Cook County Crime
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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...
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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...
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Long search for answers in Brown's Chicken murders is now in courtApr 04, 2007 11:00 pm - At last, a public search for answers. Many of us who were around on Saturday, Jan. 9, 1993, and prepared the reports describing the deaths of seven people at the Palatin...
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Four more jurors picked for Luna trialApr 03, 2007 11:00 pm - What's new:The case now has eight jurors - half the number needed to start the trial. What's next: Jury selection resumes this morning. Four more jurors have been ...