Brown's probe: By the numbers
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 officers involved at various times
• 200 fingerprints collected from the scene
• 240 other items of evidence collected
• 1,000 investigated leads
• 1,600 hours of laboratory time analyzing evidence
• 3,000 hotline calls
• $45,780 in Palatine police overtime
• $83,740 in task-force supplies, services and equipment
Source: Palatine Police Department
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