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Morning Cup of Murder

A Terrifying Robbery and Murder in A Wendy's - May 24 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

May 24th: John Taylor and Craig Godineaux Kill (2000) No one expects that showing up to work could possibly be a deadly decision. On May 24th 2000 two men made 7 individuals victims at their place of work all for the sake of some money in the safe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy%27s_massacre, https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t/taylor-john-b.htm, https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/godineaux-craig.htm, https://pix11.com/news/local-news/queens/wendys-massacre-shooter-who-killed-5-regrets-taking-plea-deal-tells-his-version-20-years-later/, https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=94952&page=1, https://www.vpc.org/studies/wgun000524.htm, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/nyregion/23cnd-death.html, https://gothamist.com/news/wendys-massacre-murderer-appeals-death-sentence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:13.0

No one expects that showing up to work could possibly be a deadly decision.

0:19.9

On May 24, 2000, two men made seven individuals victims at

0:24.8

their place of work, all for the sake of some money in the safe. So if you like your coffee hot,

0:31.4

but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. On May 24th 2000, at a Wendy's fast food restaurant in Flushing Queens,

0:42.0

36-year-old John Taylor, a former employee,

0:45.5

and his accomplice, 30-year-old Craig Godinot,

0:49.0

stepped inside, ready to carry out their carefully planned robbery.

0:53.9

Forcing his former manager, Jean Auguste, to summon the other six employees ready to carry out their carefully planned robbery.

1:01.5

Forcing his former manager, Jean Augusti, to summon the other six employees into his office on the pretense of a meeting,

1:08.5

John and Craig took all seven individuals into the freezer and bound and gagged them at gunpoint.

1:14.1

Placing plastic bags over their heads, each employee who did nothing but show up to work that day, was shot in the head one by one with a 380 caliber semi-automatic pistol.

1:21.4

The men whose plan worked out perfectly stole between $2,400 and $3,200 from the safe, the sources differ on the total,

1:30.0

and walked out as if nothing happened. Despite their wounds, two of the employees managed to

1:36.2

survive the shooting, and one, 23-year-old Patricio Castro, called 911. The other survivor was

1:43.9

18-year-old Jaquan Johnson, those who perished

1:47.4

or 27-year-old Jean Augusti, 40-year-old Ali Ibadat, 19-year-old Jeremy Mele, 44-year-old Romo

1:56.2

Nazario, and 23-year-old Anita Smith. Less than 48 hours after the massacre,

2:02.5

John Taylor and Craig Gaudenot were arrested and charged with the murders.

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