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{{Act of Villainy

|~~Image~~ = Keddie murders victims.jpg

|image = Keddie murders victims.jpg

|perpetrator = Unknown

|date = April 11 - 12, 1981

|location = Keddie, California, U.S.

|motive = Unknown

|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]}}

|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>Mutilation<br>[[Torture]]}}

The '''Keddie Cabin murders''', also called the '''Keddie murders''', were a quadruple homicide that occurred on the night of April 11 - 12, 1981, at the Keddie resort in California, United States. An intruder or intruders broke into cabin #28 of the Keddie resort and restrained three of the victims - John Sharp, Sue Sharp and Dana Wingate - and savagely beat and stabbed them to death. A fourth victim, Tina Sharp, was abducted and remained a missing person until April 1984, when her remains were found in Butte County. The killer or killers have never been identified.

{{Quote|In the 1980s, the town of Keddie, California was referred to as 'the place the American Dream went to die'; following a steep economic downturn, it became a place to escape rather than to settle. However, most still considered it a safe enough community to at least raise a family. It was the type of place where you could leave your door unlocked at night without fear of intruders, and everyone had their fair share of secrets and hidden pasts, but they weren't looking to disturb their newfound peace. There were whispers of drug dealings and a small theft here and there, but mostly minor crimes. That is, until April 1981, when three members of the Sharp family and a family friend turned up dead in Cabin 28 - a quadruple homicide that, as of 2016, has gone unsolved for 35 years.|Cayleigh Elise, ''Dark Matters #6: The Keddie Cabin Massacre''}}

The '''Keddie Cabin murders''', also called the '''Keddie murders''', the '''Keddie Cabin Massacre''', and the '''Cabin 28 murders''', were a quadruple homicide that occurred on the night of April 11 - 12, 1981, at the Keddie resort in California, United States. An intruder or intruders broke into cabin #28 of the Keddie resort and restrained three of the victims - John Sharp, Sue Sharp and Dana Wingate - and savagely beat and stabbed them to death. A fourth victim, Tina Sharp, was abducted and remained a missing person until April 1984, when her remains were found in Butte County. The killer or killers have never been identified.

==History==

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In recent years accusations of a cover-up by the police have gained traction. Cabin #28 was demolished in 2004, allegedly to conceal evidence. When the case was re-opened in 2013, several items of evidence were found in boxes of case files that were never officially entered into evidence, including a recording of an anonymous phone call identifying the remains found in Feather Falls as Tina Sharp and a letter to Marilyn Smartt allegedly written by Martin Smartt reading "I've paid the price of your love & now I've bought it with four people's lives." Plumas County Sheriff Mike Gamberg criticised the handling of evidence in the case by contemporary police. DNA testing on surviving evidence was begun, including on a claw hammer resembling the one missing from Martin Smartt's house that was found in a nearby river in March 2016. However, the case remains unsolved.

==Video==

<YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/5EevNRroebY</YouTube>

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-|Image = Keddie murders victims.jpg
+|image = Keddie murders victims.jpg
 |perpetrator = Unknown
 |date = April 11 - 12, 1981
 |location = Keddie, California, U.S.
 |motive = Unknown
-|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]}}
+|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>Mutilation<br>[[Torture]]}}
-The '''Keddie Cabin murders''', also called the '''Keddie murders''', were a quadruple homicide that occurred on the night of April 11 - 12, 1981, at the Keddie resort in California, United States. An intruder or intruders broke into cabin #28 of the Keddie resort and restrained three of the victims - John Sharp, Sue Sharp and Dana Wingate - and savagely beat and stabbed them to death. A fourth victim, Tina Sharp, was abducted and remained a missing person until April 1984, when her remains were found in Butte County. The killer or killers have never been identified.
+{{Quote|In the 1980s, the town of Keddie, California was referred to as 'the place the American Dream went to die'; following a steep economic downturn, it became a place to escape rather than to settle. However, most still considered it a safe enough community to at least raise a family. It was the type of place where you could leave your door unlocked at night without fear of intruders, and everyone had their fair share of secrets and hidden pasts, but they weren't looking to disturb their newfound peace. There were whispers of drug dealings and a small theft here and there, but mostly minor crimes. That is, until April 1981, when three members of the Sharp family and a family friend turned up dead in Cabin 28 - a quadruple homicide that, as of 2016, has gone unsolved for 35 years.|Cayleigh Elise, ''Dark Matters #6: The Keddie Cabin Massacre''}}
+The '''Keddie Cabin murders''', also called the '''Keddie murders''', the '''Keddie Cabin Massacre''', and the '''Cabin 28 murders''', were a quadruple homicide that occurred on the night of April 11 - 12, 1981, at the Keddie resort in California, United States. An intruder or intruders broke into cabin #28 of the Keddie resort and restrained three of the victims - John Sharp, Sue Sharp and Dana Wingate - and savagely beat and stabbed them to death. A fourth victim, Tina Sharp, was abducted and remained a missing person until April 1984, when her remains were found in Butte County. The killer or killers have never been identified.
 ==History==
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 In recent years accusations of a cover-up by the police have gained traction. Cabin #28 was demolished in 2004, allegedly to conceal evidence. When the case was re-opened in 2013, several items of evidence were found in boxes of case files that were never officially entered into evidence, including a recording of an anonymous phone call identifying the remains found in Feather Falls as Tina Sharp and a letter to Marilyn Smartt allegedly written by Martin Smartt reading "I've paid the price of your love & now I've bought it with four people's lives." Plumas County Sheriff Mike Gamberg criticised the handling of evidence in the case by contemporary police. DNA testing on surviving evidence was begun, including on a claw hammer resembling the one missing from Martin Smartt's house that was found in a nearby river in March 2016. However, the case remains unsolved.
+==Video==
+<YouTube width=320 height=180>https://youtu.be/5EevNRroebY</YouTube>
 [[Category:List]]
 [[Category:Villainous Event]]
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 [[Category:Destroyer of Innocence]]
 [[Category:Partners in Crime]]
+[[Category:Mutilators]]
+[[Category:Faceless Villains]]