Crime
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Police in demand to check businesses' securityNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 28, 1993 Hoping to allay fears and improve safety in the wake of the mass murder at a Palatine restaurant, police departments throughout the su...
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Ehlenfeldt daughters to decide Brown's fateNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 26, 1993 The future of the Brown's Chicken & Pasta restaurant where seven people were killed 17 days ago will be left up to the three daughters...
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Village announces reward has reached $100,000 goalNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 26, 1993 Following a weeklong fund-raising blitz that included donations as high as $25,000 and from as far away as Florida, Palatine officials...
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Palatine sales tax covers village cost of investigationNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 26, 1993 New sales tax revenue will help avert an economic crisis for Palatine as it faces more than $8,000 a week in bills for the police inve...
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Investigators finish up at Brown's restaurantNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 24, 1993 Palatine police expect to officially release the Brown's Chicken & Pasta Restaurant back to its owners in about a week, Police Chief J...
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Bratcher: Victims died quicklyNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 The seven victims of the Palatine murders were executed quickly in what appears to have been a robbery, Police Chief Jerry Bratcher sa...
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The crime scene: What may have happenedNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 Other sources indicate • The criminals cleaned up the restaurant after the killing spree. • The guns in question were .38-caliber. • P...
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The events surrounding the Palatine killingsNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 SATURDAY, DAY 1 "They don't tell us anything. We don't know If he's alive or dead or anything." - Maria Maldonado, standing outside th...
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Hucksters try to cash in on community fearNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 Opportunists have seized on the fast-food restaurant massacre in Palatine as a chance to hawk security devices ranging from under-the-...
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Seminar addresses fears about working teensNov 18, 2021 11:10 pm - Originally published Jan. 17, 1993 Tony Encarnacion's 16-year-old son wants to get a job, possibly at a fast-food restaurant. But the Hoffman Estates parent says he woul...