Date: November 17, 1978
Place: 5725 Crawfordsville Road in Speedway, Indiana
Perpetrators: (unknown)
Claim to Infamy: Four young employees, Daniel Davis (16), Mark Flemmonds (16), Jayne Friedt (20), and Ruth Ellen Shelton (17), were abducted from the restaurant when they were closing up for the night. Their bodies were discovered two days later in a wooded lot in Johnson County. Ruth Ellen and Daniel had been shot to death, while Jayne had been stabbed twice in the heart with a hunting knife. Mark died choking on his own blood after receiving a blow to the head. Although robbery is the presumed motive, less than $600 was taken from the registers. Additional money in the girls’ purses and the store safe was left untouched.
Current Status: Unsolved
Random Disturbing Fact: Daniel was new to the Friday night crew. The girl who’d previously worked that shift quit the week before, and he took her spot. It was his first ─ and last ─ Friday night working until close.
Anyone with information regarding this crime is encouraged to call the Indiana State Police (317) 232-8248 .
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