Crime
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Bratcher defends police work, scolds mediaJan 08, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 One year into the investigation of the Brown's Chicken & Pasta murders, Palatine Police Chief Jerry Bratcher sat down for an interview ...
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For investigators, 'You're always thinking about it'Jan 08, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 Jack McGregor doesn't answer when the question is asked. "We're in it for the long haul," he says. And yet the question remains. What i...
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Inside the task forceJan 08, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 "Hell yes, there's frustration. There's frustration at that level that I couldn't find words to describe it." - Palatine Police Chief J...
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Brown's probe: By the numbersJan 08, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 Since the Jan. 8, 1993, murders of seven persons at Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine, there have been: • 100 law-enforcement office...
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The investigation: then and nowJan 07, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 8, 1994 Then "We are and we will continue to provide as much information as we can. (But) our primary responsibility is for the investigation a...
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What's your opinion of the police investigation?Jan 07, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 8, 1994 Marty Weinberg, 47, Buffalo Grove, credit manager "It seems that they probably are doing as much as they can do. It seems like they're ...
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Elgin man who was arrested sues villageJan 07, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 8, 1994 Martin E. Blake, who was arrested but never charged in the murders of seven people at the Brown's Chicken & Pasta Restaurant in Palatin...
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Investigators try to balance prosecution, public pressureJan 07, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 8, 1994 As the circles under Palatine Police Chief Jerry Bratcher's eyes continue to darken, one man who can say he's walked in Bratcher's shoe...
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'A time to remember' seven livesJan 07, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 8, 1994 "This is real," Pastor Michael Newman said of the mass murder one year ago at the Brown's Chicken & Pasta restaurant. "This is life. An...
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Pain lives one year after massacreJan 06, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 7, 1994 There are, in Manny and Epifania Castro's home, unmistakable signs of a teenager's presence. A candy cane, left partly eaten when son M...