▁free ▁week ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁The ▁five ▁men ▁had ▁prepared ▁the ▁night ▁before , ▁some ▁even ▁lay ing ▁out ▁their ▁uniform s ▁and ▁asking ▁parents ▁to ▁w ake ▁them ▁up ▁on ▁time . ▁They ▁decided ▁to ▁drive ▁to ▁Ch ico ▁that ▁night ▁to ▁cheer ▁on ▁the ▁U C ▁Davis ▁basketball ▁team ▁in ▁an ▁away ▁game ▁against ▁Ch ico ▁State . ▁Mad ru ga , ▁the ▁only ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁besides ▁Math ias ▁who ▁had ▁a ▁driver ' s ▁license , ▁drove ▁the ▁group ▁ ▁north ▁to ▁Ch ico ▁in ▁his ▁tur qu o ise ▁and ▁white ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁Mercur y ▁Monte go . ▁The ▁men ▁wore ▁only ▁light ▁co ats ▁against ▁the ▁cool ▁temper atures ▁in ▁the ▁upper ▁Sac r amento ▁Valley ▁at ▁night ▁that ▁time ▁of ▁year . ▁ ▁Dis app earance ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Davis ▁team ▁won ▁the ▁game , ▁the ▁group ▁got ▁back ▁into ▁Mad ru ga ' s ▁car ▁and ▁drove ▁a ▁short ▁distance ▁from ▁the ▁Ch ico ▁State ▁campus ▁to ▁Be hr ' s ▁Market ▁in ▁dow nt own ▁Ch ico . ▁There ▁they ▁bought ▁sn acks ▁along ▁with ▁sod as ▁and ▁cart ons ▁of ▁milk ▁to ▁drink . ▁It ▁was ▁shortly ▁before ▁the ▁store ' s ▁ 1 0 ▁p . m . ▁closing ▁time ; ▁the ▁cl erk ▁later ▁remembered ▁them ▁because ▁she ▁res ented ▁that ▁such ▁a ▁large ▁group ▁had ▁come ▁in ▁and ▁delayed ▁her ▁from ▁starting ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁closing . ▁ ▁None ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁seen ▁alive ▁again