Why was Marty Smartt, the main suspect, the drug-running local sheriff's close friend? ET on Investigation Discovery. "It's very easy to say somebody's guilty when they're dead," he said. He writes under dmac and Dee Mack but his name is David McNarie. "It could be next month, it could be next year but really the focus in our priority is getting the truthgetting the answers.". Severin John Bo Boubede, Smartts friend. 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. A psychic online claims she visited the house and could hear the screams of the victims. WANTED: The Keddie Cabin Killer Episode Summary A family's brutal murder rocks a tiny California town and leaves behind too many unanswered questions. There are reports that Sue Sharp had been counseling Marilyn Smartt on her marriage. Episode Info All had been bound and suffered extreme violence. S.C. "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. I felt this strong pressure on my throat. Cabin 28 and others in the small Keddie community were allowed to deteriorate in the years following the Keddie murders. 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. "I was told the suspects were told to get out of town, so to me that means it was covered up," Sharp said. Its almost time for the wearin of the green, and the Catholic Church in Quincy is celebrating with a St. Although Gamberg was a deputy, he said his young sons began locking the doors to their house at night. more. Gamberg thinks the tape was deliberately ignored when it arrived at the Plumas County Sheriffs Office. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. But that anonymous 911 caller said it was Tina's before the medical examiner confirmed it through dental records. May 2, 2016 / 11:47 PM Brenda Brown, Ryan Becker, 2020 "Murder in California: Serial Killers and Unsolved Murders", Marques Vickers, 2019; References This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 06:27 (UTC). Although two of the main suspects, Smartt and Boubede are dead, they were alive at the time of Tina Sharps discovery. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. Three of them were murdered that night, and one of the children remained missing until years later. But she doesn't get to the great-grandkids, she doesn't have that. * Watch the full episode of the People Magazine Investigates After Show on the Keddie case, available Nov. 28 on People/Entertainment Weekly Network (PEN). 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. . in 1990. The sheriff at the time of the murders, Doug Thomas, is accused of a cover-up in many online theories. Just as important, Gamberg and Hagwood wonder if they've also recovered another of the murder weapons. Those left dead at the scene included the mother, Sue Sharp; her son, John Sharp, 15; and his friend, Dana Wingate, 17. 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. "I know we are closer than we've ever been.". The FBI was also involved because it was believed that Tina Sharp was abducted. She personally believes that the murders of her family were carried out by Marty Smartt and Bo Boubede. 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. She said she learned of it long afterward by investigators, but she recognized her ex-husband's handwriting. There were faint but heavy footsteps walking in the dirt. ", Thomas wasn't so sure. The three other children present in a second bedroom escaped physical harm. The case was unsolved for two decades after investigators interviewed dozens of people, analyzed evidence and executed several search warrants. 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. By. Although dmac and Gamberg have some differences of opinion of just what happened in Cabin 28, Gamberg has come to respect dmacs work. Sheila's 12-year-old sister Tina was missing from the scene but her remains were found at a different time. 1. "I knew the two boys who were murdered. If someone confessed in 1981 why is it still unsolved? Reporting on what you care about. The Primary Suspects Are Dead But Authorities Are Still Pursuing Justice, 3. Some of the evidence was ignored. These were boys he went to school with. KEDDIE (CBS13) Investigators believe they may have found one of the weapons used in a 35-year-old murder mystery. Sue Sharp was the mother of five beautiful children. Updated on July 15, 2019. Its known that John Sharp, and his friend Dana were in Quincy and caught a ride home sometime between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m., Gamberg said. And there were few reassurances from the sheriffs office that they were doing everything possible to catch the killers. As word spread through Keddie and the rest of Plumas County of the murders, its clearly a crime that not only affected Shelia Sharp and her remaining brothers and the boy who was spending the night, it deeply affected some members of the sheriffs office and the community, Gamberg said. Blood spatters were found on the floor and ceiling suggesting the kind of forced used. It was 2013. According to the crime scene report, the boys' bodies on the living room floor were bloodied around their heads and necks. In addition to confirming Sue, John, and Dana were dead, the officers concluded they were murdered. 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. 