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On a warm afternoon in the summer of 1984, James Huberty, a disturbed man with a gun decided to go hunting humans. He ended up in a popular neighborhood McDonald's, where he shot to death 21 people-- including a truck driver nearing retirement, two young boys taking a break from a bike ride and and a teenage mother with her infant in her arms. 

Panicked people inside the restaurant play dead and hide in closets, praying the police will mount a rescue before the gunman discovers them. But the SWAT team is stuck in traffic-- will more people die before help finally arrives? 

The San Diego Tribune's interview with Huberty's daughter:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sdut-daughter-mcdonalds-killer-james-huberty-interview-2015dec15-story.html

Crime scene footage of the aftermath of the massacre. The bodies of victims are clearly visible, and viewer discretion is strongly advised: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmDmCn4-4vc

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Early on a summer morning in 1919, cops and robbers faced off in Sioux City, Iowa.

The showdown kicked off at the Carbarn, an unassuming eatery dedicated to the city's streetcar workers.

Leading the charge on the side of the law was Detective James Garfield Britton, a veteran officer who'd lost his job as police chief over rising crime rates. The bandits were captained by one Donald "Red" Burzette, a brigand among bootleggers who often resorted to violence to steal loot.

That morning, both sides exchanged around 17 gunshots in 10 seconds. But who was left standing in the Carbarn when the shooting stopped?

Special thanks to Haley Aguirre for her insight and research help.

Listen to Tom Munson's presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBv7b4onMn4

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This week on the Murder Sheet, we take a break from our usual run of restaurant homicides to bring you some news.

We'll be researching the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams in the coming months, and presenting occasional episodes on that crime on a monthly basis.

In this episode, we visit the high bridge in Delphi that Libby and Abby visited on February 13, 2017, shortly before vanishing. We also lay out the basic facts of the case, and the investigation so far.

If you have information on the Delphi murders, send your confidential tip to abbyandlibbytip@cacoshrf.com or call 844-459-5786, 800-382-7537 or 765-564-2413.

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Who killed four Bocaccio's employees in the wilds of Florida over four decades ago? Why has the case remained unsolved for so long? And what exactly can be done to change that?

This follow-up episode looks into some of the suspects who've been discussed in connection with the case over the years. From drug connections to unwitting recognitions, these are the theories that have swirled around the case for years.

We'll also look into some striking similarities between the Bocaccio's massacre, and the Burger Chef murders. In both instances, four employees were forced out of the business, driven several miles away, and killed in a remote, wooded area (with a .38 gun involved in both crimes). If you need a refresher on the Burger Chef case, we cover it in the first 10 episodes of the Murder Sheet.

Lastly, we'll delve into the importance of investigative agencies devoting resources to solving cold cases. To learn more about the unsolved murder of Scott Burnham's cousin Ann Harmeier, follow Who Killed Ann? on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Sources for this episode include the Fort Lauderdale News, the Tampa Bay Times, the Orlando Sentinel, and Jean Stover's book on Roger Dale Stafford, "Sirloin Stockade Slaughter: Murder on the Run."

If you have information on the Bocaccio’s case, please contact the Broward County Sheriff’s Office at 954-493-TIPS — or 954-493-8477.

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Emile "Bob" Zaniboni never came home one cold winter's night, over half a century ago. The next morning, his family discovered him murdered in the Cattle Car Restaurant he owned and operated alongside New York State Route 22, between Pawling and Wingdale. He'd been shot three times with a .22 caliber weapon, and his restaurant had been ransacked.

To this day, the crime remains unsolved. 

In this episode, the Murder Sheet takes a closer look at this cold case. We also speak with Abbott Brant, who covered the crime as part of the Poughkeepsie Journal's deep dive into area cold cases. 

