
WANTED: The Keddie Cabin Killer
A family’s brutal murder rocks a tiny California town and leaves behind too many unanswered questions.
The tree in the upper left corner is where the Sharp family hung a sign stating cabin 28 was their home
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If you have any information about the murders of Sue Sharp, John Sharp, Dana Wingate, and Tina Sharp, please call the Plumas County Sheriff’s office at (530) 283-6360.
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Episode Source Material
- The Sacramento Bee: Mother, 2 Teen-Agers Slain in Plumas Hamlet
- The San Francisco Examiner: Three brutal murders, missing girl mystify Plumas County, by Steven Capps
- The Lompoc Record: 3 murders puzzle authorities, by UPI
- The San Francisco Examiner: Sierra resort is rocked by nightmare murders in cabin, by Steven A. Capps
- Oroville Mercury Register: Autopsies Are Scheduled in Plumas Triple Murder, by Associated Press
- Oroville Mercury Register: Autopsies Show 3 Died From Blows to Head, by Associated Press
- The Sacramento Bee: Motive For Triple Slaying A Puzzle, by Walt Wiley
- Reno Gazette-Journal: Plumas triple murder investigation continues
- Feather River Bulletin: Triple slaying in Keddie, by Marv Snow and Dave Moller
- The Sacramento Bee: Triple-Slaying Probe Looks For Missing Girl, by Walt Wiley
- The Chico Enterprise-Record (Chico, CA): Report on Killings Awaited
- The San Francisco Examiner: Dog teams searching for girl believed slain, by Associated Press
- The Sacramento Bee: Searches End For 12-Year-Old Missing After Murders Of 3 Others
- Feather River Bulletin: Tina Sharp still missing, by Dave Moller
- Feather River Bulletin: Tina Sharp feared dead
- The Sacramento Bee: Investigators Frustrated In Search For Triple Killer, by Walt Wiley
- Feather River Bulletin: Murder autopsies reveal no drugs
- Feather River Bulletin: Sheriff seeks pair for questioning in Keddie murder investigation
- The Sacramento Bee: New Sheriff Takes Problems In Stride, by Walt Wiley
- Feather River Bulletin: Sheriff asks deer hunters for help in Keddie case
- Feather River Bulletin: Human skull found
- Feather River Bulletin: Murder probe continuing, by Dave Moller
- Feather River Bulletin: Two ruled out in Keddie case
- Oroville Mercury Register: Missing Girl’s Bones Identified
- The Sacramento Bee: Bones found are those of girl linked to slayings, by Steve Gibson & Tom Guarino
- The Chico Enterprise-Record: Girl, 12, apparent 4th victim of murders, by Terry Vau Dell
- The Sacramento Bee: Triple slaying still haunts resort after 3 years, by Ken Payton
- Feather River Bulletin: Fourth victim found in slaying, by Dave Moller
- Feather River Bulletin: Murder…, by Curt Asher
- Feather River Bulletin: Search for Keddie killers continues six years later, by Curt Asher
- Feather River Bulletin: 1981 mass murder shocks county; case still unsolved
- Feather River Bulletin: 13-year old Keddie murders still plague sheriff, by Cynthia Pack
- Feather River Bulletin: Keddie: Many changes during past century, by Randy Walker
- The Sacramento Bee: Drifter now a suspect in four Plumas slayings, by Jane Braxton Little
- Westwood Pine Press: Former Plumas man admits murders, gets two life terms, by Dave Keller
- Feather River Bulletin: The Keddie murders: 20 years later, investigation goes on, by Dave Keller
- Westwood Pine Press: Memorial held for Tina Sharp, by Victoria Metcalf
- Westwood Pine Press: Keddie Murders remembered, by Victoria Metcalf
- Reno Gazette-Journal: Investigator closer to solving 1981 Keddie murders, by Marcella Corona
- The Sacramento Bee: ’81 Keddie murder case rekindled in Plumas, by Jane Braxton Little
- KOLO8: The Keddie Murders: Potential evidence continues to surface, by Ed Pearce
- People: 5 Things to Know about the Keddie Cabin Murders — and the New Hunt for the Killers, by Jeff Truesdell
- People: A Daughter’s 35-Year Fight For Justice: Sheila Sharp Longs to Know Who Murdered Her Family in Their Cabin, by Jeff Truesdell
- Identification Discovery: People Investigates, Cabin 28: Horror in the woods
- Yahoo News: Inside the Search for the Keddie Cabin Killers 35 Years After a Family Was Slaughtered, by Jeff Truesdell
- Plumas News: Keddie murders revisited part 1: New evidence discovered links living suspect to grisly scene, by Victoria Metcalf
- Plumas News: Keddie murders revisited part 2: Following the clues, by Staff
- Plumas News: Keddie murders revisited part 3: Hypnosis, counselor’s revelations, mob connections, by Victoria Metcalf
- ABC 10: Murder in Cabin 28: Why detectives say they are closer than ever to solving the Keddie Murders case | Unsolved California, by Madison Wade
- YouTube: Keddie Murders: Cabin 28- The Keddie Murders, Pt I (2005), Uploaded by keddie28
- YouTube Keddie Murders: Cabin 28- The Keddie Murders, Pt II, Uploaded by keddie28
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