Burger Chef Closing Crew Vanished, Found Dead in 1978

NEED TO KNOW

Jayne Friedt, 20, Ruth Ellen Shelton, 17, Daniel “Danny” Davis, 16, and Mark Flemmons, 16, vanished while closing the Burger Chef in Speedway, Ind., in 1978

A coworker found the back door ajar and the safe open, and Friedt’s Chevy Vega was later located abandoned nearby

The four were found dead two days later in a wooded area of Johnson County, with investigators determining they were killed in different ways

The entire closing crew of a Burger Chef in suburban Indianapolis vanished one November night in 1978 — and two days later, their bodies were found in the woods.

Police later identified the victims as assistant manager Jayne Friedt, 20, and employees Ruth Ellen Shelton, 17, Daniel “Danny” Davis, 16, and Mark Flemmons, 16. The four disappeared from the restaurant — lo