Downers Grove Crime
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Pondering death for LunaOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - Five years ago, Manny Castro vowed to "pull the plug" on the man charged with murdering his teenage son and six others in a Palatine restaurant. Yet a day after 12 juror...
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Now, should Brown's reward be paid?Oct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - The killers of seven people at the Palatine Brown's Chicken have had a bounty of more than $100,000 on their heads since the vicious slayings in 1993. Yet with Thursday'...
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Suburbanites will always carry sadness for Brown's victimsOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - One piece of the puzzling murder that has haunted the suburbs since a cold, bleak January night in 1993 finally fit into place Thursday just as a sunny, glorious May aft...
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'We can finally exhale'Oct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - The families of seven people brutally killed on a cold January night 14 years ago sat with clasped hands united in grief. The tears came before the verdict. Jennifer Shi...
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How verdict could affect case against DegorskiOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - The guilty verdict against Juan Luna in the Brown's Chicken & Pasta murder trial could strengthen prosecutors' shakier case against the man they allege was the mastermin...
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Scientist didn't wear glovesOct 31, 2021 4:10 pm - What's new: A bird expert acknowledges he handled key evidence without using gloves. What's next: More defense witnesses. A bird expert testified Monday that he handled ...
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Big trial, big mistakesOct 31, 2021 4:10 pm - Law enforcement officials long have been accused of mishandling the Brown's Chicken investigation -- and the ongoing murder trial has done little to repair that image. F...
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Jury watches videotaped confessionOct 31, 2021 4:10 pm - When the first gunshot rang out that night 14 years ago inside the Palatine Brown's Chicken & Pasta, Juan Luna says, he assured the seven people inside that they would b...
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Luna gave her 'heebie-jeebies'Oct 31, 2021 4:10 pm - What's new:Former Jim Degorski friend Eileen Bakalla testifies about waiting nine years to talk to police about the murders. What's next:More prosecution witnes...
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Haunting imagesOct 31, 2021 4:09 pm - What's new: Trial begins with opening statements. Jurors view gruesome crime scene video. What's next: Witness testimony continues Monday. Fourteen years after the Brown...