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. It has been 40 years since the tragedy took place in rural Plumas County. Both Gamberg and Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood believe that possibly as many as six people were involved in one capacity or another in the murders or the cover-up. Gamberg is no stranger to homicide cases. With copies of most case files still in existence, we've drafted the most realistic timeline of events leading up to the murders, how they took place, and the ensuing coverup by the killers and corrupt members of law enforcement. At the time, law enforcement felt that the murders were committed by "more than one person.". Years of No Answers and a Theory of the Crime. And Ive seen speculation being treated as fact over the years, even when it can be discredited by the facts that get ignored. Please enter valid email address to continue. DNA deoxyribonucleic acid is now considered the most reliable physical evidence. Although a lot of potential evidence was collected and catalogued, very little worthwhile information was realized from the scene. Now, an Alleged Serial Killer Has Confessed, Police Say, Judge Orders Release of Adnan Syed as Murder Conviction of 'Serial' Subject Is Vacated. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. In earlier years, before the Sharps moved in, he spent nights there with a friend and his family. Here are five things to know about their work. She reported the possibility of a homicide in Cabin 28. Didnt he admit to covering Glenna Sue? "This killed this community Keddie was goneeddie was absolutely finished," Gamberg said. Their bodies were found by Shiela Sharp, who, unlike the rest of her family, had slept at a friend's house next door. What hadn't been discovered until last month was a hammer that's believed to be one of the murder weapons. Although still open, it wasnt a priority. About the Cabin 28 Keddie Murders Case: 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. 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. Police was on the scene for a short while before they . The murders took place in house No. It haunted people. He was also familiar with Cabin 28 in Keddie. Thomas, the retired sheriff, also said he first heard about the letter in 2016. She looked at me and smiled and in my head I heard the name, Tina.. 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. "She was a kind and loving mother who was doing her very best to raise five children alone. 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. 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. And wasnt Justin 12 when this happened? Obsessed with travel? Dee Mack, Are you related to Angelique or Angels Mother Hester Mack then later Hester McCormick? The Seabolt family lived just 15 feet away. She describes it as "more or less a self-help book, kind of how I dealt with issues that have happened in my life.". Justin Smartt Eason, 12, one of three boys left alive in a second bedroom, was allowed to spend the night. 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 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. For Sheila, it's a mystery she's never been able to escape and a loss that defined her. ", Of her mother, Sheila adds, "I miss talking to her, going to her if I have an issue. She was spending the night at a friend's house on the night of the murders and came home to find the bodies. 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. "Great! 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. That and his personal connections led Hagwood to resurrect the case; to provide the resources and time needed to solve it. Hagwood, in his third year of office, had many priorities to contend with inside his department and in the county. Both left the area. 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. ET) on Investigation Discovery. That should shut a lot of traps, and destroy many of the rumors that have floated around for 37 years. Boubede died in 1988, and Marty Smartt died in 2006. "The most vivid image I have is of my brother laying there," she says. Our Forum holds the facts of the case. I guess it was the mother in me trying to keep them safe.". But that rain can't wash away the horror of what happened in the now-empty lot in the tiny resort town of Keddie. New developments were found when the case was reopened Gamberg organized some boxes of case reports and uncovered evidence from the case that had been shoved aside. They claimed to have witnessed ghost writing on the walls. US residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data. An imprint matching that of the butt of an 880 rifle was also left on Sues head. Decades after the horrific incident, there is still significant public interest in the unsolved case. They had died. Theyd never felt the need to do that prior to the murders. 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. The DNA matched that of a then-living suspect. Gamberg also found in the investigation's files an apparently unopened envelope with a recording of a 911 call. Listen Now For our friends in the Deaf and Signing community, you can view an ASL version of this episode HERE. Hagwood was a teenager at the time and knew some of the victims. Sheila ran screaming back to the neighboring cabin where she had spent the night. The anonymous caller said he was watching the news about the discovery at Feather Falls down Highway 70 from Keddie. Boubede died in 1988, according to Gamberg. I was a little freaked out, but curiosity won out at the end. 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. 