Tina's (the sister whose body was not found in the cabin) skull had been found due to an anonymous tip called into the police on the. The anonymous caller said he was watching the news about the discovery at Feather Falls down Highway 70 from Keddie. The onetime mountain tourist stop's forests, pond and river made it appear idyllic to kids, but it had fallen on hard times. The DNA matches that of a known living suspect, according to Gamberg. ", "To have this solved would finally give my family some closure, some answers as to why it happened and why it took so long to solve," Sheila says. ", "She did at least get to see her first grandchild born. Members of that family, along with Sheila Sharp, 14, claimed they didnt hear a sound from the Sharps house that night. Hence them throwing Marty's roommate Bo (who was an ex-con) into the case as an accomplice. But the unsolved murders of a woman, two teenage boys and a girl still haunted him. 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. The three were tied up, bludgeoned and stabbed to death. "For the record, she was none of these things," Sheila wrote. Sheila's 12-year-old sister Tina was missing from the scene but her remains were found at a different time. "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. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. In the coming days, the hammer and knife will be scoured for any possible DNA evidence, and the tape will be examined by the FBI to see if there's a possible voice-match with anyone who has already been interviewed in connection with this case. 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. "Not knowing where she'd been for three years, or even what happened to her, it's been really, really tough.". Echoes Of Grisly Murders Will Find A Way To Haunt You At This Abandoned California Resort, True Horror: Beware Angry Spirits At This Richmond Swimming Pool, Paranormal Lies: Theyll Tell You Not to Be Afraid At This Berkeley Park, Your Truest Nightmare: Demons Crave Companionship At This Nortonville Hill, Supernatural Child Checks into the Yosemite View Lodge in El Portal. In it, he describes a body found in connection with the Keddie murders. 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For Sheila, it's a mystery she's never been able to escape and a loss that defined her. Someone from that cabin ran to the lodge and reported the crime. "It's very easy to say somebody's guilty when they're dead," he said. Investigators now seek any biological material including skin, hair, blood and other bodily fluids at crime scenes, according to Randy James in a 2009 feature on DNA testing for TIME. From 1974 until his retirement in 1994, he worked all but one of Plumas Countys cases. I wanted to protect my brothers from it. Why was Marty's then-wife, Marilyn Musgrove, a key conspirator and fellow murderer, not arrested? Despite there being much more to this case, the investigation strangely stopped there. Its almost time for the wearin of the green, and the Catholic Church in Quincy is celebrating with a St. On the night of April 11, 1981, four people were brutally murdered in Cabin 28 of the Keddie resort in Northern California. ", "I don't know," he said in 2016. It was just left scattered. Theyd never felt the need to do that prior to the murders. Many others suspect the police on the case may have been involved in a cover-up. Until now, lack of fingerprints and identifiable DNA left at the scene by the perpetrators has stymied investigative efforts. Between them lies the forgotten tape of the anonymous phone tip left in 1984, rediscovered in 2013. People Magazine Investigates' episode on the Keddie cabin murders airs Monday (10 p.m. As he sorted he found one bag of evidence that was never opened. Keddie Cabin Murders Solved? Sue Sharp was found lying very close to the sofa. 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. Thomas recently addressed these accusations: In 2013, the case was reopened by current Sheriff Greg Hagwood and investigator Mike Gamberg. "The neighbors say I came back screaming. "I didn't know what I was supposed to do," she says. ET) on Investigation Discovery. Thats when Hagwood asked Gamberg, a private investigator, if hed like to take over the investigation. The hope is coming from an unlikely sourceinformation from a family member of Boubede has led to a discovery investigators thought was long gone. Some of the evidence was ignored. And I have every confidence that they either participated after the fact or they have first-hand information. 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. As Marty said in his 1981 confession, they were just collateral damage. "She's a hard one to talk about," Sheila says. Every bit of evidence that can still be recovered is important to this case, according to Gamberg as he continues to search for leads and re-interviews anyone linked to the Keddie murders. Everybody was suspicious of everybody and afraid of everybody else, he said. 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. But the void has stayed with her. I followed behind the footsteps until I heard them stop and a loud creaking noise took its place. "But do I really want to remember?". * 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. He reportedly left for Reno, Nevada after the murders. If someone confessed in 1981 why is it still unsolved? A psychic online claims she visited the house and could hear the screams of the victims. Gamberg said he was fortunate in that he was able to get his piece of DNA processed in a timely manner. When finding out about Sue's interference with his marriage, Marty reportedly went "ballistic" about it. Neither Hagwood nor Gamberg are willing to divulge specifics on whom theyre watching, but new evidence has given them solid leads. "It could be next month, it could be next year but really the focus in our priority is getting the truthgetting the answers.". Both had personal connections to victims of the case. says Sheila, now a 50-year-old mother of three and grandmother of two. Marty Smartt's letter was an early re-discovery. There are people locally who know more than theyve said, and I believe weve identified some of them, and we know who they are, and we know where they are. Hagwood also had a childhood friend who lived in Keddie's cabin 28 long before the Sharps moved in there. She said she learned of it long afterward by investigators, but she recognized her ex-husband's handwriting. What occurred next shocked the country: Four people were killed, three of which were found in Cabin 28. Hagwood personally knew them. ET on Investigation Discovery. And now two years after that, hes announced that theres more that links a living person or persons to the crime. Even his leads in the case were ignored. Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood described what happened in Cabin 28 in. What were the killers involved in that caused LE to protect them (and play CYA)? 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? Charles Montaldo. We hold major institutions accountable and expose wrongdoing. 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. 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In 2016, authorities once again were asking that question, reviving the investigation. Smartt would have been in his early 30s at the time of the Keddie murders. Now, an Alleged Serial Killer Has Confessed, Police Say, Judge Orders Release of Adnan Syed as Murder Conviction of 'Serial' Subject Is Vacated. Sheila's sister was missing her remains were found in the woods three years later. Keddie will never be the same because of those murders, and after visiting where it happened, I dont think I will be either, Kendall whispered. Victoria didnt do any research for this one and it sounds like Gamberg is part of the problem! "I want to remember the happy times," she says. Unsolved in California: The Case of the Keddie Cabin Murders January 12, 2022 / Jamie Day The little town of Keddie California lies nestled in the mountains to the north-eastern part of the state in Plumas County. CBS13 was there when Sheila was shown the hammer and a knife that may also be connected to the crimes. Hagwood commented on the theory of it being a cover-up: "It has brought to light some amazing timelines, histories, and what some may call 'coincidence.' His department was short of funding and he was short staffed. 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. The bottoms of Sues bare feet and the soles of one of the boys shoes were also covered in blood suggesting they were mobile and stepped in it at some point. There were faint but heavy footsteps walking in the dirt. I am not by nature a conspiracy theorist, but there are facts and circumstances the number and the nature of which I cant ignore anymore, Hagwood told People magazine. 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. And also, as I'm growing older, what can I expect in my later years? The evidence proves Dana and John died as true heroes, running to the defense of Sue and Tina. But the unsolved murders of a woman, two teenage boys and a girl still haunted him. "She was a kind and loving mother who was doing her very best to raise five children alone. 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 a way, their work has only just begun. 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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