Article: How the crime unraveled Brown's suspects had plans to do 'something big,' authorities say.(News)

Byline: Shamus Toomey and Rhonda Sciarra Daily Herald Staff Writers

They planned it for weeks and went in intending to kill someone for the thrill of it, police said.

The two high school buddies charged with committing one of the most vexing and gruesome crimes in the suburbs' history entered Browns Chicken & Pasta in Palatine nine years ago with hardened hearts, a pocketful of bullets and plans "to do something big," authorities said Saturday.

Juan A. Luna, now 28, and James Eric Degorski, 29, did just that, leaving seven bullet-riddled dead bodies in the restaurant's two coolers, authorities say.

It was a crime done with ...

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