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⚫ | The '''Keddie Murders''' is an unsolved 1981 American quadruple homicide that occurred in [[Keddie, California]]. The murders took place in cabin 28, during the late evening of April 11, 1981, or early the following morning.<ref name=sfgate>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Exorcising-ghosts-of-past-New-owner-hopes-to-2910393.php|title=Exorcising ghosts of past / New owner hopes to reopen resort haunted by 20-year-old slayings|work=SF Gate|date=June 10, 2001|accessdate=January 9, 2017}}</ref> The victims were Glenna Sue Sharp (nee' Davis), known as Sue (age 36). her son John (age 15), and his friend, Dana Wingate (age 17).<ref>{{cite news |title=Brutal 3-Year-Old Triple Slaying Still Haunts Quiet Plumas Resort|quote=... By coincidence, it was the day Plumas County sheriff's deputies announced human remains discovered near Feather Falls in Butte County were those of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared from Cabin 28 more than three years ago. ...|newspaper=[[Sacramento Bee]] |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0D56958255017&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|date=June 22, 1984 |accessdate=2010-12-24 }}</ref> 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.<ref>Steve Gibson. "Bones Found are Those of Girl Linked to Triple Slaying in Plumas county." ''Sacramento Bee'' June 21, 1984.</ref> |
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==The murders== |
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⚫ | The '''Keddie Murders''' is an unsolved 1981 American quadruple homicide that occurred in [[Keddie, California]]. The murders took place in cabin 28, during the late evening of April 11, 1981 |
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Glenna "Sue" Sharp, 36, and her five children had been renting the cabin since November 1980.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2016/05/02/35-years-later-new-clues-may-solve-keddie-murder-mystery/|title=35 Years Later, New Clues May Solve Keddie Murder Mystery|first=Tony|last=Lopez|publisher=}}</ref> At approximately 7:45 AM on the morning of April 12, Sheila Sharp, upon returning from the sleepover next door, discovered the tied-up bodies of Sue, John and Dana in the home's living room.<ref name="MacDonald2013">{{cite book|author=Alzena MacDonald|title=Murders and Acquisitions: Representations of the Serial Killer in Popular Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIzFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA186|date=29 August 2013|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4411-7702-5|pages=186–}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2016/05/02/35-years-later-new-clues-may-solve-keddie-murder-mystery/|title=35 Years Later, New Clues May Solve Keddie Murder Mystery|first=Tony|last=Lopez|publisher=}}</ref> Plumas County Sheriff's deputies later determined Tina Sharp was missing from the location.<ref name="rgj.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.rgj.com/story/news/crime/2016/04/12/plumas-county-investigator-closer-solving-keddie-murders/82944506/|title=Plumas County investigator closer to solving Keddie murders|publisher=}}</ref> The murders have been commented upon for their particular viciousness.<ref name="MacDonald2013"/> |
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No arrests have been made in connection with the Keddie murders. Several buildings that had eventually been condemned, including residences 27 and 28, were demolished in 2004. |
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After approxiately 4,000 man-hours spent on the case,<ref name="Newton2009">{{cite book|author=Michael Newton|title=The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gijG7fSwvjAC&pg=PA340|year=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1914-4|pages=340–}}</ref> it grew cold but, in 1984, the [[cranium]] portion of a [[skull]] was recovered near [[Butte Falls]], a distance of roughly 100 miles from Keddie.<ref name="Newton2009"/> Butte County Sheriff's Office released both the original and back-up copy of the audio recording of the 'anonymous call' to an undisclosed member of law enforcement.<ref name="rgj.com"/> |
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==Details of the crime== |
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As of January 2017, no arrests have been made in connection with the Keddie murders,<ref name="MacDonald2013"/> although two suspects who had [[criminal records]],<ref name="auto1"/> now deceased, have been proposed.<ref name="Newton2009"/><ref name="rgj.com"/><ref name="auto"/> In 2004, Cabin 28 was demolished.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crimemagazine.com/cold-case-keddie-murders|title=Cold Case : Keddie Murders|work=Crime Magazine|date=22 August 2013|accessdate=9 January 2017}}</ref> |
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Glenna "Sue" Sharp, 36, and her five children had been renting the cabin since November 1980. On the night of April 11, 1981, Sue was home with her two youngest boys and a friend of the boys, Justin, who was staying the night. Tina returned home from an evening of watching TV at cabin 27, around 10:00 PM. Sue's oldest son, John, and his friend Dana Wingate, had spent the day in nearby [[Quincy, California|Quincy]], planning to return to Keddie in order to sleep in John's basement bedroom. John and Dana were last seen walking along State Route 70, near Quincy. The crime may already have been in progress when they arrived at the cabin, or they may have heard a disturbance while in John's downstairs bedroom.<ref name="tru" /> |
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⚫ | On March 24, 2016, a hammer matching the description of claimed to have been lost two days after the murders was taken into evidence by Plumas County Special Investigator Mike Gamberg.<ref name="rgj.com"/> Sheriff Hagwood stated, "the location it was found... It would have been intentionally put there. It would not have been accidentally misplaced."<ref>http://www.plumasnews.com/story/2016/04/06/news/more-evidence-uncovered-in-keddie-murders-case/988.html</ref><ref name="auto"/> |
