They just kind of kept it hidden. Perhaps one day they will finally confirm those suspicions but for now, the devastating case remains unsolved. Why did both DOJ and sheriff Doug Thomas skate these key suspects when LE noted they were lying, and Marty FAILED his polygraph? In 1981, the gruesome murder of four in Cabin 28 of the Keddie Resort in Northern California has long been unsolved.or has it?. Thats probably when she was covered. And now two years after that, hes announced that theres more that links a living person or persons to the crime. "I guess I don't want to relive that," she tells PEOPLE in this week's issue of the memory 35 years ago when, at age 14, she opened the front door of her family's northern California cabin to find their bloodied bodies on the living room floor. The tape was never admitted into evidence, and it was in fact found at the bottom of a box. This includes the living room carpet, wallboard and other items marked with blood and other potential evidence. Members of that family, along with Sheila Sharp, 14, claimed they didnt hear a sound from the Sharps house that night. 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. 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. But I don't remember that. KEDDIE (CBS13) Investigators believe they may have found one of the weapons used in a 35-year-old murder mystery. I could still see where the cabin itself once stood, but nature had started to take over the area once more. Hagwood was a teenager at the time and knew some of the victims. Cabin 28 at the Keddie Resort, where the 1981 murders occurred. He had known connections with organized crime in Chicago.Boubede also had at least two known aliases as Bobby Lake and John DeSantis, according to the Keddie 28 online site administrator dmac. My kids don't know who my mom is. Another piece of perhaps vital evidence that Gamberg discovered was in an envelope that was never opened. New evidence has surfaced in the infamous 37-year-old Keddie murders case. It haunted people. For some reason, the DOJ had an interest in Boubede, according to Gamberg. "The alleged killers who lived here did they have any problems with law enforcement prior? As he sorted he found one bag of evidence that was never opened. 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. ", "It's obviously a worthwhile pursuit," he says. "I thought the adults would do something. 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. The two say they've zeroed in on longtime suspects, and they believe they've discovered new evidence and re-discovered old evidence that was either forgotten or overlooked that could point to a resolution. Even his leads in the case were ignored. And some of the evidence in storage is contaminated. That should shut a lot of traps, and destroy many of the rumors that have floated around for 37 years. Leads werent followed and evidence wasnt checked. "I want to remember the happy times," she says. 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. Why were corrupt DOJ BOCCA agents immediately assigned to this rural case? He also compared the available evidence in 1981 to someone firing a shotgun loaded with evidence and no one followed up on all of it as it spread out like pellets. Advertiser Disclosure: Backpackerverse.com is a free online resource that offers valuable content and comparison services to users. 2021. * Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? He found a letter written by Marty Smartt to his wife reportedly written soon after the murders. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. He also said there are at least six people of interest. Gamberg was a deputy with the Plumas County Sheriffs Office prior to the murders, he said. 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. Now, an Alleged Serial Killer Has Confessed, Police Say, Judge Orders Release of Adnan Syed as Murder Conviction of 'Serial' Subject Is Vacated. But the void has stayed with her. 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. Truly a case of wrong place, wrong time. "The most vivid image I have is of my brother laying there," she says. "Not knowing where she'd been for three years, or even what happened to her, it's been really, really tough.". 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. She ultimately settled into the small town of Keddie nestled in the Sierra Nevada mountains only five miles. As police continued to search for Tina, other officers brought in multiple suspects. He soon moved on to another job and has since retired. "I believe in one-way shape or form we are going to pull this together," Gamberg said. The Keddie Cabin Murders took place on April 12, 1981; Sue Sharp, two of her children, and her son's friend lost their lives. Both had personal connections to victims of the case. What Gamberg first encountered was the Keddie murders crime scene room. "Great! Despite there being much more to this case, the investigation strangely stopped there. "They can't defend themselves. What was ignored was an alleged admission of guilty by one of the suspects. The discovery came three years after Tinas disappearance by a man out hunting bottles. "Dana was at my house the day before the homicide," he said. The California Department of Justice was immediately given the case and then didnt follow through, said Gamberg. After the slayings, Sheila, Greg and Rick were sent out of state to live with an aunt. Hagwood, in his third year of office, had many priorities to contend with inside his department and in the county. "My mother's kindness and grace also extended beyond her own family, which may have ultimately been her downfall.". 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 addition to confirming Sue, John, and Dana were dead, the officers concluded they were murdered. "I stayed in the cabin probably a dozen times," he said. For most people, Keddie is a beautiful, and rural town in Northern California. The Seabolt family lived just 15 feet away. Sue was covered by a yellow blanket; her hands and feet were bound by electrical wiring. 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. Go to PEOPLE.com/PEN, or download the app for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Xumo, Chromecast, Xfinity, iOS and Android devices. Boubede died in 1988, according to Gamberg. It was April 11, 1981 when Sheila Sharp, 14, opened the door to her familys two-bedroom cabin and discovered the bodies of her mother, older brother and family friend in the small living room. The three other children present in a second bedroom escaped physical harm. The anonymous caller said he was watching the news about the discovery at Feather Falls down Highway 70 from Keddie. "I didn't know what I was supposed to do," she says. Apparently Marty had confessed to the murders in a session. It's a case that involves a triple-slaying and a missing child whose remains. As reports of the renewed investigation went public, Gamberg learned of a man who, using a metal detector, had found a hammer in a pond near the Keddie property and the steel, blue-handled claw hammer, then recovered, exactly matched the description of a hammer that Marty told investigators he'd lost. Dead were Sheila's mother, brother and a family friend. Text is available under . Keddie and Quincy are seven miles apart. Investigators believe it was no random call, as it came on the three-year anniversary of the killings. Three of them were murdered that night, and one of the children remained missing until years later. The mystery endures about who brutally murdered the Sharp family single mom Sue Sharp, 36; her son Johnny, 15; daughter Tina, 12; and Johnny's friend Dana Wingate, 17 in the small Sierra Nevada community of Keddie, California. 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