Brown's Chicken Massacre

Brown's Chicken Massacre

Crime: The Brown's Chicken Massacre was a sensless mass murder that occured in Palatine, Illinois (Chicago suburb) on January 8th, 1993. It went unsolved for almost 9 years until one of the cowards girlfriends came forward to police about information on the crime.
  2 men entered the restaurant and ate right before closing time and then robbed the store (stealing less than $2,000) and killed 7 employees. Shooting 6 and then stabbing 1. More than 2 dozen shots were fired at the employees. They had to empty their weapons and reload a couple of times.

The Culprits:

Juan A Luna Jr. (Born February 16th, 1974): Luna was spared the death penalty due to one juror who held out. Which is total bullshit he should be shot in the back of the head (which  would be an easier punishment). Him and his acomplice James Degorski were high school classmates at Palatine's William Fremd High School. Luna was actually a former employee at Brown's Chicken.

James Degorski: Degorski a former handyman (whose former girlfriend turned them in) Was found guilty of all 7 count of murder on September 29th, 2009. There has also been alot of anger with some of the victims families as Degorski recently recieved punitive damages amounting to $451,000 for having a deputy kick his ass. But it is still unclear if Degorski will ever see any of the money.


The Capture: In March of 2002 James Degorski's fomer girlfriend Anne Lockett came forward and told police about the horrific crime the sick fucks committed in 1993 A piece f chicken from the restaurant that was kept from the garbage can the night of the murders as evidence had Luna's DNA on it.
  Although Luna along with Degorski were taken into custody for the crime on May of 2002 Luna immediately admitted to it. Then lawyers later claimed he only admitted to it for fears of deportation.
  When the police arrived at the restaurant over 5 hours after the murders they discovered the rear door open. They found 7 bodies in a cooler and walk in refridgerator

The Victims:

Richard Ehlenfeldt(Owner)
Lynn Ehlenfeldt(Owner)
Guadalupe Maldonado
Thomas Mennes
Marcus Nellsen
Rico Solis
Michael Castro

James Degorski got beaten up so bad in jail he won a half million dollar settlement.

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown's_Chicken_massacre
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/keyword/juan-luna
http://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/luna-juan.htm