On the morning of Sunday, February 13, 2022, the bodies of 37-year-old manager Dustin Scott Carr and his 22-year-old fiancée Haley Smith were found at the Papa John’s on Cassopolis Street in Elkhart, Indiana. An employee arriving for a shift discovered the couple and called police. Carr and Smith had been closing the restaurant the previous night.

Investigators focused on a former employee, 19-year-old Jose Benitez-Tilley, who had been at the restaurant the evening of February 12 asking for a job. Surveillance footage showed a vehicle linked to Benitez-Tilley in the parking lot and driving behind the restaurant with its lights off around the time of the killings. After his arrest, Benitez-Tilley confessed, saying he returned that night and shot both victims with a handgun, then attempted to sexually assault Smith’s body and stole Smith’s purse, Carr’s jewelry, and cash from the restaurant office before trying to dispose of the bodies. The county prosecutor described the killings as targeted and said there was no ongoing threat.

If anyone knew Dustin or Haley, or saw activity at that Papa John’s the night of February 12, please share what is known.