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Actually, 5 were in the freezer, 2 were in the cooler, an example of why you can't rely very heavily on the accuracy of Wikipedia. But it's a nice place to start.
Also see the Wikipedia entry on the Brown's Chicken Massacre.
On neither entry do they mention Paul Modrowski - who, for quite some time, was the main suspect in the Brown's Chicken Massacre.
On September 28, 2009, James Degorski was found guilty of the Browns Chicken murders. Interestingly enough, you really have to search around to find information about what happened, the trials, etc.
There is another murder case that is related to the Brown's Chicken Massacre-and you can find out about it by finding information about Dean Fawcett's murder. The two cases seem to overlap in some ways.
See the blog Paul Modrowski - On the Inside - which is where Paul Modrowski's story is being told. Paul does not have access to the internet - and has never seen the blog. He writes his blog with a paper and pencil from his prison cell. Paul Modrowski was only 18 when he was charged in 1993 with one count of first-degree murder in the death of Dean C. Fawcett, 22, of La Grange Park, whose headless torso was found along railroad tracks in Barrington, officials said. Modrowski was also under suspicion and questioned in the Jan. 8 murders of seven people at the Brown's Chicken & Pasta restaurant in Palatine. (Sun Time-April 30, 1993-Rebecca Carr; Tom McNamee)
On February 17, 1995, a Rolling Meadows jury
That's pretty brutal reporting, considering what I've read on the other side of it.
Robert Faraci was acquitted - and he supposedly was the individual who borrowed Modrowski's car and did the deed. This story hardly makes any sense; which is probably one of the reasons it's so hard to find any evidence that it even took place. I can't find much in news reports on it, either. I find it incredibly odd that Modrowski- who lent his car to Feraci who was acquitted of Fawcett's murder - would be put in jail when he wasn't even there when the murder took place, according to his blog entries; and no evidence was found in his vehicle. With the conviction of Juan Luna and James Degorski, it would seem that the cloud over Modrowski's head should have cleared, too; but he's stuck in prison and has been there for 14 years.
Interestingly, there is little to be found about the Brown's Fried Chicken murders on the internet now. At the Daily Herald, however, a new story emerged about one of the alleged perps having been exonerated -Celso Morales - with the conviction of James Degorski at the end of September.
Dark clouds lifts for innocent man eyed in Brown's Chicken killings
Not all of them; but at least the ones you might suspect as hispanic gang members have been 'truly set free'.
See NBC coverage of the Degorski trial here.
Restaurant owners Lynn and Richard Ehlenfeldt, Michael Castro, Rico Solis, Guadalupe Maldonado, Marcus Nellsen and Thomas Mennes all died in this execution style killing - God bless them and may they RIP.
See 44 Minutes in January - The Daily Herald - read the entire tale with some of the facts glossed over by journalists.
Palatine councilman wants to meet about Brown's Chicken reward money
More than $100,000 collected following 1993 slayings at restaurant, Wagner says
On January 8, 1993, the event that would become infamous as the Brown's Chicken Massacre occurred at a Palatine, Illinois branch. Seven people were murdered, including both owners and 5 employees, all of whom were found bound in the walk-in freezer. In 2002, James Degorski and Juan Luna were arrested for the murders.[1] In May 2007, Luna was convicted of his part in the murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.[1] (Wikipedia on the Brown's Chicken and Pasta entry)
Actually, 5 were in the freezer, 2 were in the cooler, an example of why you can't rely very heavily on the accuracy of Wikipedia. But it's a nice place to start.
Also see the Wikipedia entry on the Brown's Chicken Massacre.
On neither entry do they mention Paul Modrowski - who, for quite some time, was the main suspect in the Brown's Chicken Massacre.
On September 28, 2009, James Degorski was found guilty of the Browns Chicken murders. Interestingly enough, you really have to search around to find information about what happened, the trials, etc.
There is another murder case that is related to the Brown's Chicken Massacre-and you can find out about it by finding information about Dean Fawcett's murder. The two cases seem to overlap in some ways.
See the blog Paul Modrowski - On the Inside - which is where Paul Modrowski's story is being told. Paul does not have access to the internet - and has never seen the blog. He writes his blog with a paper and pencil from his prison cell. Paul Modrowski was only 18 when he was charged in 1993 with one count of first-degree murder in the death of Dean C. Fawcett, 22, of La Grange Park, whose headless torso was found along railroad tracks in Barrington, officials said. Modrowski was also under suspicion and questioned in the Jan. 8 murders of seven people at the Brown's Chicken & Pasta restaurant in Palatine. (Sun Time-April 30, 1993-Rebecca Carr; Tom McNamee)
On February 17, 1995, a Rolling Meadows jury
"decided Paul Modrowski was a cold-blooded killer, guilty of fatally shooting an acquaintance and then sawing off his head and hands.
The jury reached its verdict this morning after deliberating 18 hours in the case against the 20-year-old Mokena man.
"Justice has been done and the community is safer," said Charles Fawcett, the father of the victim, Dean Fawcett.
Dean Fawcett's torso was found two years ago along railroad tracks in northwest suburban Barrington.
Two men were accused of the murder. Robert Faraci, 27, of Schiller Park, was acquitted of first-degree murder charges Wednesday by a separate jury. Prosecutors argued that both men killed Fawcett..." Chicago Sun-Times -February 17, 1995 by Sharon Cotliar
That's pretty brutal reporting, considering what I've read on the other side of it.
Robert Faraci was acquitted - and he supposedly was the individual who borrowed Modrowski's car and did the deed. This story hardly makes any sense; which is probably one of the reasons it's so hard to find any evidence that it even took place. I can't find much in news reports on it, either. I find it incredibly odd that Modrowski- who lent his car to Feraci who was acquitted of Fawcett's murder - would be put in jail when he wasn't even there when the murder took place, according to his blog entries; and no evidence was found in his vehicle. With the conviction of Juan Luna and James Degorski, it would seem that the cloud over Modrowski's head should have cleared, too; but he's stuck in prison and has been there for 14 years.
Interestingly, there is little to be found about the Brown's Fried Chicken murders on the internet now. At the Daily Herald, however, a new story emerged about one of the alleged perps having been exonerated -Celso Morales - with the conviction of James Degorski at the end of September.
Dark clouds lifts for innocent man eyed in Brown's Chicken killings
With the conviction of James Degorski on Tuesday - the second after the 2007 conviction of accomplice Juan Luna, those long wrongly under scrutiny are finally, truly free.
Not all of them; but at least the ones you might suspect as hispanic gang members have been 'truly set free'.
No official number of suspects has been made public. But the trail left by investigators in more than a decade of searching for the killers ranges from some of the restaurant's employees to Chicago gang members and suspects in similar fast food killings across the nation.
See NBC coverage of the Degorski trial here.
Restaurant owners Lynn and Richard Ehlenfeldt, Michael Castro, Rico Solis, Guadalupe Maldonado, Marcus Nellsen and Thomas Mennes all died in this execution style killing - God bless them and may they RIP.
See 44 Minutes in January - The Daily Herald - read the entire tale with some of the facts glossed over by journalists.
Palatine councilman wants to meet about Brown's Chicken reward money
More than $100,000 collected following 1993 slayings at restaurant, Wagner says
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