Crime
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'Would you feel safe working in a fast-food restaurant?'Nov 18, 2021 11:11 pm - Originally published Jan. 11, 1994 Linda Baylen, 38, Rolling Meadows, grocery store checker: "I would feel safe. It was an isolated incident, and it could have happened ...
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Brown's probe: By the numbersNov 18, 2021 11:11 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 Since the Jan. 8, 1993, murders of seven persons at Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine, there have been: • 100 law-enforcement office...
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For investigators, 'You're always thinking about it'Nov 18, 2021 11:11 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 Jack McGregor doesn't answer when the question is asked. "We're in it for the long haul," he says. And yet the question remains. What i...
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Inside the task forceNov 18, 2021 11:11 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 "Hell yes, there's frustration. There's frustration at that level that I couldn't find words to describe it." - Palatine Police Chief J...
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Bratcher defends police work, scolds mediaNov 18, 2021 11:11 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 One year into the investigation of the Brown's Chicken & Pasta murders, Palatine Police Chief Jerry Bratcher sat down for an interview ...
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'A time to remember' seven livesNov 18, 2021 11:11 pm - Originally published Jan. 8, 1994 "This is real," Pastor Michael Newman said of the mass murder one year ago at the Brown's Chicken & Pasta restaurant. "This is life. An...
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Investigators try to balance prosecution, public pressureNov 18, 2021 11:11 pm - Originally published Jan. 8, 1994 As the circles under Palatine Police Chief Jerry Bratcher's eyes continue to darken, one man who can say he's walked in Bratcher's shoe...
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The investigation: then and nowNov 18, 2021 11:11 pm - Originally published Jan. 8, 1994 Then "We are and we will continue to provide as much information as we can. (But) our primary responsibility is for the investigation a...
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What's your opinion of the police investigation?Nov 18, 2021 11:11 pm - Originally published Jan. 8, 1994 Marty Weinberg, 47, Buffalo Grove, credit manager "It seems that they probably are doing as much as they can do. It seems like they're ...
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Elgin man who was arrested sues villageNov 18, 2021 11:11 pm - Originally published Jan. 8, 1994 Martin E. Blake, who was arrested but never charged in the murders of seven people at the Brown's Chicken & Pasta Restaurant in Palatin...