Christopher Vaughn is an American man convicted of the murder of his wife, Kimberly, and the couple's three children in June 14, 2007. Before the execution could be carried out, Earnest was stabbed 30-times by a fellow inmate at the state penitentiary. 1. Later, Ledbetter spoke with Sgt. . Mr. Vaughn dresses differently than most people do," Lenard said, and that "makes him vulnerable to suspicion and accusation.". Ok. As investigators unravel the truth, they find that not everyone in this family was a happy camper. During a case review with investigators and the crime lab, the States Attorney stated that a womans hand would be unable to squeeze the trigger of the 9mm Taurus. The Vaughn family moved from Washington state to the Chicago area about a year ago, bringing their two dogs with them, according to the May 27 article. Press J to jump to the feed. Flipboard. Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? DNA testing later invalidated a misinterpretation of blood stain evidence, which the State used to establish probable cause to arrest Chris. At autopsy, the coroner was able to determine the orientation of the gun, based on the imprint of the guns site on Kimberlys chin. It seems like the family was dead set on focusing on the negative with Kim and her family. Much of the trial focused on blood evidence that prosecutors said proved Vaughn murdered his family. He claimed to have forgotten how he had been injured. family's sports utility vehicle June 14, in Channahon, Ill., is He allegedly killed his family so he could live by himself in the Canadian wilderness. It was only after I read the transcripts and watched the 20 hours of video interrogation by police that I realized Chris might be innocent. Rozak said before imposing his sentence that he was "very frustrated" by the state Legislature's restrictions, an apparent reference to Illinois' decision last year to end the death penalty. Though he had been an early member of Vaughns defense team when Vaughn initially faced the death penalty, Clutter said he was discharged when the death penalty was abolished and has mostly worked pro bono on the case. Beloved wife of Christopher Vaughn; beloved mother of Abigayle, Cassandra and Blake; beloved daughter of Del and Susan Phillips Vaughn, who was stockpiling camping gear and spending thousands of dollars at strip clubs in the weeks before the slayings, declined to address the court before he was sentenced. They lived briefly in an Aurora apartment . Still, even a bloodstain expert called by Vaughns lawyers agreed at trial that a defense claim that Vaughn left the SUV before Kimberly was shot didnt make sense. Her eyes later flashed in anger and she seemed to look at Christopher Vaughn as she spoke of "the betrayal by a man we welcomed into our lives and loved as family.". 'Theyre dead. He was arrested as he was about to attend their funerals. After the killings, Vaughn staggered off and flagged down a motorist who called the police. "Mr. Vaughn does not show his feelings or emotions to anyone under any circumstances," said attorney George Lenard. The CSI said he was persuaded by the physical evidence that this was a murder-suicide committed by the wife. . But there is more than just stress involved here. 'An eye for an eye.'. Alex Murdaugh, 53, calls 911 and reports he found his wife Margaret, 52, and son Paul, then 22, shot dead outside of their home in Islandton, a small community about an hour north of Hilton Head. In the one of the photos shown by the prosecution Monday, Kimberly was sprawled dead in the Expedition's passenger seat, bleeding out of her head, nose and mouth, and from a hole under her chin. I told him that you had noticed and I had noticed a big personality change and anxiety change and that I was lethargic (tired all the time)., According to the new medication guide published in May 2009, the FDA required the manufacturer to insert into the product labeling new warnings informing patients and physicians: Effects on Thinking . Chris revolver was lying on the floorboard near her feet. Vaughn's wife and children were never mentioned in the writings, but there was a reference to one of the exotic dancers. .. I may need to up my standards. By I am interested in reading up on the case. She was stabbed. This analysis of the crime scene evidence not only disproves the initial police theory that it was Chris who unbuckled the seat belt, but it helps to establish evidence supporting a defense theory that this was a murder-suicide committed by the wife. Christopher Vaughn may be the least unjustly imprisoned of the tens of thousands of men and women doing time in Illinois prisons. Just because you feel inferior academically doesnt mean someone is else is forcing that superiority on you. Doesnt make him some kind of hero. He then. If they wanted to appear more balanced, they could have edited out parts that favor Chris and put down the wife's family but they didn't. Traces of his flesh and blood, and denim and polyester fibers consistent with the jacket and jeans were found on the bullet. 2020 UNSOLVED MAGAZINE All Rights Reserved. There was no sexual contact, not even a lap dance. His wife Kimberly and their three children were killed, and he is an American man who was found guilty of the crime. He genuinely appeared unaware that his family had been killed. !Go listen to Episode 17 of Court Junkie for a more fact/evidence based account. While prosecutors flashed grisly photos of his wife and three young children slumped dead and bleeding in the family SUV, Christopher Vaughn sat expressionless, calmly jotting notes. Five years later, Chris was convicted of murdering his family and is now serving four life sentences. In addition to Jandura, two other firefighters, two Channahon police officers and Kimberly's mother, Susan Phillips, testified. The gun was thrust into his jacket above the right pocket for the second shot. