There was no real way to convict men who were already dead.Īt this point, the case has grown cold. Unfortunately, Martin died in 2000, and Bo died in 1988. She said that they were acting suspiciously that night after a night out at the bar. It wasn’t until a woman named Marilyn Smartt claimed that her husband, Martin, and his friend, John “Bo” Boubede were responsible for all of the murders. Many people tried their best to figure out what happened to this poor family. Tina had been murdered and dismembered shortly after the Keddie murders. Until a bottle collector found a cranium and mandible 100 miles away from Keddie Cabin. The investigators overlooked tons of evidence and worked extremely slow.Īfter three months, no progress had been made on Tina’s disappearance. This case is notorious for being mishandled. They had descriptions of the men from Justin, but they came to dead ends in their investigation. The police had no idea where to go from there. Justin did not see the murders as all the boys went to hide and stay quiet. Tina ended up walking in during the altercation, and she was immediately dragged out by one of the men. Quickly, the arguing turned to violent fighting, and the two men easily overpowered Sue, John, and Dana. When Justin went to investigate, he said that he saw John and Dana arguing with two men. He was only 10-years-old, after all.Īfter being hypnotized, Justin recalled that he, Rick, and Greg all heard a commotion in the living room. It was difficult to get a sure story out of Justin as he was changing his story many times, probably due to the trauma. It looked like it was a random attack until police spoke to Justin…

There was no sign of a break-in and barely any fingerprints to collect.

The only possible witnesses to the murder were Sue’s 10-year-old son, Rick, 5-year-old son, Greg, and Rick’s friend, Justin Smartt. Sue’s 12-year-old daughter, Tina, was missing from the scene. Sue’s 14-year-old daughter, Sheila, found them. In the morning of April 12th, 1981, the bodies of Sue Sharp, John Sharp, and Dana Wingate were found brutally beaten and tied together in the living room of their cabin. To this day, the Keddie Cabin murders of 1981 still haunt residents of the rural resort town.

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