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On the evening of July 16, 1978, a robbery at the Sirloin Stockade in Oklahoma City ended in a mass murder. Seventeen-year-old employee Anthony R. Tew was one of six workers — aged 15 to 56 — who were forced into a walk-in freezer and shot. One victim initially survived the shooting but died en route to the hospital. The perpetrators fled with about $1,200.

Investigators tied the crime to Roger Dale Stafford, his wife Verna, and his brother Harold. An anonymous, intoxicated phone call by Roger Dale Stafford and later testimony from Verna helped unravel the case. Harold Stafford died in a motorcycle accident and was never tried. Roger Dale Stafford and Verna Stafford were arrested in Chicago. Roger Dale Stafford was convicted of the Sirloin Stockade murders and other killings and was sentenced to death; Verna Stafford received two life sentences.

Tew or the other employees who worked that closing shift and can share memories or information?