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 'Murder in Illinois' also explores the details of Chris Vaughn's family. He spent over $4,000 on one stripper during two visits a week apart. He told investigators he had been too busy to read the magazine. Even more compelling evidence supporting a murder-suicide came over a year after Chris was arrested when the Food and Drug Administration recommended a black box warning for a risk of suicidal behavior for the medicine Kimberly was taking to treat her stress-induced migraine headaches. There was a life insurance policy on his wife worth a million dollars, but if Chris was motivated by money, why would he leave a job that paid him $200,000 a year to hike into the wilderness to live off nature? (CBS), Neighbors and friends created a memorial outside It also said he felt ashamed because he failed to protect his children and would have shot Kimberly if she hadnt done it herself. She was athletic and played volleyball. whose wife and three children were found fatally shot in the His wife passed a certification course and practiced shooting at a Seattle range. "Mr. Vaughn likes writing poetry. His wife, Kimberly, 34, was in the front passenger seat, slumped over the center console with a single contact gunshot wound under her chin. On Saturday, Vaughn was arrested in St. Charles and Murder in Illinois follows the complicated circumstances that led to Vaughn's conviction, as well as the forensic evidence his supporters believe proves his innocence- in . He wore the same outfit to shoot at the range the night before, that gave him the gunshot residue, she was not a good shot, could not handle the recoil, yet she turns half way and fires off great shots? Instead, the trip turned into a bloody scene with Vaughn's wife and children all dying after being shot, leaving Vaughn as the sole survivor. But Chris specialty was computer forensics. Vaughn shot them all on a secluded section of the Interstate 55 frontage road just outside Channahon, Mills said. Will the strippers get two episodes to tell their story? family. The contact wound under her chin was a classic sign of self-infliction. As he went to check the carrier on the roof, Vaughn said, he felt pain in his leg and noticed he was bleeding as he got back in the car. Pritzkers press secretary declined to comment. I tried to explain it awaymaybe they are really young?maybe they couldn't figure out a better way to begin the podcast?Maybe I have to fold all this laundry and I have nothing else to listen to , so I am just going to let it go? Murder of the wife and children in the suburbs, Kimberly. NL VFW Friday Fish Fry. Only a driver trying to surprise passengers would have to pull over, how could she fire multiple shots into three kids without him trying to stop her? Check local listings to see where you can watch. The States Attorney was also convinced that the barrel of the gun had been forcefully jammed underneath Kimberly Vaughns chin, based on his interpretation of what they called a snowman like soot impression on the bottom of Kimberlys chin. Christopher Vaughn was convicted nine years ago for the murder of his wife and three kids, who were found shot to death inside the family's SUV, parked near Channahon in 2007. Lenard objected to the death scene photos being left on the television screen for long periods of time. Family life: Christopher Vaughn, 37, with his wife Kimberly and children (left to right) Cassandra, 11, Blake, eight, and Abigayle, 12. Abigayle had been shot near the right eye and in her right lower chest. He turns 47 on Sept. 26. Ugh, just had to turn it off mid way through episode 2. When the mom says one of the daughters was a lot like Kim except she was warm and loving it made me irate. ", After the sentencing, Kimberly's family hugged and shook hands with investigators. Husband and father Chris Vaughn was found limping away from his SUV along a highway with two non-fatal gunshot wounds during the early morning of June 14, 2007. He had two survivable gunshot wounds. I dont know the family, but Kimberly baby-sat my husband and his brother when they were little. There is a swipe mark on the latch, which corresponds with the transfer stain on his wifes right thumb. Here is a look at some of the evidence and motives law enforcement have explored during the course of their investigation. His . List used a revolver and a semi-automatic handgun to end the lives of his wife, Helen (46); his mother, Alma (84); and his children, Patricia (16), Frederick (13), and John Frederick (15). She told police he only wanted to talk. When I was around the back of the truck, heading back towards my door, it sounded like the inside of the truck was exploding. (CBS), Christopher Vaughn, What's so unbelievable about all of this is that Archie actually convinced a group of friends that killing 7 people would bring baby Craig back from the dead! Vaughn told investigators the family had been on its way to a water park in Springfield. The long-dormant Vaughn case has resurfaced through an iHeart Radio podcast, Murder in Illinois. An episode on Thursday offered a new theory of what happened in the Vaughn familys SUV while it was parked in a secluded area along a frontage road near Interstate 