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Sergeant details earlier confession

By Stacy St. Clair and Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
May 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Roughly 12 hours after being arrested in connection with the Brown's Chicken murders, John Simonek appeared ready to confess. He signed away his right to remain silent. ...
Scientist didn't wear gloves

By Stacy St. Clair Daily Herald Staff
Apr 30, 2007 11:00 pm - What's new: A bird expert acknowledges he handled key evidence without using gloves. What's next: More defense witnesses. A bird expert testified Monday that he handled ...
Big trial, big mistakes

By Stacy St. Claire Daily Herald Staff
Apr 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Law enforcement officials long have been accused of mishandling the Brown's Chicken investigation -- and the ongoing murder trial has done little to repair that image. F...
Defense points to non-matching prints

By Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
Apr 26, 2007 11:00 pm - What's new: Defense team begins to slowly build its case. What's next: More defense witnesses take the stand Monday. In the defense's first crack at the case, Juan Lun...
Jury watches videotaped confession

By STACY ST. CLAIR Daily Herald Staff
Apr 25, 2007 11:00 pm - When the first gunshot rang out that night 14 years ago inside the Palatine Brown's Chicken & Pasta, Juan Luna says, he assured the seven people inside that they would b...
Some DNA on dinner wasn't from Luna

BY STACY ST. CLAIR Daily Herald Staff
Apr 18, 2007 11:00 pm - What's new:A second unknown person's DNA is also on the chicken bone that prosecutors say ties Juan Luna to the murders. What's next:More prosecution witnesses ...
Luna gave her 'heebie-jeebies'

By Stacy St. Clair and Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
Apr 17, 2007 11:00 pm - What's new:Former Jim Degorski friend Eileen Bakalla testifies about waiting nine years to talk to police about the murders. What's next:More prosecution witnes...
Devine slips up on opening remarks

By Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
Apr 13, 2007 11:00 pm - In a slip of the tongue that left a packed but silent courtroom perplexed, Cook County State's Attorney Richard Devine confused the Brown's Chicken & Pasta restaurant wi...
Haunting images

By Stacy St. Clair and Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
Apr 13, 2007 11:00 pm - What's new: Trial begins with opening statements. Jurors view gruesome crime scene video. What's next: Witness testimony continues Monday. Fourteen years after the Brown...
Long search for answers in Brown's Chicken murders is now in court

By Jim Slusher
Apr 04, 2007 11:00 pm - At last, a public search for answers. Many of us who were around on Saturday, Jan. 9, 1993, and prepared the reports describing the deaths of seven people at the Palatin...

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