CHICAGO (AP) -- Closing statements are scheduled to begin in the trial of a 37-year-old man charged with killing seven people during a robbery at a Palatine fast food restaurant 16 years ago.
In the nearly monthlong trial, prosecutors have alleged James Degorski shot and stabbed the owners and employees of the Brown's Chicken and Pasta restaurant in suburban Palatine in 1993 "because he wanted to do something big."
But Degorski's attorney says there's no physical evidence linking his client to the crime.
Degorski's high school friend Juan Luna was convicted in 2007 and sentenced to life. Degorski faces the death penalty if convicted.
The bodies of two restaurant owners and five employees were found in a walk-in freezer and a cooler.
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