Brown's Chicken massacre: 30 years later, investigator reflects on tech advances that solved case

A Brown's Chicken murders investigator reflected on DNA test technology that solved the cold case. The Palatine, IL shooting killed seven people. READ MORE: abc7.ws/3ZkClxa

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

Nowadays they can tell you just how many people touch a doorknob in a hour or less and identify each person.

[@Jhihmoac]

This one strikes home with me because I knew one of the deceased quite well in the years before this happened... I used to shoot darts with the guy at the local bars, and he was damn good! I'm glad they finally caught the perps around 9 years later... RIP Tom Mennes, prayers to the rest of the victims...

[@CaliCarolyn]

So glad this case was finally solved. Grateful for the advanced technology that is able to identify these criminals and remove them from harming society any further.

[@richardandbuddy2676]

I was 17 lived in the Apartments behind Brown's and worked at McDonald's across the street..

[@davidallen346]

My family owned and operated a restaurant from 1990 to 2001 So this incident could happened to anyone who happens to operate a restaurant business

[@chrissullivan4496]

Kevin Degorski should be in jail. He was hiding his brother out for 10 years Jim Degorski 3:32

[@thirdcoast5755]

Yeah, I wonder how many other people knew. If they told a couple girls, I really doubt that it stopped there. And, you know, people talk, so there was probably a whole network of people who knew second- and third-hand.

[@chrissullivan4496]

@@thirdcoast5755 Degorski‘s whole family Knew

[@22lyric]

Monsters!

[@BudsCartoon]

I remember this vividly, and now my cousin owns all of the Brown’s chickens in Illinois

[@trumpwonandyouknowit]

Horrible. Palatine Police initially tried pinning this case on employees or former employees except they had alibies.

[@Coopdeville06]

The police were real good at pinning cases on innocent victims in the 90s and earlier due to lack of technology and knowledge of law from the average person

[@AntajuanGrady]

😢 Same thing happened in 1994 in Gadsden, AL in Popeyes but it was 3 who died there not 7

[@diamondhumphrey9383]

I was only 7 months old when this happened.

[@aliciasmith222]

Hopefully they can do that for the people in Lane Bryant

[@trumpwonandyouknowit]

I remember that case. You would think that it had to be someone that she knew.

[@latrofu]

I can't believe the state gave one of the killers half a million dollars.

[@jeremylachajczyk321]

You actually should read the Jamea Degorski article claiming innocence.. the DNA evidence only lined to the other guy.. and Degorski had an ex who was offered a 240k reward for any conviction 9 years after the fact and was in a psychiatric ward and stuff. He has a 7 chapter article with supposed facts so I'm not sure the 2nd guy has been proven guilty. I just read the full thing and these detectives can be forced into getting convictions.. there's a lot of detail take a gander

[@barneyronnie]

​​@@jeremylachajczyk321Your good buddy, Degorski, is guilty as sin. I read his tripe, too.😅

[@Collegeworld86]

Browns chicken never recovered from that

[@Alexandre-zv8ci]

We are not out from the woods, it seems
😢

[@Coopdeville06]

I remember this from when I was still a teenager

[@thirdcoast5755]

I get that DNA evidence wasn’t that common but I still wonder why no security cameras were mentioned. I don’t think there were digital cameras then, but it was still a fairly well established technology.

[@mistergreenhat-wk2cz]

Someone came forward. Cops solved nothing.

[@trumpwonandyouknowit]

Exactly. Palatine Police initially tried pinning this case on employees or former employees except they had alibies.

[@Milagrosblanco684]

Oh, is this reason why browns in not popular??

[@trumpwonandyouknowit]

Yes. Brown's Chicken was fabulous with great corn fritters and honey to dip.

[@danasmith1899]

Progress made, yep this happens every day now

[@johnnymcblaze]

Don't worry, it wasn't intentional so they can scare the peasantry into giving up their 2nd amendment rights. Don't worry about why they keep letting killers out on bail either.

[@alansilverman8500]

They got Luna from the chicken, how'd they get the other guy?

[@CoCoGemel]

He confessed to his girlfriend and then she went to the police

[@chrissullivan5752]

Jim Degorski he was hiding out at his brother‘s house in Indianapolis. His brother kevin also knew about the murders

[@Blade434]

My grandpa almost went there the day of the massacre but he took a day off and my grandma was the babysitter of the killer

[@Blade434]

JK

[@Blade434]

Sorry I meant to say that my grandpa loved chicken from browns and my grandma bought chicken from browns when she babysat us

[@TUKByV]

@@Blade434 Does your gramps know that you're trash?

[@sherriwhite1894]

You could just edit the comment. So glad your grandpa didn’t go.

[@lucindaacosta386]

It wasn't a black man.

[@gusfil8404]

Right!!!! That's what I'm saying

[@niamahmah666]

but latino

[@mistergreenhat-wk2cz]

@@niamahmah666 and white