Articles filed under Brown's Chicken Murders
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'A plague on our community': Former village leader recalls after effects of Brown's murders
Jan 8, 2023 6:30 AM - In the weeks after the murders of seven people inside a local Brown's Chicken restaurant, Michael Cassady, the assistant village manager at the time, carried on a somber duty. -
Why an appellate court denied Degorski's latest bid for new trial in Brown's Chicken murders
Jun 17, 2022 5:10 AM - James Degorski, one of the two men convicted for the 1993 Palatine Brown's Chicken murders, has failed in his latest attempt to win a new trial, despite an appeals court buying at least some of his argument about a witness in the case.
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How 1993 Brown's Chicken murders changed Frank Portillo's life, business forever
Jan 7, 2018 8:25 AM - When 1993 began, Browns Chicken was a suburban success story, having grown from a single, family-owned restaurant in Bridgeview to a popular chain of about 300 locations in 13 states. That all came crashing down Jan. 8, 1993, with the killings of seven people during a robbery of a Palatine location. -
Timeline: Brown's Chicken murders and the aftermathJan 6, 2018 5:04 PM - Key dates and events in the history of the murders at the Brown's Chicken and Pasta restaurant in Palatine.
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Degorski seeks new hearing in Brown's Chicken mass murder
Sep 8, 2016 4:58 PM - 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 witness lied to jurors for reward money and new evidence exonerates him. -
Brown's Chicken victim's family unhappy as killer wins $451,000
Mar 9, 2014 10:54 PM - A federal jury has awarded nearly $500,000 to James Degorski, one of the two men convicted in the Brown's Chicken massacre through a civil rights lawsuit filed against a former jailer. One Degorski's victim's family is not happy with the result. "I'd like to thank the prison guard for beating Degorski," said Manny Castro, whose 16-year-old son, Michael Castro, was killed. -
20 years after Brown's murders, daughter carries on
Jan 8, 2013 11:02 AM - In the 20 years since her parents and five employees were murdered at Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine, Jennifer Ehlenfeldt Shilling, now 43 and a Wisconsin state senator, has been reminded again and again that it is the way her parents lived and not died that is their legacy. "My parents cast a long shadow in a positive way on our lives," Shilling said. -
Luna, Degorski fight Brown's convictions from prison
Jan 8, 2013 11:00 AM - Juan Luna and James Degorski together took seven lives 20 years ago at a Brown's Chicken restaurant in Palatine. Today the pair lead seperate but parallel existences in maximum-security prisons on opposite ends of the state. Degorski, 40, and Luna, 38, spend the bulk of their days in 6-by-10-foot cells, frequently poring over the limited legal resources at their disposal. -
A note of finality to Brown's tragedyMar 3, 2010 12:01 AM - 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 coda to the long, painful dirge of this case.
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