Post by hope on Aug 4, 2021 9:24:18 GMT -6
I know we have discussed Ward Weaver in other threads but wanted to add his files here since he was considered a suspect in this case.
WEAVER, WARD
Possible suspect, refer file
<STOY>
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The following document was obtained from a manila folder titled "Poss. Suspect File" sent to the filmmakers during the making of Cabin 28: The Keddie Murders Part II.
6-12-84 approx 0900 hr, I received a phone call from Cpt. Leroy Wood of the BCSO. He advised than an informant told him who committed the Keddie homicides. He explained that the informant called just before he called me. The informant says that he knows the ex-wife of Ward F. Weaver. He is currently in the Kern Co. Jail on 187 charge. The ex-wife told the informant that her ex-husband committed the Keddie murders. The only other information Cpt. Wood had was that the ex-wife is very afraid of her ex-husband and she will not come forward this time out of fear.
In checking on the ex-husband's name in the case file I found a supplemental report where he was considered as a possible suspect during the original investigation.
6-22-84, I contacted Bill Opferman of DOJ BOCCI unit in Sacramento. Opferman has information on W.F.W. and has followed his criminal history. He told me that the suspect's whereabouts on April 11/12 - 1981 are unknown but that he was in Southern California on the 3rd of April and in Reno NV on the 14th of April, 1981. I obtained a brief description from Opferman on the suspect's M.O. in two homicide/kidnap cases and notice some similarities with the Keddie case. I will contact Opferman in person next week and obtains copies of the information.
6-21-84, Sgt. Young stopped by the BCSO on the way back from Feather Falls and talked with Capt. Wood. He obtained a photo of the suspect and a copy of the BCSO coroner report concerning [name omitted], who was the girl the suspect picked up in Kern Co. and later killed in Butte County.
WEAVER, WARD
Possible suspect, refer file
<STOY>
____________________________________________
The following document was obtained from a manila folder titled "Poss. Suspect File" sent to the filmmakers during the making of Cabin 28: The Keddie Murders Part II.
6-12-84 approx 0900 hr, I received a phone call from Cpt. Leroy Wood of the BCSO. He advised than an informant told him who committed the Keddie homicides. He explained that the informant called just before he called me. The informant says that he knows the ex-wife of Ward F. Weaver. He is currently in the Kern Co. Jail on 187 charge. The ex-wife told the informant that her ex-husband committed the Keddie murders. The only other information Cpt. Wood had was that the ex-wife is very afraid of her ex-husband and she will not come forward this time out of fear.
In checking on the ex-husband's name in the case file I found a supplemental report where he was considered as a possible suspect during the original investigation.
6-22-84, I contacted Bill Opferman of DOJ BOCCI unit in Sacramento. Opferman has information on W.F.W. and has followed his criminal history. He told me that the suspect's whereabouts on April 11/12 - 1981 are unknown but that he was in Southern California on the 3rd of April and in Reno NV on the 14th of April, 1981. I obtained a brief description from Opferman on the suspect's M.O. in two homicide/kidnap cases and notice some similarities with the Keddie case. I will contact Opferman in person next week and obtains copies of the information.
6-21-84, Sgt. Young stopped by the BCSO on the way back from Feather Falls and talked with Capt. Wood. He obtained a photo of the suspect and a copy of the BCSO coroner report concerning [name omitted], who was the girl the suspect picked up in Kern Co. and later killed in Butte County.
Seriously though, exactly how long was that info(gun site) held back? I'd bet nobody thought to dump it until it went public.