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 Cook County State's Attorney Dick Devine calling the gruesome crime "some moment" a...

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 Cook County State's Attorney Dick Devine calling the gruesome crime "some moment" a...

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 selected in the Brown's Chicken murder case, giving attorneys half the number ne...

What's new: Two more jurors selected Friday, bringing the total tapped to four.What's next: No jury selection Monday as the judge will listen to legal arguments concerning the release of the jurors' names and the juror questionnaire.Attorneys tapped...

The first two members of Juan Luna's jury would be able to sentence him to death - but both said it would not be a snap decision. The two panelists were chosen Thursday in the first day of jury selection in the Brown's Chicken & Pasta murder trial....

What happened Wednesday: Potential jurors filled out questionnaires and listened to the charges against Juan Luna. Luna bid the 150 possible panelists a good morning at the beginning of the proceeding. On tap today: The judge and attorneys will int...

First published: May 19, 2002 They planned it for weeks and went in intending to kill someone for the thrill of it, police said. The two high school buddies charged with committing one of the most vexing and gruesome crimes in the suburbs' hi...

A 1997 McHenry County drug case paved the way for defense attorney Clarence Burch to work on the highest-profile case of his 29-year legal career - defending Juan Luna, the Carpentersville man accused of killing seven people in a Palatine Brown's Ch...

First published: May 29, 2002 After more than 12 hours scouring the bottom of the Fox River in Carpentersville Tuesday, dozens of divers failed to find the gun police say was used in the 1993 slayings at Brown's Chicken Pasta in Palatine. ...

First published: May 20, 2002 When Jane Homeyer methodically searched the Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine for evidence after the massacre there in 1993, some colleagues raised their eyebrows when she zeroed in on some trash. Homeyer, a fo...