Bent Knives, Bloody Hammers & A Couple of Men with Really Bad Manners: The Keddie Murders

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🗓️ 4 April 2019

⏱️ 217 minutes

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On the morning of April 12, 1981, 14-year-old Sheila Sharp returned from a neighbor's home after a sleepover to find her mother, 36-year-old Sue Sharp, 15-year-old brother John, and John's 17-year-old best friend Dana dead on the floor, victims of an apparent massacre by way of knife and hammer. They were bound, and had been tortured, leaving many in shock, wondering who could do such a thing. But that's when they realized 12-year-old Tina Sharp, Sue' daughter, was missing from the home. She'd been abducted by the perpetrators. It would be three long years before answers arrived, though, in the form of learning Tina's remains were discovered in a remote location outside Keddie. To this day, however, the case remains unsolved. Join host Ryan Kraus for a unique profile of the killers, an examination of the autopsies, and a tour through the crime scene, as we endeavor to unlock the truth in this terrifying case.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome back to cold case murder mysteries. I'm your host
0:09.3	Ryan Kraus coming at you once again to explore the fascinating psychology lurking in the dark depths of the criminal mind.
0:16.0	In this episode, we're taking on a legendary case commonly referred to as the Kettie murders.
0:22.0	A gruesome quadruple homicide that occurred in a remote region of Northern California's Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
0:30.0	It's a mystery that remains unsolved to this day.
0:33.0	On the night of April 11, 1981, leading into the early morning hours of the 12th,
0:39.0	at least one person entered the home of 36-year-old mother of five, Glena Susan Sharp, known as Sue,
0:47.0	and proceeded to bind and murder the woman, along with her 15-year-old son John and his
0:52.3	17-year-old best friend Dana who also come to massive
0:56.2	injuries inflicted by way of knife and hammer. Nearby, in a bedroom, sues two younger boys, Ricky, 10, and Greg, 5 remained unharmed, as did their friend
1:09.3	Justin, who was there for a sleepover. Initially, it seemed none of the survivors had heard so much as a sound during the night,
1:18.0	and the killers escaped without interference from witnesses or law enforcement.
1:22.0	But when the police arrive the next morning and the bodies are
1:26.2	identified, it soon becomes apparent someone is missing from the crime scene, Sue's 12-year-old
1:32.4	daughter, Tina.
1:34.3	And her whereabouts would stay a mystery until three years later, when investigators acting
1:40.3	upon an anonymous tip on a recorded phone call,
1:43.6	were able to make the connection between the discovery of human remains
1:47.6	consistent with a 12-year-old female,
1:50.2	and info provided by the adult male caller.
1:53.0	So while there are a lot of complicated considerations in this story,
1:57.0	from a domestic standpoint,
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