Why The Burger Chef Murders Still Haven t Been Solved United Archives/Getty Images
By S. Flannagan/Feb. 9, 2021 10:32 am EDT
The story of the Burger Chef murders is harrowing: on November 17, 1978, four young employees working at a branch of the now-defunct fast-food chain Burger Chef in Speedway, Indiana were kidnapped as part of a robbery. The bodies of all four assistant manager Jayne Friedt (20), and staff Ruth Ellen Shelton (18), Daniel Davis (16), and Mark Flemmonds (16), per ABC News – were later discovered by walkers 20 miles from the restaurant, according to
Indianapolis Monthly. Shelton and Davis had been executed together, with gunshots to the back of the head, while the body of Friedt, which was discovered nearby, showed that she had died from brutal stab wounds. Flemmonds had died of asphyxiation after receiving a blow to the head with a blunt object. Seemingly, all four had lost their lives for the sake of $581. The circumstances of the murde