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September 11, 2025 26 mins

Episode One: The Disappearance

In November 1978, four young employees disappeared while closing up the Burger Chef in Speedway, Indiana. Jayne Friedt, 20, Mark Flemmonds, 16, Ruth Shelton, 17, and Danny Davis, 16, were working the closing shift when they were all abducted. Initially written off as young folks ditching work quickly turns into one of the most horrifying cases in Indiana history. In part one of our two-part series, we walk through the last night they were seen alive and the chilling discovery that something had gone terribly wrong.

*** If you know anything about the murder of Jayne Friedt, Mark Flemmonds, Ruth Shelton, and Danny Davis in 1978 please call the Indiana State Police District Investigative Commander at 1.317.899.8577 or 1.800.582.8440 ***

Sources:

The Indianapolis News, Journal and Courier, The Akron Beacon Journal, The Vincennes Sun-Commercial, The Indianapolis Star, Times Record, The Montgomery Advertiser, Rushville Republican, Vidette-Messenger of Porter County, The South Bend Tribune, The Daily Journal, The Republic,

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