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Daniel Davis

Case from Speedway, IN dated Nov 19, 1978

Victim Details

Daniel Davis

March 7, 2024

Male

White / Caucasian

Speedway

IN

1978-11-19

1978-11-18

1962-09-06

$0.00

16

44-14915

mark-flemmonds

Daniel Davis

Daniel

Davis

Victim

07/10/2026


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A 16 year old Burger Chef employee is kidnapped and murdered
In November of 1978, the town of Speedway, Indiana, was rocked by a crime that began as a suspected petty theft and quickly unraveled into a quadruple homicide. On the night of November 17th, four young employees of a local Burger Chef restaurant vanished. Among them was 16-year-old Daniel 'Danny' Davis, a quiet sophomore at Decatur Central High School who had just started his job as a cook and hadn't even received his first paycheck. He was a Caucasian male with an interest in photography and a ...
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  • Burger Chef murders - Wikipedia
  • Daniel Roy “Danny” Davis (1962-1978) - Find a Grave Memorial
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