Marcus Nellsen News Today

Anne Lockett spent nine years not only burdened with the knowledge of who committed a horrific, unsolved massacre at a suburban restaurant in 1993, but also living in constant fear that she and her loved ones might be next.

Even though Marcus Nellsen had been working only for a few months at Browns Chicken in Palatine on Jan. 8, 1993, he felt at home, his sister said. "It was a family-owned franchise and I know he felt like part of the family there."

Jessica Platte was 5 years old and in kindergarten when she lost her father, Marcus Nellsen, in the Browns Chicken massacre. I can remember the sound of his voice. I would like there to be more (memories)," she says.

Even though Marcus Nellsen had been working only for a few months at Browns Chicken in Palatine on Jan. 8, 1993, he felt at home, his sister said. "It was a family-owned franchise and I know he felt like part of the family there."

On a cold January night 30 years ago, two killers cut short the lives of seven people at a Browns Chicken restaurant in Palatine.

James Degorski, one of the two men convicted for the 1993 Palatine Browns Chicken murders, has failed in his latest attempt to win a new trial, despite an appeals court buying at least some of his argument about a witness in the case.