11. The Keddie Murders
It was a quadruple homicide at a campground in Keddie, CA in 1981. It’s still being investigated and earlier this year a hammer that may have been the murder weapon was found.
From Wikipedia:
The Keddie Murders is an unsolved 1981 American quadruple homicide that occurred in Keddie, California. The murders took place in cabin 28, during the late evening of April 11, 1981, or early the following morning. The victims were Glenna Sue Sharp (nee’ Davis), known as Sue (age 36). her son John (age 15), and his friend, Dana Wingate (age 17). At some time after the crime was discovered, Sue’s daughter, Tina (age 12), was reported missing. Her skull and several other bones were recovered in 1984 in Camp Eighteen, California, which is in Butte County.
Glenna “Sue” Sharp, 36, and her five children had been renting the cabin since November 1980. At approximately 7:45 AM on the morning of April 12, Sheila Sharp, upon returning from the sleepover next door, discovered the tied-up bodies of Sue, John and Dana in the home’s living room. Plumas County Sheriff’s deputies later determined Tina Sharp was missing from the location. The murders have been commented upon for their particular viciousness.
12. The East Area Rapist Aka the original ‘night stalker’
It seems impossible to me that this guy got away with it. He “only” killed 2 or 3 people but raped and terrorized many, many more.
He would break into a house that he’d clearly been watching for a long time. Then he’d tie up the occupants taking the woman to a separate room if she had a spouse. He would assault the woman a few times and in between he’d rummage through the house and make food or drink a beer.
For some reason that makes it so much worse in my mind – that he could casually eat a sandwich while he was in the middle of terrorizing a family.
