All 5 men were high functioning and all attended vocational rehab. All 5 played basketball together in a Special Olympics team called the “Gateway Gators” and by all accounts were very excited to be playing in a tournament that coming Saturday. The winner of which was set to win a week in LA with a trip to Disneyland. Before the tournament, the men had made plans for the Friday night before to attend a basketball game, so on February the 24th, 1978 they all got into Jack Maruda’s 1969 Mercury Montego and drove roughly 50 miles to watch the game. After the game had finished, they got back into the car at 10pm to head home. During this drive, they stopped 3 blocks away from the game at Behr’s market and bought some snacks. Afterwards, they left and drove south to head home, however that would be the last time that any of them would be seen together and the last time any decisions they made would make sense.
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