Anita Smith, 22, was working at a Wendy’s in Flushing, Queens, on May 24, 2000, when two former employees entered after closing time and carried out a robbery that became a mass killing. The attackers forced seven employees into the restaurant’s walk-in freezer, bound and gagged them, placed plastic bags over their heads, and then opened fire. Anita Smith and four co-workers died in the freezer; two others were critically injured and survived.

The two suspects, John Taylor and Craig Godineaux, were arrested. Taylor was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, a sentence later converted to life without parole. Godineaux pleaded guilty and received a life sentence. The crime left the Queens community reeling that spring evening.

If anyone knew Anita, her co-workers, or has information about that night, please share what you know.