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Between them lies the forgotten tape of the anonymous phone tip left in 1984, rediscovered in 2013. Although its been a mystery as to who gave the two teens a ride home, Gamberg has identified the individual and has interviewed her. ", "I have a measure of confidence that we've identified some of them and we're gonna be--we're gonna be coming," he said. Hagwood's mother was a teacher who had Tina in class. ", "I would like my kids and grandkids to know that she was a very caring and kind person," Sheila says of Sue. "She's a hard one to talk about," Sheila says. Both now share a common goalsolving the brutal quadruple murder that sat largely untouched for many years. Keddie28 reported Sharp immediately fled the cabin and ran to the neighbors for help. Its known that Sue Sharp was home with her daughter Tina, 12, and her two sons, Rickey, 9, and Greg, 5. Most of the suspects wore gloves, Gamberg said. The tape was never admitted into evidence, and it was in fact found at the bottom of a box. Sharps oldest daughter, Sheila, had been at a sleepover when she returned to the family home, Cabin 28, to find her murdered family. 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. Despite there being much more to this case, the investigation strangely stopped there. It's been hard to cover up the emotions stirred by the 35-year-old mystery. 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Sue Sharp, Johnny Sharp, and Johnny's friend Dana, were bound together by some type of electrical wiring. It's not the only troubling aspect of the case to Hagwood. It emerged that Marty was angry about Sue's interference in his troubled marriage. Dead were Sheila's mother, brother and a family friend. Both had personal connections to victims of the case. First published on May 2, 2016 / 11:47 PM. Sue's 12-year-old daughter Tina was taken from the cabin, but her decomposed remains wouldn't be found for another three years. "They covered it up, is the way it sounds," Gamberg said. Gamberg said he was fortunate in that he was able to get his piece of DNA processed in a timely manner. 5 People Vanished Along the Snake River Beginning in 1979: Will Police Finally Catch a Serial Killer? At one point, Thomas did say he gave one session of advice to the couple but it was before the murders. "There's times I think, Gosh, should I go get hypnotized to see what I remember?" 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. The Keddie Murders Revisited Plumas County Sheriff's Office Probable murder weapons for the Keddie slaying discovered and submitted as evidence in 2016. Copyright information and disclaimer here. In 2004 the now infamous Cabin 28 was condemned and demolished. More to follow. Its here he would roll up his sleeves and begin going through the evidence. "Even still today I sit here and think, What would my life be like with her here?" 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. They just kind of kept it hidden. 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. kannada chowka full movie download. Cabin 28 at the Keddie Resort, where the 1981 murders occurred. Marilyn claimed to never receive the letter. When he was reinstated, Thomas kept him out of the investigation. But both Marty Smartt and "Bo" Boubede are now dead, questioned by law enforcement after the killings but never charged. Amazingly, Sheila's two little brothers, Greg and Rick, then 5 and 10, were asleep and unharmed in an adjacent bedroom, along with a friend. When finding out about Sue's interference with his marriage, Marty reportedly went "ballistic" about it. Strangely, Sheila's two younger brothers, Greg and Rick, and their friend, Justin, were found in the cabin asleep and safe. Someone from that cabin ran to the lodge and reported the crime. solved 40 years later with DNA evidence: 20: Murder of Betty Van Patter: . And as a deputy he knew what was and wasnt happening with the case. He was a sweetheart of a kid. 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. The call came just after someone discovered a skull and a few bones about 80 miles down the Feather River Canyon in a spot known as Camp 18 about 5 miles from Feather Falls. It was an emotional experience, but it didnt reach its peak until after I got home. His ankles were firmly tied with electrical cord that linked him to John whose ankles were also bound. "I have always talked about the situation," Sheila says. Go to PEOPLE.com/PEN, or download the app for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Xumo, Chromecast, Xfinity, iOS and Android devices. "But do I really want to remember?". She was also tightly gagged. In recent interviews, both Hagwood and Gamberg said the sheriffs office and the California Department of Justice blew it in 1981. Dana was found next on his stomach with his badly damaged head resting partially on a sofa pillow. (Hester changed her name to Rhyanna Cerise McCormick before she died) also, do any of you know what the name of the surviving daughter is today? As I listened for more sounds, I suddenly found myself severely short of breath. 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. 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. That tape, too, was turned over for voice comparisons with audio of earlier suspects. Marty was reportedly an abusive husband. Sheriff Hagwood had this to say about the tape: The third development came from Gambert speaking to Marty's former therapist in Reno, Nevada. Sheila Sharp has purposefully pushed the horrific images out of her mind. In 1981, the gruesome murder of four in Cabin 28 of the Keddie Resort in Northern California has long been unsolved.or has it?. Sheriff's investigators say they submitted more. "It struck this community harder than anything," he said of the killings. Some of the evidence was placed in a freezer to preserve it. 