and his friend, Dana Wingate (age 17). At some time after the crime was discovered, Sue's daughter, Tina (age 12), was reported missing. Her skull and several other bones were recovered in 1984 in Camp Eighteen, California, which is in Butte County.
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The murders
Glenna "Sue" Sharp, 36, and her five children had been renting a cabin since November 1980. At approximately 7:45 AM on the morning of April 12, Sharp's 14-year-old daughter, Sheila returned home from a sleepover next door and discovered the tied-up bodies of Sue, John, and Dana in the home's living room. Plumas County Sheriff's deputies later determined Tina Sharp was missing from the location. The murders have been commented upon for their particular viciousness.
After approximately 4,000 man-hours spent on the case, it grew cold but, in 1984, the cranium portion of a skull was recovered near Feather Falls in neighboring Butte County, a distance of roughly 63 miles (2 hours and 12 minutes' drive) from Keddie. Shortly after announcing the discovery, Butte County Sheriff's Office received an anonymous call which identified the remains as belonging to Tina, but the call was not documented in the case. A recording of this call was found at the bottom of an evidence box at some point after 2013 by a deputy who was assigned a case.
As of November 2017, no arrests have been made in connection with the Keddie murders, although two suspects who had criminal records, now deceased, have been proposed. In 2004, Cabin 28 was demolished.
On March 24, 2016, a hammer matching the description of a hammer suspect Martin Smartt said he lost shortly before the murders was taken into evidence by Plumas County Special Investigator Mike Gamberg. Sheriff Hagwood stated, "the location it was found ... It would have been intentionally put there. It would not have been accidentally misplaced."
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See also
- Crime in California
- List of unsolved deaths
- Dardeen family homicides
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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