Cook County Crime
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Victims' families confront convicted killer James DegorskiOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - As the jury began hearing testimony in the sentencing phase of James Degorski's capital murder trial Thursday, prosecutors urged them to take the measure of the man and ...
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Statements from Brown's victims familiesOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - The following are excerpts of the written statements read in court Thursday by six relatives of the Palatine Brown's Chicken & Pasta murder victims. "You broke our heart...
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Tri-Cities police blotterSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Quick capital murder verdicts not rare, even without scientific evidenceSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - It took 16 years for James Degorski's past to catch up with him. A Cook County jury decided that was long enough. Members took about 90 minutes - over lunch - to pick a ...
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Palatine councilman turns attention toward paying rewardSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The Palatine Police Department - drowning in a pile of leads - accepted all the help it could get in the days after the slayings of seven workers at the Brown's Chicken ...
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Police beatSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Justice, finally, but time doesn't healSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - In less than an hour on a frigid January night, 20-year-old James Degorski and 18-year-old Juan Luna ruthlessly murdered seven innocents inside the Palatine Brown's Chic...
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Degorski guilty of Brown's Chicken murdersSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Guilty, at last. More than 16 years ago, prosecutors say Jim Degorski walked into Richard and Lynn Ehlenfeldt's Palatine restaurant with a pocket full of bullets and a t...
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Palatine mayors past and present express reliefSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Mayor Rita Mullins sums up the pent-up emotions of an entire community in a single word Tuesday: relief. For more than 16 years, Palatine had been struggling to f...
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Verdict brings closure to Palatine police officersSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - For nine years, former Palatine Police Chief Jerry Bratcher watched as the unsolved murders of seven people at Brown's Chicken & Pasta cast a cloud over his department. ...