The crime scene: What may have happened

Originally published Jan. 17, 1993

Other sources indicate

• The criminals cleaned up the restaurant after the killing spree.

• The guns in question were .38-caliber.

• Police are looking for more than one killer and more than one gun.

• Marcus Nellsen and Lynn Ehlenfeldt were found in one cooler, the other victims in the other cooler. Nellsen and Ehlenfeldt were each shot once in the

head; the others were shot multiple times.

• A man, formerly a soldier, was sleeping about 150 yards from the restaurant when he was awakened by what he said sounded like a gunshot, between 9:30 and 9:45 p.m. Friday night.

Police confirm

• Killings were done "execution style," and occurred between 9 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8.

• All 7 victims died from gunshot wounds. The killers also were robbers; a "substantial" sum of money was taken from the restaurant.