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At approximately 7:45 AM on the morning of April 12, Sheila Sharp, upon returning from the sleepover next door, discovered the bodies of Sue, John and Dana in the home's living room. All three victims had been bound with medical tape and electrical appliance wire. Over 22 feet of medical tape of varying widths were found on the bodies, while no medical tape was known to be in the house prior to the murders. After some initial confusion about whose bodies were in the house, Plumas County Sheriff's deputies later determined Tina Sharp was missing from the location.<ref name=tru>{{cite news |author=Kristal Hawkins |title=Keddie Resort, Calif.: The Unsolved Nightmare in Cabin 28 |url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/classics/haunted_places/2.html |quote=On the morning of April 12, 1981, 14-year old Sheila Sharp left a next-door sleepover and returned to Cabin 28 at the popular Keddie Resort, where her family had been living for the past two months. ... |newspaper=[[Tru TV]] |accessdate=2010-12-24 }}</ref> Found near John's body was a flimsy table knife, while a bloody hammer and Old Hickory model 7025 7” butcher knife were found on a nearby table. |
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==Cultural references== |
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Examination of the bodies determined that each of the victims had been bludgeoned with hammers of two distinct sizes; and Sue and John had been stabbed repeatedly, including stab wounds to their throats. Dana Wingate was manually strangled to death and bludgeoned with another weapon, while Sue was bludgeoned with a Daisy Powerline 880 rifle brought by the killer(s). One pellet fired from the rifle, along with several pieces of the barrel sights, were recovered at the scene, but the rifle itself was never recovered. A bloody knife was also among evidence found in a trash bin at the Keddie General Store. |
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The 2008 film [[The Strangers (2008 film)|''The Strangers'']], which claimed to have been based true events, was popularly linked to the Keddie crimes, with the important difference that in the film, the victims survived.<ref name="Newton2009"/><ref name="MacDonald2013"/> |
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The case grew cold but, in 1984, the [[cranium]] portion of a [[skull]] was recovered near Camp Eighteen, a distance of roughly 29 miles from Keddie. Months later, after an anonymous caller to the [[Butte County, California|Butte County]] Sheriff's office claimed the skull was Tina's, the Camp Eighteen area was searched again for several hours over a period of days. A [[jawbone]] and dozens of other bones were found, along with other potential evidence. The bones were later confirmed to be those of Tina Sharp. From these discoveries, no new information regarding the crime surfaced in the media. However, Butte County Sheriff's Office released both the original and back-up copy of the audio recording of the 'anonymous call' to an undisclosed member of law enforcement. Both recordings were released to the same person at the same time, only to disappear. |
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The murders remain unsolved, although the case is currently being actively pursued by members of [[Plumas County]] Sheriff's Office. |
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*[http://www.keddie28.com/ Keddie28.com: The Cabin 28 Keddie Murders Case] |
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Revision as of 22:21, 9 January 2017
The Keddie Murders is an unsolved 1981 American quadruple homicide that occurred in Keddie, California. The murders took place in cabin 28, during the late evening of April 11, 1981, or early the following morning.[1] The victims were Glenna Sue Sharp (nee' Davis), known as Sue (age 36). her son John (age 15), and his friend, Dana Wingate (age 17).[2] 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.[3]
The murders
Glenna "Sue" Sharp, 36, and her five children had been renting the cabin since November 1980.[4] At approximately 7:45 AM on the morning of April 12, Sheila Sharp, upon returning from the sleepover next door, discovered the tied-up bodies of Sue, John and Dana in the home's living room.[5][6] Plumas County Sheriff's deputies later determined Tina Sharp was missing from the location.[7] The murders have been commented upon for their particular viciousness.[5]
After approxiately 4,000 man-hours spent on the case,[8] it grew cold but, in 1984, the cranium portion of a skull was recovered near Butte Falls, a distance of roughly 100 miles from Keddie.[8] Butte County Sheriff's Office released both the original and back-up copy of the audio recording of the 'anonymous call' to an undisclosed member of law enforcement.[7]
As of January 2017, no arrests have been made in connection with the Keddie murders,[5] although two suspects who had criminal records,[6] now deceased, have been proposed.[8][7][4] In 2004, Cabin 28 was demolished.[9]
On March 24, 2016, a hammer matching the description of claimed to have been lost two days after the murders was taken into evidence by Plumas County Special Investigator Mike Gamberg.[7] Sheriff Hagwood stated, "the location it was found... It would have been intentionally put there. It would not have been accidentally misplaced."[10][4]
Cultural references
The 2008 film The Strangers, which claimed to have been based true events, was popularly linked to the Keddie crimes, with the important difference that in the film, the victims survived.[8][5]
References
- ^ "Exorcising ghosts of past / New owner hopes to reopen resort haunted by 20-year-old slayings". SF Gate. June 10, 2001. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ "Brutal 3-Year-Old Triple Slaying Still Haunts Quiet Plumas Resort". Sacramento Bee. June 22, 1984. Retrieved 2010-12-24.
... By coincidence, it was the day Plumas County sheriff's deputies announced human remains discovered near Feather Falls in Butte County were those of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared from Cabin 28 more than three years ago. ...
- ^ Steve Gibson. "Bones Found are Those of Girl Linked to Triple Slaying in Plumas county." Sacramento Bee June 21, 1984.
- ^ a b c Lopez, Tony. "35 Years Later, New Clues May Solve Keddie Murder Mystery".
- ^ a b c d Alzena MacDonald (29 August 2013). Murders and Acquisitions: Representations of the Serial Killer in Popular Culture. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 186–. ISBN 978-1-4411-7702-5.
- ^ a b Lopez, Tony. "35 Years Later, New Clues May Solve Keddie Murder Mystery".
- ^ a b c d "Plumas County investigator closer to solving Keddie murders".
- ^ a b c d Michael Newton (2009). The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes. Infobase Publishing. pp. 340–. ISBN 978-1-4381-1914-4.
- ^ "Cold Case : Keddie Murders". Crime Magazine. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ http://www.plumasnews.com/story/2016/04/06/news/more-evidence-uncovered-in-keddie-murders-case/988.html