Three Dead Bodies And A Skull — The Keddie Cabin Murders

Even with murder weapons and the murderers’ sketch, the killers ran loose, how?

Jules
6 min readNov 3, 2021
The four victims of the Keddie Cabin murder | Photo Credits: Vlmckay

Unsolved murders have a way of weighing on a community, the place forever haunted and the neighbors always left wondering. The Keddie Cabin Murders took place on April 12, 1981; Sue Sharp, two of her children, and her son’s friend lost their lives. This murder is shrouded in mystery, leaving behind a messy and compelling trail of clues.

The Family Before The Murders

Sue Sharp | Photo Credits: Oxygen

The Sharp family was not a tragedy-free family even before the devastating murder. Sue Sharp had shifted to Cabin 28 in Keddie, a small community in Plumas County, California. Everyone knew each other in this tiny neighborhood. After divorcing her abusive husband, Sue had shifted here with her five children- three sons and two daughters.

She thought this community would be the Sharp family’s answer to a troubled start in life. Little did she know how that wasn’t going to be the case.

A day before the fateful day of the murder, all five children had plans with their…

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