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Police seek cluesyouths deathsSPEEDWAY, Ind. (UPI) -Police combed a wooded area south of Indianapolis today for clues in the slayings of four young employees abducted from a Burger Chef restaurant in this suburb.MState police were tight-lippedabout the slayings, decliningeven to announce how the fourwere killed.They were abuducted duringan apparent robbery earlySaturday morning, and thebodies were found in a woodedarea of northern JohnsonCounty Sunday.A brief statement issuedtodav bv state Dolice said an “autopsy was performed atJohnson County Hospital inFranklin. Coroner Richard Tudor is forwarding his reportto prosecutor Charles Gan'x.Indiana state police are on the scene searching the area State police also said they were checking, as a matter of routine, the possibility three fugitives from Ohio may have been involved. However,sources said it appeared unlikely the Ohio men ever reached Indianapolis.The bodies of Jane C.20, assistant manager f ast-f ood resta urant;Davis, 16; Ruth Shelton, 17, and Mark Flemmonds, 16, were found Sunday night east of Indiana Highway 37, a few miles south of the Indianapolisarea.State Police Sgt. Charles Hibbert said the victims were clothed and were discovered “in a wooded area by the property owner. He said exact cause of death and time “had not been determined.”“We are asking anyone with any information to contact Speedway city police or the Indiana State Police,” Hibbert said.Hibbert said police found no evidence of a struggle near the bodies and speculated the four were kitted elsewhere and theirFriedt, of the Danieldies were dumped in the wooded area Police said the victims ;Loatiaued an Page 14)
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Princeton Daily Clarion
Princeton, Indiana, US
Mon, Nov 20, 1978
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