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Investigators Allude to a Break in the Keddie Cabin Murders
The 1981 murder of Sue, Johnny, Tina Sharp and Dana Wingate remains a mystery, but we may be seeing an arrest soon.
It was 1980 when Glenna Susan Sharp, who preferred to be called Sue, left Connecticut — leaving behind a turbulent marriage. With her five children in tow, she packed whatever belongings they could into her vehicle and hit the road.
She decided on California to be closer to her brother. They first settled in Quincy, California, moving into a 1-bedroom trailer that her brother and his wife had recently vacated, but the cramped trailer park was not ideal for the large family.
Her children ranged in ages John, fifteen, Sheila, fourteen, Tina, twelve, Ricky, ten, and Greg, five. Sue had heard that there was a small resort town nearby in Keddie, California, facing financial problems and converted their cabins into low-income housing.
Keddie cabins was once a massively successful resort destination, but by the 1980s, the cabins had gone into a state of disrepair that no longer brought the affluent crowd it once did.
The family settled into cabin number 12, it was run down, but it had more space for the kids, and there were lots of other families living on the grounds. The cabin had three bedrooms. Her oldest son Johnny took the unfinished basement, her youngest boys Rick and Greg took a bedroom, Sue and Tina shared a room, and Sheila had a bedroom.
All the children had friends their age to play with. For a while, it seemed like a happy place for the family.
Sue’s ex-husband had been in the Navy. The family was accustomed to moving a lot, and they looked forward to being in one place for a while. Sue had a hard time making ends meet. She received $250 from her ex-husband, food stamps, and was on social welfare. She was also enrolled in a federal education program that gave her money to attend classes at the local community college.
