A guilty verdict has been delivered. Jurors deliberated for about eight hours before delivering the verdict against Juan Luna on all seven counts of first-degree murder. The same jurors will reconvene on Monday for the death penalty phase of case.

n 1993, 7 people were shot to death in a robbery of the Brown’s Chicken and Pasta restaraunt in Palatine, Illinois. The victims included the owners, Richard E. Ehlenfeldt, 50, and his wife, Lynn W., 49, five employees: Guadalupe Maldonado, 46, MichaelMichael reviews C. Castro, 16, and Rico L. Solis, 17; and Palatine residents Thomas Mennes, 32, and Marcus Nellsen, 31. They had all been shot multiple times with some victims having bullet wounds to their hands and were found in both the walk-in freezer and cooler 5 hours after the stores normal closing time.

In March of 2002, Anne Lockett implicated her former boyfriend, James Degorski, and his associate, Juan Luna, in the crime. Police used a DNA sample from Luna and matched it DNA left on some partially eaten chicken confiscated during the initial investigation and has been in a freezer for the last 9 years. The trial has been delayed for several years, but has since underway with Anne Lockett taking the stand yesterday and providing details on what supposedly happened in the restaurant that night as described by Juan Luna.

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