Downers Grove
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How verdict could affect case against DegorskiMay 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The guilty verdict against Juan Luna in the Brown's Chicken & Pasta murder trial could strengthen prosecutors' shakier case against the man they allege was the mastermin...
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Scientist didn't wear glovesApr 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 ...
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Big trial, big mistakesApr 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...
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Jury watches videotaped confessionApr 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...
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Luna gave her 'heebie-jeebies'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...
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Devine slips up on opening remarksApr 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...
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Haunting imagesApr 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...
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Long search for answers in Brown's Chicken murders is now in courtApr 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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From 1995: Aurora man wrongly convicted of murder is freedMay 26, 1995 11:00 pm - Lionel Lane paced back and forth in his prison cell at the Pontiac Correctional Center Thursday night, unable to sleep. “I didn’t ever think the day would come,” the 34-...
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From 1995: Court may overturn murder conviction after others confessMay 24, 1995 11:00 pm - For the past two months, Lionel Lane has sat in a prison cell at the Pontiac Correctional Center for a murder that Kane County prosecutors now say was committed by someo...