More than a decade after he helped put one of the killers behind bars for life, memories of the Brown s Chicken murder case, and its impact on the victims families, remain vivid for prosecutor Lou Longhitano.
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Young Kavila, 30, was fatally stabbed on Nov. 30, 1999, in her apartment in Des Plaines. (via Des Plaines Police Department)
DES PLAINES, IL More than 21 years after the fatal stabbing of a United Airlines flight attendant in her Des Plaines apartment, the man accused of killing her appeared in court Thursday for the first time since he was extradited from Mexico.
Young Kavila, 30, was found by her roommate lying dead on the floor of her kitchen on Nov. 30, 1999. She had been repeatedly stabbed and beaten after a struggle, drawing blood from her attacker, authorities said.
Within 12 hours, prosecutors said her killer had hopped on a bus to Mexico with a large, untreated gash across his chest, arriving about two days later.