Read Abbott's reporting here: 

• The Zaniboni case: https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/southern-dutchess/2017/01/24/police-seek-clues-1971-pawling-homicide-cold-case/96987956/
• The Wingdale gas station murder: https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/2017/08/22/cold-case-wingdale-man-found-dead-wappinger-gas-station-45-years-ago/589190001/

Read Rasheed Oluwa's article for the Poughkeepsie Journal here:

• https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/114945117/

Other sources include:

• The Poughkeepsie Journal (Jan. 11, 1971)
• The Kingston Daily Freeman (Jan. 11, 1971)
• The Troy Record (Jan. 11, 1971)
• The Poughkeepsie Journal (Jan. 17, 1971) 
• The Berkshire Eagle (August 8, 1998)
• The Berkshire Eagle (July 16, 2008)

If you have any information on the Zaniboni case, please call the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Dover at (845)-677-7300 or (845)-877-3660. Please refer to SJS # 3025018. Your call can be kept confidential. 

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Willie Moretti showed up at Joe's Elbow Room in Cliffside Park, New Jersey a little before noon on October 4, 1951. He chatted with a group of men in Italian, and then somebody asked the restaurant's waitress to step away to fetch a menu. Within minutes, the longtime Mafia underboss was dead, gunned down on the dining room floor.

But it wasn't Moretti's enemies that had caught up to the gangster after years of wrongdoing. It was the man's close friends. Listen to learn more about why the Mafia silenced one of its most beloved figures. 

Sources for this episode:

• Ashbury Park Press (Sept. 25, 1988: Robert V. McMenimen)
• Daily News (Sept. 30, 1986, excerpt from Kitty Kelley's book)
• The Record (Dec. 21, 1981)
• The Record (August 31, 1981, Mark A Stuart)
• The Record (May 11, 1975)
• The Record (Oct. 10, 1974)
• The Herald News (August 29, 1974(
• Ottawa Journal (November 15, 1972)
• Press and Sun Bulletin (Nov. 19, 1971)
• Daily News (Sept. 13, 1964)
• The Record (August 23, 1963)
• News Journal (Oct. 9, 1963)
• Courier News (Jan. 7, 1960)
• Philadelphia Inquirer (Nov. 11, 1952)
• The Record (Oct. 5, 1951
• Herald News (Oct. 5, 1951)
• His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra by Kitty Kelley 

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On a rainy November night in 2015, a beloved Jack in the Box manager disappeared from her apartment in Honolulu's Kalihi neighborhood. 39-year-old Helen Prestosa was gone, and no one knew why.

Answers seemed imminent when police honed in on the troubled son of Prestosa's neighbor. But a contentious murder trial — which was nearly derailed by a courthouse breakdown — resulted in an outcome that left many feeling shocked and let down.

This episode features an exclusive, in-depth interview with the defense attorney who repped the man accused of murdering Prestosa. And it will leave you wondering if the right person is in prison today.

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Edmund J. Cody is one of the worst Indianapolis serial killers you've likely never heard of. He preyed on women for years, hunting for victims like a modern-day Blue Beard. But his many crimes didn't become apparent to police until he gunned down a man at a White Castle restaurant in 1970.

 Listen to this episode of the Murder Sheet to learn more about how an early morning shooting at a fast food joint led to a decades-long search for multiple missing women.

Sources for this episode include the coverage of Cody by William Anderson and Richard D. Walton for the Indianapolis Star via Newspapers.com.

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On this episode of The Murder Sheet Presents: "You Never Can Forget," we’ll be doing things a bit differently. Instead of taking you through another theory around the Burger Chef murders, we'll wrap up by tackling listener questions for a Q&A episode.

Actor, comedian, podcaster, and true crime aficionado Matt Kissane will be posing listener questions to Murder Sheet co-hosts Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee. We'll discuss how we first became interested in the case, our theories on what happened, and what's next for our show now that we've concluded our Burger Chef episodes.

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In this episode of "You Never Can Forget," Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee will share their opinions on all the theories discussed in this miniseries on the Burger Chef murders. We'll also share our thoughts on the reasons why the crime has gone unsolved, how investigators can heat up this cold case, and why this all still matters today.

If you have questions about the Burger Chef case or the miniseries "You Never Can Forget," please email murdersheet@gmail.com. Next Tuesday, we'll be doing a Q&A-style show where we'll tackle your questions.

