Crime
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Investigators finish up at Brown's restaurantNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 24, 1993 Palatine police expect to officially release the Brown's Chicken & Pasta Restaurant back to its owners in about a week, Police Chief J...
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Bratcher: Victims died quicklyNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 The seven victims of the Palatine murders were executed quickly in what appears to have been a robbery, Police Chief Jerry Bratcher sa...
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The crime scene: What may have happenedNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 Other sources indicate • The criminals cleaned up the restaurant after the killing spree. • The guns in question were .38-caliber. • P...
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The events surrounding the Palatine killingsNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 SATURDAY, DAY 1 "They don't tell us anything. We don't know If he's alive or dead or anything." - Maria Maldonado, standing outside th...
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Hucksters try to cash in on community fearNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 Opportunists have seized on the fast-food restaurant massacre in Palatine as a chance to hawk security devices ranging from under-the-...
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Seminar addresses fears about working teensNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 Tony Encarnacion's 16-year-old son wants to get a job, possibly at a fast-food restaurant. But the Hoffman Estates parent says he woul...
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Service helps family, friends pay tribute to Solis' kindnessNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 Amid mourners in black, classmates in red Palatine High School jackets and the steady whir of news photographers' cameras, Rico Solis ...
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Murders recall tragic deaths of firefightersNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 The moments are etched in Palatine's history. The public outpouring of emotion for the dead. The pulling together of a close-knit comm...
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Response-time dispute unresolved, Mullins saysNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 16, 1993 Police and the father of murder victim Michael Castro finally met face-to-face Friday to discuss discrepancies concerning the departme...
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Students seek advice from police concerning safety at workplaceNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 16, 1993 In the wake of the slayings of two schoolmates at a local fast-food restaurant where they worked, Palatine High School students on Fri...