Palatine Crime
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Woman says she didn't want friend to get in trouble over Brown's killingsApr 17, 2007 11:00 pm - What's new:Former Degorski friend Eileen Bakalla testifies about waiting nine years to talk to police about the murders. What's next:More prosecution witnesses....
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Famed crime scientist says half-eaten meal was immediate clueApr 17, 2007 11:00 pm - When he first reviewed evidence in the Brown's Chicken murders 14 years ago, famed forensic scientist Dr. Henry Lee knew a half-eaten chicken meal would prove invaluable...
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Forensic scientist tells how she preserved DNA evidenceApr 16, 2007 11:00 pm - What's new:Forensic scientist Jane Homeyer testified about her decision to preserve a half-eaten chicken wing. What's next:More prosecution witnesses Two days af...
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Former friend of suspect testifies about waiting 9 years to talk to policeApr 16, 2007 11:00 pm - From the moment a teenage Eileen Bakalla met Juan Luna, he rubbed her the wrong way. "I just didn't like him," she testified Tuesday afternoon as one of the prosecution...
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Brown's testimony focuses on DNA findApr 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The evidence that links Juan Luna to the 1993 Brown's Chicken slayings sat frozen in a crime lab freezer for a year before investigators realized it could yield clues in...
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Stating their casesApr 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Fourteen years after the Brown's Chicken murders stunned an entire region, a jury finally is being asked to hold someone accountable for the slayings of seven people. Th...
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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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What the jury will hearApr 12, 2007 11:00 pm - An arduous task lies ahead of Juan Luna's defense team as opening statements begin today in the Brown's Chicken murder trial. Luna's attorneys must confront DNA evidenc...
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Opening statements start in the Brown's murder trialApr 12, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 14 years after seven people were murdered in Palatine's Brown's Chicken and Pasta restaurant, the trial of one of the two alleged killers began Friday with Coo...