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When investigators realized that two of the victims in the Burger Chef murder case had brothers with troubling connections to the Indiana underworld, they began to wonder if the ultimate answer to the crime might be found much closer to home than anyone previously suspected.

On this episode of the Murder Sheet, we take a close look at Kevin Flemmonds-- who pled guilty in a drug related homicide-- and Jimmy Friedt-- who was convicted of drug related charges. Is it possible that the shadowy activities of either of these men played a role in the deaths of their siblings?

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Like most decades-old cold cases, the Burger Chef murders have attracted a multitude of theories. In this episode, we'll cover a few intriguing possibilities that don't currently have enough evidence to merit their own episode.

Listen to find out more about warring biker gangs, a roving family of serial killers, the bombings that terrorized Speedway a few months before the murders, and more.

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Could the murders of the four young Burger Chef employees have gone down over a few hundred bucks? It's hard for some to believe, but it's the theory that former Indiana State Police detective Stony Vann came to hold after nearly two decades of work on the Burger Chef case.

In this week's episode, the Murder Sheet sits down with robbery gang theory expert and retired ISP detective Todd McComas of the 10-41 podcast. Together, we'll delve into the prolific robbery crew that targeted Burger Chefs in the months before the murders.

If you want to hear even more about this theory of the crime, listen to 10-41 on Apple, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. McComas outlines the case in his first four episodes.

Follow 10-41 on Twitter at @1041podcast, and keep up with McComas at @toddmccomas.

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Donald Forrester, a man with a long history of violence, confessed to the Burger Chef murders not once but twice — providing details that some investigators claimed had never before been publicly released. Yet neither he nor the other men he implicated ever faced criminal charges for the crime.

Was this a failure of the criminal justice system? Or did the mistake lie elsewhere, with the investigators who devoted so much time and resources to pursuing a lead that left them doing little more than running in circles? 

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Donald Forrester is perhaps the most famous suspect in the Burger Chef murder case.

But before he confessed to the murders twice, he perpetuated a number of awful crimes. He terrorized the women around him, until a brave young woman survived a horrific encounter and sought bring him to justice.

Learn more about why many people still insist that he got away with the killings.

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Allen Pruitt was more than a witness in the Burger Chef case.

He told police in 1981 that he almost became a victim himself, saying that he barely escaped the two killers the day after the murders. He said that he ran for his life through the woods after Tim Willoughby and Jeff Reed lured him out to a lonely country road called the Devil's Backbone.

But a deposition from a different police informant concerning yet another unsolved murder upended Pruitt's version of events.

All these years later, questions still remain. Was Pruitt's initial statement a lie? Did he witness a missing man and the King of the Snake Pit abduct the four victims from the restaurant? What exactly did his eyes take in as he staggered toward the Burger Chef on the night of November 17, 1978?

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Could a missing man accused of killing his girlfriend be responsible for the Burger Chef murders? Or is he yet another victim?

This episode covers one of the most confounding theories in the Burger Chef case. In 1981, Indiana State Police detectives Jim Cramer and Donovan Lindsay received a call from a jailhouse counselor. A young man was claiming to have information on the Burger Chef murders — an eyewitness account, in fact.

Allen Pruitt went on to tell police he saw two men abduct the employees from the restaurant three years before. And he named names, telling detectives exactly who he saw force the four victims out of the Burger Chef.

But revelations from yet another informant ultimately throw everything about Pruitt's story into question.

Here's a link to Donna McIntyre's group Missing and Not Forgotten. In the years since her friend Mary Ann Higginbotham vanished, Donna has worked as a tireless advocate for victims.

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On November 17, 1978, four young employees vanished from the Burger Chef restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. 42 years later, the Burger Chef murders — as they came to be known — remain one of the Midwest's most notorious cold cases.

Join the Murder Sheet's Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee in the first episode of "You Never Can Forget: Investigating the Burger Chef Murders." This episode will delve into the events of November 1978, with never-before-heard insights from witnesses, investigators, and the victims' loved ones.

"You Never Can Forget: The Night" will provide a solid foundation to support upcoming episodes that will dive into different theories around who perpetrated these heinous murders.

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