David Lindsey was 17 when he was killed during the Sirloin Stockade murders in Oklahoma City on July 16, 1978. He and five co-workers were forced into the restaurant’s freezer by three people who had entered intending to rob the business; all six employees were then executed.

Initial police work produced no immediate suspects, and the case stalled until March 1979, when a drunken phone call implicated Roger Dale Stafford, his wife Verna, and Roger’s brother Harold. Roger and Verna Stafford were arrested; Harold Stafford had died in a motorcycle crash shortly after the murders, a death some investigators thought might have been a suicide. Roger Stafford was later convicted and Verna Stafford received two consecutive life sentences.

The killings left a deep mark on the community and on the families of the victims. Does anyone have memories of David Lindsey or information about the case that hasn’t been shared publicly?