Palatine Crime
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Victim's mom: "He deserved to lose his life, too"Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Jennifer Ehlenfeldt Shilling said she was shocked and bewildered when police long ago revealed the grisly details of how her parents, Richard and Lynn Ehlenfeldt, were b...
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Brown's jury spares James Degorski's lifeOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Ten jurors wanted James Degorski to forfeit his life for murdering seven workers at a Palatine Brown's Chicken and Pasta on Jan. 8, 1993. Two disagreed. In the end, the...
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Palatine officials see end to dark chapter in village historyOct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - James Degorski's life sentence slams the book shut on a dark chapter in Palatine's history, one that's reverberated through the victims' families, the police and the res...
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Degorski jury begins death penalty deliberationsOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - More than seven weeks after it began, jury service is drawing to a close for the six men and six women charged with determining the fate of James Degorski, convicted las...
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Brown's killer's mom: Son endured physical, sexual abuseOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Thirty-seven years and two months after Patricia Degorski gave life to her oldest son James, she tried Monday to save it. Looking drawn, her eyes downcast, Patricia Dego...
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Police beatOct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Experts testify Degorski not a psychopathOct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - James Degorski is not a psychopath. Not according to a psychologist who testified Friday during the ongoing sentencing phase of Degorski's capital murder trial. "He does...
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Police beatOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Degorski 'damaged' by childhood abuse, expert saysOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Thursday marked another day of cringe-inducing testimony in the capital murder trial of James Degorski, convicted of the 1993 slayings of seven workers at a Palatine Bro...
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Juror replaced as court hears more testimony about Degorski family lifeOct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Psychologists, social workers, therapists and teachers testified Wednesday that the Degorski family made a memorable impression for all the wrong reasons. More ugly det...