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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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Village of Palatine statement on Luna verdictOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - The village of Palatine issued the following statement Friday regarding the guilty verdict in the 1993 Brown's Chicken murders: The Village of Palatine is pleased with t...
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Palatine ready to leave stain of slayings behindOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - People looked at each other differently in those days after seven bodies were found inside the Brown's Chicken on Northwest Highway. Palatine became a different place, P...
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Death Penalty hearing up nextOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - With the guilty verdict against Juan Luna in, the jury will now hear arguments about whether to put him to death. Next week, the prosecution will put on witnesses to sh...
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Ehlenfeldt daughter's statement regarding guilty verdict in Brown's caseOct 31, 2021 4:11 pm - Jennifer Shilling, the oldest daughter of Richard and Lynn Ehlenfeldt and a Wisconsin state representative, issued a statement in behalf of the Ehlenfeldt family followi...
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Key elements of the prosecutionOct 31, 2021 4:10 pm - From the beginning of the case against Juan Luna, perhaps the most condemning evidence against him has been his own words. "Everyone get down on the floor and no one wi...
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The defense's caseOct 31, 2021 4:10 pm - At the beginning of the trial, defense attorney Clarence Burch told jurors he was in court to free an innocent man. He certainly had his work cut out for him. Between a...
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Luna prosecutor's closing points to DNA, printsOct 31, 2021 4:10 pm - If Juan Luna's confession to the worst slaying in suburban Chicago history was coerced, then there wouldn't be DNA and print evidence tying him to the Palatine crime sce...