The Keddie Cabin Murders
If you’re like me, living out in the wilderness where the water and trees are your playgrounds sounds magical. Your neighbors are few, but they love the loneliness and tranquility of nature as much as you do.
In 1980, the Sharp family — 36-year-old Glenna “Sue”, her 15-year-old son John, 14-year-old daughter Sheila, 12-year-old daughter Tina, and 10-year-old Rick and five-year-old Greg — moved from Connecticut to Keddie, California, in the northern part of the state, after Sue and her husband separated. The family settled into Cabin 28 at the Keddie resort.
Times were tough for the Sharp family. Sue supported her family on a paltry $250 monthly check she received from the Navy (her husband was a veteran), food stamps, and a stipend she received for being enrolled in a federal education program.
But the Sharp children had plenty to do, despite owning few material things. In the summer, especially, a nearby pond and a river provided plenty of refreshing entertainment.
This was to be a fresh start for the family and a sort of rebirth for Sue. But instead of being a little slice of Heaven, Cabin 28 would turn out to be the threshold of Hell for the Sharp family…
