The Brown's Chicken Massacre: A Crime That Shocked America and Was Solved Through DNA
On a cold January night in 1993, the small town of Palatine, Illinois, experienced one of the most brutal crimes in its history. Seven employees of a Brown's Chicken restaurant were found murdered, their bodies stacked in the walk-in cooler and freezer. This horrific event sent shockwaves throughout the country, as the killers seemingly vanished into thin air, leaving the community in fear and the police without leads for nearly a decade.
On January 8, 1993, Dick and Lynn Ehlenfeldt, the owners of the Brown’s Chicken restaurant, along with five other employees, were closing up for the night. Everything appeared to be business as usual until two men, later identified as Juan Luna and James Degorski, entered the store. What followed was a gruesome robbery that escalated into the cold-blooded murder of all seven employees.
The bodies were discovered the next morning by a concerned family member. The scene was chilling—some of the victims were shot, while others had their throats slashed.
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