The Barbecue Murders of California
7 min readApr 9, 2020
For many adoptive families, there can be a significant period of questioning and wondering. Adopted children might wonder where they fit in. This struggle is natural.
In this case, one family struggled with much more.
The double homicide of Jim Olive, 59, and his wife Naomi, 50, shocked Marin County in 1975. This is the story of the Barbecue Murders.