55 and Bluff Road. The children were shot once in the head and once in the chest. Then, with clinical "precision," he put two bullets each in Abigayle, Cassandra and Blake, in that order, she said. The Vaughn family murders in Illinois in 2007 have long divided those interested in the crimes. Why would a father simply sit there after being shot and allow his wife to shoot and kill the kids and then herself without doing anything to prevent it? Prosecutors said that in the 14 hours he spent there, Vaughn stuck to the story that he had only a vague recollection of what happened in the SUV. This could be due to my lack of search skills. After listening to family members semi deify him, I wanted to read the facts against the man. The prosecution said he had shoved the gun under his wife's chin and killed her first, before turning . At some of the scenes where the Rhoden family was killed, investigators did find . After visiting a new doctor who specialized in osteopathic medicine, Kim wrote that her new doctor told her, stopping the migraine medication will also help stop my anxiety . I just started listening to the podcast, "Murder in Illinois Who Killed the Vaughn Family?". Had he known this he would have taken her off the medication right away. Shelli Wiley was killed on a cold October morning in 1985 in Laramie, Wyo., just before the sun rose. She married Christopher Vaughn in 1994. All of the stains tested, including the latch, proved Chris was the source of the blood, meaning that his wifes seatbelt had been latched at the time that her husband was shot. I came here for this!!! Christopher Vaughn (second from left) sits with his family in his Oswego home before they were murdered in 2007. Plans changed when Chris landed a job with Chicago-based Navigant. That made it a little more personal for me, but I would have been thoroughly grossed out regardless. I forgot, his co worker said they went out on a work trip, partied, came back to the hotel at 1AM and later Chris said he went back out, returned at 5AM and chris eluded to things getting wild during that time. Agent Name: CHRISTOPHER VAUGHN Address: 815 FIRST AVE #105 City: SEATTLE, WA 98104 2007 . Nearly nine years after a judge handed four life terms to an Oswego man for the murders of his wife and three children, an effort is underway to free the person convicted of one of suburban Chicagos most troubling crimes, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. Meanwhile, a producer for the Dr. Phil show said there are plans to tape an episode about the Vaughn case Sept. 15. Why not ask how they are, why are you not upset that you cant remember? Plus, hear from the former Assistant State's Attorney who believes Chris is right where he belongs. I felt like I needed some balance or to just clean my palate. None of this makes any logical sense. I went down a Google rabbit hole in trying to figure out what case this guy had for his innocence, and it's a really tough one to figure. Vaughn happened to use the same gun to practice shooting at a range the night before the killings, Mills mentioned. Christopher Vaughn wanted to live in perfect freedom in the Canadian wilderness, prosecutors said, but instead he will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Will County judge sentenced him to four consecutive life terms Tuesday for the murders of Vaughn's wife and three children. other than pointing to drugs there is Nothing to lead any reasonable person to believe Kim shot anyone. To this day he maintains no memory of what occurred that tragic day 20 years ago. "He's going to get the opposite of what he wants," Weiss said. Camren Wynter hit a three-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to give Penn State a 68-65 victory against Northwestern. Blake had been shot in the forehead and near his left underarm indicating he had raised his arm defensively. said she always spoke highly of her family. Previously running for mayor and a beloved activist. as if that means anything. family's sports utility vehicle June 14, in Channahon, Ill., is .In this bonus episode I look at a letter written by Chris Vaughn; a man convicted and sentenced to four consecutive life terms for the murders of his wife, Kimberly, and children, Abigayle, Cassandra, 00:14:34. A documentary murder mystery about the filmmaker's family, set in lower Alabama. He said he wanted the family to be taken care of financially. The jury returned the verdicts Monday, a few hours after hearing from prosecutors and lawyers for the former cattle truck driver. The sergeant tells him: 'Say their names. He would be tried and convicted of their murders. , Your post contains more evidence than the seven hours of this podcast so far. Kimberly, and three kids, Abigayle, Cassandra and Blake. RELATED: Jurors hear about Lakewood murder linked by DNA to 1984 killing of Bennett family Contact 9NEWS reporter Kevin Vaughan with tips about this or any story: kevin.vaughan@9news.com or 303 . . She set up a total financial package, but when she suggested insuring the lives of his children, Chris declined. Kimberly Ellen Vaughn, 34, and her three children, Abigayle Elizabeth Vaughn, 12; Cassandra Ellen Vaughn, 11; and Blake Philip Vaughn, 8; all of Oswego, were found shot to death in an SUV in far southwest suburban Channahon Township. I am not sure how you get past this fact. The jury had been considering the case for barely about an hour when they found him guilty. She was one of Susans three daughters with Del, an attorney. Why take a shot like that at a dead woman?! Created after PI Paul Ciolino