Palatine Crime
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'It was a tragedy': Top prosecutor made his presence felt during Brown's Chicken murder trialJan 09, 2023 4:00 am - Former Cook County State's Attorney Dick Devine didn't often make personal appearances in the courtroom. But the chief prosecutor made an exception in April 2006 when Ju...
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'I could have done it earlier': Brown's murders witness feared killer before coming forwardJan 09, 2023 4:00 am - While her family and friends were celebrating her sister's 1994 wedding, Anne Lockett recalls she was outside the reception being dragged by her hair down the street whi...
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'We still think about them': Brown's case, victims' families had indelible impact on prosecutorsJan 09, 2023 4:00 am - Lou Longhitano was considered a junior prosecutor in 2002 when murder cases were brought against Juan Luna and James Degorski in connection with the murders of seven peo...
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'I can remember the sound of his voice': Daughter of Brown's victim now a correctional officerJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - Jessica Platte was 5 years old and in kindergarten when she lost her father, Marcus Nellsen, in the Brown's Chicken massacre. At the time, her father was living and work...
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'A plague on our community': Former village leader recalls after effects of Brown's murdersJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - In the weeks after the murders of seven people inside a local Brown's Chicken restaurant, Michael Cassady, the assistant village manager at the time, carried on a somber...
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'I don't think any of us really had closure': Brown's murder victim's sister recalls toll on familyJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - Even though Marcus Nellsen had been working only for a few months at the Brown's Chicken in Palatine by Jan. 8, 1993, he already felt at home. "He would call me up and (...
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'A testament to my parents': Murders created enduring bond between Brown's owners' daughtersJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - For the first time in 30 years, Lynn and Richard Ehlenfeldt's daughters will spend Jan. 8 together. Not since police discovered the bodies of their parents and five of ...
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Timeline of the Brown's Chicken murder caseJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - Jan. 8, 1993: Seven murdered at Brown's Chicken in Palatine; the victims were found in a walk-in cooler and freezer. Jan. 9, 1993: Police arrest former Brown's worker bu...
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'It seemed so surreal': Former mayor recalls how Palatine responded to Brown's tragedyJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - It was a 3 a.m. phone call from her top administrator that informed former Palatine Mayor Rita Mullins that her community had been changed forever. "He said there has be...
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Brown's Chicken murders 30 years later: Seven murders and finally justiceJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - On Friday, Jan. 8, 1993, two killers armed with a handgun, their pockets filled with bullets, walked into a Palatine Brown's Chicken & Pasta around closing time. They ha...