You Never Can Forget: The FBI Files: 302s and Cleaning Crews

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🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On November 17, 1978, four young workers vanished from a fast food restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. Two days later, their bodies were found in the woods of Johnson County. The Burger Chef murders remain unsolved to this day. We still don't know who killed employees Jayne Friedt, Ruth Shelton, Danny Davis, and Mark Flemmonds, or why. It has been 45 years.

In this episode of "You Never Can Forget," we'll be speaking about the case with a friend and fellow researcher. He will take us through his thoughts on the FBI files released this past year.

Read along with the FBI files here: https://vault.fbi.gov/speedway-indiana-burger-chef/speedway-indiana-burger-chef-part-01/view

Our previous talk with Hank: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/dd25e41b-658d-478b-9790-345d43f32930

Check out our talk with Todd McComas about the robbery gang theory here: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/8cb56999-4c1a-4997-8ada-f58fa785469b

Check out our interview with Chris Davis of the 3C podcast on the Crabtree family angle: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/90a9164b-b399-4cc5-a1d3-125de4fd31d6

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0:00.0	Content warning, this episode contains discussion of the brutal murder of four young people.
0:06.0	45 years ago, a nightmare began for four families when four young employees disappeared from the Burgerv restaurant on Crawforsville Road in Speedway, Indiana.
0:17.0	They were taken on November 17th around midnight.
0:20.6	They were found on
0:25.0	found on the early morning hours of November 18th.
0:27.0	Their bodies were found on November 19th.
0:30.0	Their case has never been solved.
0:32.0	The crime scene was brutal.
0:34.0	20-year-old assistant manager Jane Freet was stabbed to death.
0:38.0	17-year-old Ruth Shelton and 16-year-old Danny Davis was shot execution style.
0:44.0	16-year-old Mark Flemons asphyxiated on his own blood
0:48.0	after he fell unconscious upon sustaining injuries to his face and nose.
0:54.0	Kevin and I met working on this case.
0:56.2	It means a lot to us.
0:58.0	This past year, we were thrilled to finally receive the FBI's case file on the Burger Chef
1:02.4	murders that Kevin has been
1:03.8	waiting years for. The Federal Bureau of Investigation only worked the
1:08.2	Burger Chef Murders case for a few days. They did a lot of groundwork. They would leave scores of redacted documents to us that give us a good indication of the very early days of the investigation.
1:20.0	We went over it all with a researcher who we regard as one of the best on the Burger Chef case. We call him Hank on the show.
1:28.0	Not only is he great at finding out information, he also has a law enforcement background too. We recorded this a while back closer to
1:35.6	when the FBI files were released. Hank throws out page numbers so feel free to
1:40.2	follow along at home although we'll be providing additional context to keep you
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