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I think there was a murder in an Hamilton, Ontario, Canada McDonalds located on Upper James. It closed after the murder. This happened in the early to mid 1980s. – Submitted by Mario in December 2009
I was shocked to see that the only unsolved murder at a McDonalds is not on your list( I believe it’s the only unsolved one).It happened at the Okmulgee,Oalkahoma McDonalds and I believe it was in 1989. The victim was Joe Watson. – Submitted by James in 2009
Someone was was killed last nite/early this morning at mcdonalds in kaiapoi, north of christchurch, in new zealand last nite. details are not known yet. – Submitted in June 2009
There was a murder in palm harbor fl, pinellas county at the mcdonalds on tampa rd. person was abducted and shot the suspect in the head – Submitted by Shannon in 2008
When I was in high school, my boyfriend’s brother was gunned down in a McDonalds by a boy named Scott Hawn. This was October, 1983 and his name was Eddie Swaney. His sister Debbie was working at the same McDonalds and she witnessed everything. This happened in Maryville-Alcoa, Tennessee. – Submitted in 2008
Please checkout the gruesome murder of a branch manager and the subsequent suicide of the perpetrator after the incident here in the philipines. the branch is in taft avenue near de lasalle university in manila. – Submitted in 2008
A swing manager named Joe Watson was murdered in 1989 at the McDonald’s in Okmulgee, OK. I know this crime has remained unsolved all this time.
I was 15-16 years old and employed at Mc Donald’s at that time, and was the last person to ever speak to Joe alive. I will never forget the incident. Joe had let the crew out after closing the store except me, I remain a little while in the lobby while Joe finish the paperwork. Joe offered to give me a ride home if I could wait. I waited for 5- 10 minutes and decided to leave and ride my bike home instead, since Joe was going to be longer than expected finishing up. Joe was one of those people that everyone liked.
Sadly, Joe’s body was discovered by the opening manager the next morning.
Joe’s body was near the back of the store. The back door was pried open at the bottom from the inside as a means for the individual to leave the store since all the doors were locked. The killer left behind a .22 cal single shot rifle with a broken stock and bent barrel in the breakroom on a table. It was probably used to pry open the back door. The only thing missing was the VCR from the breakroom.
This was investigated by the OSBI. At the time, McDonald’s posted a $10k reward and I would assume they would still honor it.
I am sure allot of people would love to have this case closed. Has anything came of this?
Thanks for sharing your story, Marty. We have a hard time tracking down details for murders that occurred before the mid-1990s. Any chance you know the exact date in 1989?
If any one else has any info about how I could get information on this case, I would appreciate it. Joe Watson was my uncle through marriage at this time. I remember this like it happened yesterday. My step mom who is Joe’s older sister, got the horrible phone call around 6 in the morning and it was very unreal. I was 8 or 9 at the time and now i’m 31. I hope someone can give me some kind of directions on how to find info about this horrible murder. Thanks Mike