01/10/1993

• Horror in Palatine: Murders haunt quiet suburb
• Murders send shock wave rippling throught Eagle Plaza
• Employees at other Brown's struggle with shock of deaths
• Colleagues can expect rough emotional time
• Many co-workers feel spared by fate
• Town finds lesson in scars from '84 massacre
• Chaplains offer solace from storm of tragedy
• Anxious parents question restaurants' security
• Editor recalls his involvement in restaurant holdup in 1981

01/12/1993

• Blake's attorney possesses background in murder cases
• Born: Blake's life turned upside down in last 48 hours
• Dad laments Blake's role as '8th victim'
• Horror gives way to desire to help out
• How Illinois law works in behalf of suspects, police
• Team handles all the facets of mass murder investigation
• Suspect freed, probe continues
• Gray area clouds rights of suspect in custody

01/13/1993

• Investigation may hinge on the tiniest evidence
• What is known about the crime
• Gasior: Families' calls handled as 'routine' incidents
• The worst mass homicides in recent history
• More than one killer sought
• Police have odds with them, but time remains the enemy
• New reports raise question: Was some key investigative time lost?

01/14/1993

• Neighbor tells of hearing 'gunshot'
• Sketch of killer rejects usual mass murderer case

01/15/1993

• Palatine, Addison gunmen share similar tendencies
• Palatine police defend efforts to find slaying witnesses

01/16/1993

• Attorney says Blake exonerated in murders
• Police delayed sending crime data over network
• Will trail lead to psychotic killers?

01/17/1993

• Day-by-Day: A recap of events surrounding the killings
• Bratcher: Victims died quickly

01/18/1993

• Trustee hopes reward brings new information on murders

1/19/1993

• Palatine hopes to beat odds with $100,000 reward

1/23/1993

• CrimeStoppers' reward, billboard added to efforts to solve murders
• Murder probe cost at $50,000 a week

1/24/1993

• Exhaustive effort to leave no stone unturned
• Investigators finish up at Brown's restaurant

1/26/1993

• Ehlenfeldt daughters to decide Brown's fate
• Village announces reward has reached $100,000 goal

1/28/1993

• Police in demand to check businesses' security
• Brady: Killings illustrate need for gun laws

1/30/1993

• Glare of publicity has dimmed, but families' grief strong as ever
• Police say song's description of murder a coincidence

1/31/1993

• Brown's tragedy builds cultural bridges

2/06/1993

• Cash Station users eyed as possible witnesses
• Tab for murder investigation tops $35,700
• Police still tracking more than 100 leads on massacre

2/13/1993

• Phone tips keeping detectives on move
• Police release composite of suspect

2/24/1993

• Mother begs witnesses to come forth

3/04/1993

• Police end search for evidence at Brown's

4/10/1993

• Cluttered 'field of vision' doesn't stop murder investigation

4/23/1993

• Suspect may bring break in Palatine slayings

7/02/1993

• Brown's witness slips through cracks

7/03/1993

• Brown's gathering a painful reminder of massacre

01/07/1994

• The toll on the families
• Pain lives one year after massacre
• Memories of slayings remain for restaurant's co-workers

01/11/1994

• Site of closed restaurant keeps immediate neighbors on alert

2/01/1994

• Eatery killings raise local interest

3/22/1994

• Brown's task force hits another wall
• Quality, location of fingerprints can determine strength as evidence

12/08/1995

• Judge to decide on release of details in Brown's killings

12/21/1995

• Frustration new focus in probe of massacre

1/8/1996

• Brown's task force hoping time is on its side

1/9/1996

• Lack of forensic evidence makes tough for police to tie suspects to scene

1/10/1996

• New clues result in 65 fresh leads for Brown's task force

1/30/1996

• Psychic offers her insight in Brown's murders

4/12/1996

• Outside panel may review Brown's police investigation

4/23/1996

• America's Most Wanted to spotlight Brown's case

4/27/1996

• Noted ex-FBI specialist takes reins in Brown's murder case

8/21/1996

• Police chiefs denounce probe into Brown's investigation

11/19/1997

• Study's verdict: Brown's investigation was sloppy

11/20/1997

• BGA, Palatine at odds over handling of Brown's probe

11/23/1997

• Police still optimistic on solving Brown's murders

12/02/1997

• Panel promises to be objective on Brown's report

8/23/1998

• Possible lead in Brown's Chicken case

8/25/1998

• New prints studied in Brown's murders

1/7/1999

• Investigators vow not to give up on Brown's case

6/4/1999

• Criticism of review nearing completion

8/27/1999

• Brown's murders remain unsolved

1/12/2000

• Hunt for Brown's murderers goes on

4/8/2000

• DNA match sought in Brown's case

6/6/2000

• Brown's families lose legal battle to obtain files about the murders

8/30/2000

• Defending the Brown's investigators

1/8/2001

• Police chief retiring with Brown's case still on his mind

4/28/2001

• Demolition opens old wounds

6/1/2001

• Police chief retiring with Brown's case still on his mind

05/17/2002

• Two held in Brown's murders DNA evidence links one of them to 9-year-old crime, reports say

05/19/2002

• Brown's suspects had plans to do 'something big,' authorities say

05/20/2002

• How scientist's foresight led to preservation of clues in Brown's Chicken murder case

05/21/2002

• Few knew Degorski while he lived near Wauconda

05/25/2002

• Husband of Brown's witness upset he didn't talk

05/29/2002

• After 12 hours, divers unable to find Brown's murder weapon

09/23/2002

• Brown's tipster tells her story

10/23/2002

• Prosecutors reveal audio tape in Brown's case

11/7/2002

• Brown's defense wants own DNA tests