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. 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. Keddie murders: Keddie: 1981-04-11: 4: . 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. 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. He soon moved on to another job and has since retired. It was tested for trace DNA or blood residue. That night I dreamt of a young girl, walking around the empty site. The date was April 11, 1981, when Cabin 28 saw the horrors that crowd it and to this day, the case remains cold. Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood described what happened in Cabin 28 in 1981, where single mother of five Glenna Sue sharp was murdered with her teenage son John and his friend Dana Wingate. The evidence proves Dana and John died as true heroes, running to the defense of Sue and Tina. Its not about what was done, but what was not done. And that was plenty. Leads werent followed and evidence wasnt checked. Students should, County Administrative Officer Debra Lucero announced today that Plumas will be continuing its closure due to snow except for, The snow keeps falling and our readers keep finding moments to share some of levity, others of some serious, Plumas Unified School District and Plumas Charter School announced this afternoon that there will be no school on Wednesday, March. 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The following participated in the planning and/or execution of these murders: Sheila Sharp, Glenna Meeks, Marilyn and Marty Smartt, Bo Boubede, Dee Jay Lake, Wade and Richard Meeks, John Blaine Greubert, Tony Garedakis. Spring showers replenished the waterways near the Feather River, giving life to the picturesque landscape in Plumas County, about 140 miles northeast of Sacramento. The area probably wouldnt have seemed creepy to an uneducated bystander, she said. New evidence has surfaced in the infamous 37-year-old Keddie murders case. The DNA matches that of a known living suspect, according to Gamberg. The Sharp familys home shortly after the infamous murders took place in 1981. Blood was also found on the living room ceiling and furniture. The only way this decision by DOJ makes sense is in considering the background of one of the suspects. Smartt would have been in his early 30s at the time of the Keddie murders. The footfalls stopped close to me for a moment, but then started up again, moving closer to where the cabin had been. 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. Blood was discovered on both bedroom doors and outside on the handrail of the steep back stairs. But the void has stayed with her. As she got older and contemplated a career in law enforcement, she became more interested in the case. "It's my feeling that either he [the caller] was told or he was involved in some way," Gamberg said. The three bodies on the floor had been bound, stabbed and beaten with a hammer. I could ask a hundred people what started this and Id probably get the same rehashed rumors from most of them. Public File for KMAX-TV / Good Day Sacramento. Identifiable footprints were not recovered inside. Gamberg knew the boys as well. KEDDIE (CBS13) Investigators believe they may have found one of the weapons used in a 35-year-old murder mystery. Many were questioned, but without sufficient evidence nobody was convicted. Hagwood personally knew them. "I want to remember the happy times," she says. Lone pools of blood on the living room floor and on the sofa pillow indicate the boys bodies were also moved and staged, Gamberg said. Gamberg was a deputy with the Plumas County Sheriffs Office prior to the murders, he said. People Magazine Investigates' episode on the Keddie cabin murders airs Monday (10 p.m. "Dana was at my house the day before the homicide," he said. People: 5 Things to Know about the Keddie Cabin Murders and the New Hunt for the Killers. Updated 2/11/2020 - Sue Sharp, her son John and his friend Dana were found in the Sharp family cabin beaten and strangled to death in the family room. This case is as screwed up as a soup sandwich, Gamberg said recently. The Keddie Cabin murders was a case that involved a triple-slaying as well as a missing child whose remains were later discovered. Keddie and Quincy are seven miles apart. Of Marty and Boubede, he said, "The only thing I knew is, they hung out together. 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. 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. Thats when Hagwood asked Gamberg, a private investigator, if hed like to take over the investigation. An envelope with a cassette recording of a man telling a sheriff's dispatcher about a body that was found three years of the murders that could be one of the victims who was kidnapped from the murder scene. 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. Her skull had been found 50 miles away in a different county. His department was short of funding and he was short staffed. But the unsolved murders of a woman, two teenage boys and a girl still haunted him. In it, he describes a body found in connection with the Keddie murders. All three victims at the crime scene had been bound with medical and . 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