obtained a confession that freed Anthony Porter from death row in 1999, the fund was intended to provide resources for proving innocence before trial rather than after conviction. The Will County State's Attorney's office originally sought the death penalty, which has since been abolished in Illinois. Gone was the Capital Litigation Trust Fund, a $20 million statewide fund created as one of the reforms to level the playing field by providing funding for defense experts, investigators, and experienced criminal defense attorneys. The boy was with his mother, Meghan, and two other brothers when they were involved in a road rage. His jacket had holes in it that suggested it was bunched around the gun when fired. He allegedly got into the family SUV, where his wife and children were waiting, after getting harmed. Vaughn told him, I believe my wife just shot me. The man called 911, police were dispatched around 5:15 a.m., and they found the bodies of Vaughns family in a Ford Expedition parked in a gravel path beside a cellphone tower. first-degree murder in the deaths. Police then used trickery to illicit a confession. Blake, 8, a kind-hearted boy who loved baseball and had an outsized vocabulary, was slain last, apparently after raising his arms in self-defense. 2007 the Vaughn family- Christopher, his wife Kimberly and their three children . At one point in the intensive questioning, he crumples up a picture of his eight-year-old son, Blake, and throws it into the corner of the room. In the early morning hours of June 14, 2007, a man in Will County, Illinois, waved down a pick-up truck on a frontage road near I-55. Kimberly, Christophers spouse, and their three kids were discovered dead inside the SUV, though. The rod pointed in the direction of the passenger seat. During his second inspection of the vehicle, Haag attached a laser to the end of the dowel rod and was able, with the tip of his finger, to demonstrate that the shot that struck Cassandra had been fired from the passenger seat, Kimberly was seated. Ending 12-hour video interview, Vaughn crumpled up son's photo, Footage from video of intense 14-hour police interview, Crumples up photo of eight-year-old son and throws it into corner, Will not even say the names of his dead wife and three children. Eight months later, a jury deliberated 30 minutes before finding Chris guilty. "48. I had the exact same feelings about the podcast. Hall was sentenced to death by electrocution in May 1945 and executed on January 4, 1946. yesmagazine.org. None of the evidence they say prove his innocence has been discussed so its pretty frustrating to listen to the constant derision of a murder victim and her family. She had unbuckled her own seatbelt to reach back to shoot her three children. (By Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune), Investigators collect evidence from the Vaughn On Monday, Vaughn was wearing a tan jacket and white collared shirt. Crime Scene Reconstruction and Blood Stain Pattern Analysis: The Case of Christopher Vaughn By Bill Clutter Director of Investigations, "Investigating Innocence" The Scene of the Crime Around 5:20 a.m. on June 14, 2007, a man driving to work along the frontage road of Interstate 55 south of Joliet, Illinois encountered Christopher Vaughn, 32, limping At one point, Sergeant Gary Lawson asks Vaughn what he thought the person who had killed his family deserved. Will County States Attorney James Glasgow. Clutter also previously suggested that Vaughn had dissociative amnesia. 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Were ready for anything that occurs, Glasgow said. There was no bruising around the margins of the skin. He pulled the Expedition over, got out under the guise of checking a cargo compartment on the roof of the SUV, grabbed his wife through the open passenger window, stuck a pistol under her chin and blew her brains out, Mills said. Dead. It was only after police showed him the photos of his dead family that he began to refer to them in the past tense. Murder in Illinois: With Lauren Bright Pacheco. When investigators arrived at the scene, they noticed blood stains on the strap of the seatbelt. He said her big change in personality was of concern to him. He moved the family to Oswego, Illinois. We hear about inconsistencies, such as when the murder weapon was transported to the morgue, covered with cloth, and then washed. In 1991, she received her high school diploma from St. Charles West. . Most likely from when he placed the gun at her feet. There was no struggle for the weapon. CAUTION, CRIME SCENE PHOTOS! After pulling over, the motorist phoned 911, and the man was rushed to hospital. I sincerely hope Kims friends and family never listen to this. TELL DR. PHIL YOUR STORY: Are you involved in a story making headlines? Police investigators used this in their affidavit for probable cause, concluding that his statement of having looked down at his leg and then exiting the vehicle to summon help was inconsistent with the evidence of his wifes blood on the back of his jacket. This evidence suggested he was seated as his wife was bleeding and he leaned back, pressing the jacket against the leather seat, making contact with the secondary spatter stains. The prosecution argued to the jury that nowhere in these emails was any hint of suicidal ideation. Elizabeth, another sister, and Jennifer, Kimberlys twin, were both there. Cassandra was shot in the middle of her forehead and in her chest. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. 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