In Speedway, Indiana, the Burger Chef Murders took the life of 16-year-old Daniel Roy Danny Davis on the night of November 17, 1978. Davis, a new cook who planned to pursue photography and later join the Air Force, was working the closing shift with three coworkers when all four employees were abducted after the restaurant closed at 11:00 p.m. Their bodies were found in a wooded area in Johnson County on November 19.

Investigators determined Davis and Ruth Shelton were shot multiple times with a .38 caliber firearm. Jayne Friedt had been stabbed, and Mark Flemmonds died of blunt force trauma. The restaurant had been cleaned and reopened before the missing employees were reported, a move that likely destroyed evidence. Over decades police followed leads including a possible narcotics angle and a prison confession that was later recanted, but no one has been charged in the murders.