Jackie Alvey re: Steve Howard

"It should be noted in June of 2013, I reviewed reports available on the Keddie Homicide case. I found there were many reports were missing and leads in this case that were left undone and needed to be followed-up. These follow-ups pertained to possible witnesses and suspects in this case.I noted that one of the reports missing was one that I had initiated re: Steven Howard, after I returned to the Sheriffs Department in June of 1983.

Due to the 30 plus years since the homicides occurred the exact date of my report and the details are from memory that best could be recalled. The following is the sum and substance of that report: ln the early 1980's, I was contacted by (PCSO Reserve Deputy) Mike Grant who told me that while conducting a Search and Rescue bingo game he was contacted by a mutual friend, Jackie Alvey. Jackie said that she needed to talk tome about the Keddle Homicide. lt should be noted that Mrs. Alvey did not trust certain officers of the Plumas County Sheriffs Office and refused to talk to anyone but me.

The following is the sum and substance of that conversation: Mrs. Alvey said the she had been troubled for some time about an incident that occurred the night of the Keddie murders. At approximately l:00 am or 2:00 am, she answered a panicked knock at her front door. The person knocking was a friend of her son, Danny's; she knew him as Steve Howard. Mrs. Alvey described Steve as extremely upset and panicking, Mrs Alvey described Howard's clothing as filthy and appeared to be wet his hair was matted and a mess, he was wearing wire rimed glasses. Steve demanded to talk to her son.

Steve said 'Where's Danny I need to get out of town right away! Where's Danny?" She told him that Danny was not at home. Steve became even more excited and begged to stay or to let him borrow her car, again saying that he needed to get out of town right away. Mrs. Alvey refused to let him borrow her car due to the state he was in and refused to allow him to stay because he scared her. Mrs. Alvey told Steve that Danny was in town some where. With that, Steve ran off into the dark. Mrs. Alvey felt that due to the circumstances and the murders that had occurred in Keddie, she needed to report the incident. Mrs. Alvey said that she did not report the incident as she did not trust anyone at the Sheriff's Office.

Some time later in conversation Mrs. Alvey and l were talking and Steve Howard's name came up and the Keddie homicide. Mrs. Alvey told me her sister called her and told about a strange incident that had occurred involving Steve Howard. Mrs. Alvey's sister (whose name I cannot recall) allowed Steve Howard to stay with her in Sacramento, Mrs. Alvey said that her sister told her that thefamily and Howard were watching T.V. Americas Most Wanted when the Keddie homicide was aired. Alvey's sister observed Howard become nervous and uneasy acting almost scared. Howard got up went outside to a shed located on the on the back of her property and pulled out what appeared to be a duffle bag and toss it into his truck. Howard left without a word, which was out of character for him.

Mrs. Alvey's sister did not know what was in the bag, and didn't know that it was even in the shed (NFl) Mrs. Alvey believed she needed to report the incidents and decided to contact me and make the report. On my return duty as a Deputy Sheriff, I contacted Sgt Don Stoy and gave him this information. I had dispatch run vehicles registered to Steve Howard and found that he had an older Chevrolet pick-up truck matching one referred to in the body of the report. Sgt Stoy ordered me to write the information up, and submit the report to him. I did as I was instructed.

It should be noted that Steve Howard is the brother of Kathy Howard, the victim of an unsolved homicide in Yuba County case #73-06758. I reviewed the above case and found information detailing that the homicide could possibly have occurred in Plumas County according to former Detective Sgt Rives in 1992 in a supplement from Lisa Bales, a former resident of Quincy.

Howard and Monty Porter were questioned and were not totally forth coming and refused to take a polygraph examination (NFl)

03/16/15 I contacted Sacramento Police Department re: contacts with Steve Howard and confirmed that Howard was last contacted at his mother's res, finding that Howard lives at this address with his mother and wife. It was reported that Howard and his wife were care givers for his mother. Due to the above information I contacted Sacramento PD records division and Sacramento County Sheriff's Office Jail records division and requested any and all info on Steve Howard for more lD and res. location conformation.(refer fax copies).03/19/15 I contacted Ca. DOJ Latent prints supervisor Felita Chapman at(916)227-5630 and submitted Steven Howard's CII # A10946582 for latent print comparison in the Keddie Homicide. Ms. Chapman took the information and stated that they would begin print comparison and contact me upon completion. It should be noted that Lt Stoy had attempted to send this request to latent prints but never followed-up and the prints were never analyzed.

03/22/15 while reviewing the Cabin 28 Website on the internet, I found the missing reports I had filed in the 1980's. They were used as an example in excerpts of the sites investigation. lt shows my report and a follow-up by then Lt.Don Stoy. To date this information was never followed up and Howard never contacted or interviewed. The report viewed on the internet site was typed dated in 1989. I questioned this date and the fact that it was typed. My original reports were never typed, they were always hand written when submitted and the date is in question as this report was submitted after my return to work on June 21 1983. This is an example and evidence that Josh Hancock, the director of cabin 28 the movie, removed evidence and files from the Sheriff's Office."


 R Meeks happens to be in Quincy when Mike calls. He stops by the SO and is asked about Acid Steve, supposedly Margaret Krois' old bf who was supposedly toasted on lsd in front of 28 the night of the murders. He's shown several pictures of several Steves in the periphery of case files, including Howard, who was not a pos ID but he said looked familiar