Palatine Crime
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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...
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Homicides decline in Cook County, but opioid deaths on record-breaking paceJan 03, 2023 12:00 am - The number of homicides handled by the Cook County medical examiner's office dropped more than 15% in 2022, but cases of fatal opioid overdoses are likely to top last ye...
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Tragedies and some triumphs: The top suburban stories of 2022Dec 29, 2022 4:30 am - This story has been updated to remove an incorrect statenent that Ken Griffin owns Citadel Corp. Two horrific crimes, a deadly car crash and threats against the LGB...
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Effect of judge's ruling regarding end of cash bail differs across the suburbsDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - A Kankakee County judge's ruling late Wednesday that ending cash bail in Illinois is unconstitutional does not apply to courts in Cook, Lake, DuPage or Kane counties, bu...
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Botched police raids lead to change in state's attorney's warrants policyDec 16, 2022 4:30 am - We've all seen news reports of police officers conducting a raid at the wrong location, or acting on bad information, sometimes leading to tragic consequences. Hoping to...
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FBI: Suspects in custody after Westchester bank robbery Friday afternoonDec 10, 2022 12:00 am - Two people are in custody following a bank robbery Friday afternoon in Westchester during which federal authorities say one of the suspects pressed a handgun to the head...
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Police investigating shooting of man, woman in Palatine Township Thursday nightDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - Cook County sheriff's police are investigating the nonfatal shooting of a man and woman in unincorporated Palatine Township Thursday night. Officers responded to a call ...