Articles filed under Brown's Chicken Murders
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'It seemed so surreal': Former mayor recalls how Palatine responded to Brown's tragedyJan 10, 2023 5:44 am - It was a 3 a.m. phone call from her top administrator that informed former Palatine Mayor Rita Mullins that her community had been changed forever. "He said there has be...
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Why an appellate court denied Degorski's latest bid for new trial in Brown's Chicken murdersJun 24, 2022 9:41 am - A witness who provided police with the break they needed to arrest two men in the 1993 Brown's Chicken murders in Palatine stood to gain a six-figure reward for her tip ...
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Timeline: Brown's Chicken murders and the aftermathJan 06, 2018 4:04 pm - Jan. 8, 1993: Seven people murdered in a Brown's Chicken and Pasta restaurant at Smith Street and Northwest Highway in Palatine. Victims include the owners, Richard and ...
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How 1993 Brown's Chicken murders changed Frank Portillo's life, business foreverJan 09, 2018 9:33 am - Since Jan. 8, 1993, Frank Portillo Jr.'s thoughts at this time of year have been with seven people. Portillo was president of Brown's Chicken and Pasta when franchisees ...
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Degorski seeks new hearing in Brown's Chicken mass murderSep 09, 2016 5:55 am - One of the two men found guilty in the 1993 Brown's Chicken mass murder is asking a court to overturn his conviction and life sentence, claiming a key prosecution witnes...
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Brown's Chicken victim's family unhappy as killer wins $451,000Mar 10, 2014 2:40 pm - A federal jury has awarded nearly $500,000 to one of the two men convicted in the Brown's Chicken massacre through a civil rights lawsuit filed against a former jailer. ...
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Luna, Degorski fight Brown's convictions from prisonJan 09, 2013 9:38 am - As the names of the seven victims in the Brown's Chicken murders rang throughout a Chicago courtroom — each followed by a succinct “guilty” — Juan Luna and James Degorsk...
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20 years after Brown's murders, daughter carries onJan 09, 2013 9:38 am - At the end of her first week of work as a legislative aide, Jennifer Ehlenfeldt Shilling sat down on a Wisconsin Capitol bench and wrote her father a letter filled with ...
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A note of finality to Brown's tragedyAug 06, 2010 4:32 pm - It's not our place to question how a privately funded reward in the Brown's Chicken murder case is disbursed, but we will say this: The release of the money is a welcome...
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No new trial for DegorskiAug 16, 2010 2:54 pm - James Degorski, 37, will have to resign himself to the guilty verdict a Cook County jury delivered on Sept. 29 for his part in the 1993 slayings of seven workers at a Pa...