keddie cabin murders

Sue Sharp- Mother

What Happend.

Jhonny Sharp - Son/ Brother

The crime

On April12, 1981. The sharp family went to sleep in cabin 28 in the Keddie Reasort Loge. Four people in the cabin where brutially murderd.

Three bodies where found by Sheila Sharp who had slept in a friends cabin which was just next door the night of the murders. She had found the body's of her mother Sue Sharp, her 15yr old bother Jhonny Sharp, and Jhonny's 17yr old friend Dana Wingate, her 12yr old sister Tina Sharp was missing from the crime scene. But her body had been found at a diffrent location.

Strangly Sheilas two younger bothers Greg Sharp age 5 and Rick Sharp age 10 where found in a upstairs bedroom asleep and safe. Also sharing the room with them was the boy's friend Justin Smartt alive and well.

Jhonny, Dana, and Sue had been found all bound together with some sort of electrical wire.

Dana Wingate- Friend/ Son

Facts about the case

These wepons where found at the scene:

-A Bent Steak Knife

-A Bloody Butchard Kinfe

-A Claw Hammer

Blood Splatters had been found on the walls and ceiling suggesting the amount of forced used when they were killed.

To this day the case is still being worked on 35 years after the murder with no one being charged for it.

Facts About the case

Sue Sharp- Mother

Sue had left a broken and abusive marrage, and was discribed as a quiet woman who loved her kids. In 1980 Sue had moved her kids to the Keddie area where they had lived in relitive poverty.

Tina Sharp - Missing Daughter

Sue Sharp & Tina Sharp

Tina was the one girl missing from the sight of the crime. Her skull would eventually be found due to an annonumus tip called into the police on the third anniversary of the murders. The skull would be found 50 miles away in a whole other county. Aside from the timing which is undoubtly susicious, the fact the caller could identify the skull as Tinas is something that should be questioned.

Possible Motive

Possible Motive

Marty Smartt was married to Marilyn Smartt the mother of Justin Smartt who was one of the of the kids found alive in the cabin the night of the murder. Marty was reportively an abusive husband and that Sue Sharp had been councling Marilyn on her marrage. When finding out about what Marty would discribe as an Interference in his marrage he reportively went " balistic" about it. Marty had left for Reno Nivato shortly after the murders. Law enforcers felt that the killer was " more than one person." Hence them throwing Marty's roomate Bo who whas an Ex- Con into the case as an acomplace. How ever the case seemed to stop there. There had been evedence that seemingly went unnoticed. √In 2001 Mr. Wingate father of 17yr old Dana Wingate said that the police "had stumbled over eachother and fowled up the case."

Doug Thomas - Former Sheriff

Doug Thomas

Former Sherrif Doug Thomas who was sheriff at the time of the incedent is being accused of a cover-up due to the many online theories which aleged he was close friends with suspect Marty Smartt at the time.

Doug did say he took part in giving the couple some councling on thier marrage before the murders happend. However Marilyn does not recall this encounter and states that Marty to her knownlegd was not friends with the sheriff. Though many believe Marilyn was a conspirator.

Doug recenly addressed thses accusations: 'There was no shortage of suspects, but suddently 35yrs or so later have all figured out what happend, and all of the investigating offecers were corruped. It's luaghable is what it is... Martin Smartt was not a friend of mine. at one point he and his wife were having marital problems and they came to me to councel them."

Greg Hagwood- Current sheriff

The re-opening of the case

In 2013 the case re-opened by current sheriff Greg Hagwood and investigator Mike Gamburg. Both whome had personal connections to the people in the case.

This is what Greg had to say about the courrupted cop theory: " It has brought to light some amazing timelines, history and what some may call a 'coincidence.' Others may look at it more accusingly... but I dont put anything outside the relm of possiblity."

The reopening of the case

Mike Gamburg- Investigator & Shela Sharp- Daugter

New Developments

1. The first development happened when Mike Gamburg had been looking through boxes of case reports and had found evidence from the case that had been shoved aside. What he had found was a letter written from Marty smartt to his wife Marilyn. It was reportively written soon after the murders. The letter said: " I've payed the price for your love and bought it with four peoples lives, and you tell me were through... Great! What else do you want?" However Marilyn does not recall reciveing the letter but she did reconize the wrightting in the letter as Martys handwrighting.

New Developments

Final Thoughts

Final thoughts

Hagwood states that " There are people locally who know more than they've said, and I belive we've identifyed some of them and we know who they are, and we know where they are. I have every confedence that they either, participated after the fact or have first hand information..."

Hagwwod suggests there are about sid people of intrest all of which are alive.

Hagwood's thoughts about Marty and Bo's role in this grusome crime are very clear " It's a therory that we are working, to the greatest degree possible, to conclude or dismis. There's a disproportionate amount of evedence and information at end's to point in that direction."

As of now no one has been charged but Hagwood and Gamburg continue to work on te case. As a final quote from Hagwood he states: "Ther is no expiration date on homiciedes and to the extent that we have surviving siblings and family memebers. It is our fundemental obligation to understand who did thais and why."

Refrences

https://the-line-up.com/keddie-murders-cabin-28

http://www.oxygen.com/blogs/martinis-murder-the-cold-case-of-the-keddie-cabin-murders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJMHY8PC8Ok&t=22s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owOehiQ5jKc&t=1839s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nK-dIY2c1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USL6P8haroY&t=721s

Refrences