For the first few months, I had assumed this would be a sentencing case. Vaughn is accused of gunning down his wife, Kimberly, and children, Abigayle or 'Abbi', 12, Cassandra or 'Sandi', 11, and Blake, in the family in SUV in June 2007. The . That was really off putting. . Prosecutors said blood evidence suggested Vaughn was moving over Kimberlys body after her death, and none of it pointed to a struggle. Chris Vaughn and his family are driving to a water park when their lives are tragically ended in a roadside shooting. To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com. Jurors found Vaughn guilty of the June 14, 2007, murders of his wife Kimberly, 34, and their children: 12-year-old Abigayle, 11-year-old Cassandra, and 8-year-old Blake. family. Prosecutors say Vaughn of Oswego killed his wife and three children in . .I froze and I looked down and my leg was bleeding. To have that memory in his mind of what happened next would be too painful to bear. Plans changed when Chris landed a job with Chicago-based Navigant. This podcast is an attempt to give the Vaughn family a platform to besmirch their dead daughter in law and grandchildren. Each of his childrenBlake, 12, Abigayle, 11, and Cassandra, 8was found in the back passenger seat of the car with two bullet wounds. 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. 'Today I lost everything,' Vaughn says on the video, later referring to how tired he is. The defense experts we recruited for trial were flushed down the drain. A federal court has overturned the 1991 conviction and death sentence of Von Lester Taylor, pictured here. Then, see some truly haunting murder scenes from the streets of old New York. Vaughn murdered his family members, prosecutors say, because he saw them as obstacles to his dream of a new life in Canada. After hiding a handgun under her chin, Kimberly Vaughn was shot in the head. One symptom of experiencing a traumatic event is the freeze-response. His statement to police I froze is exactly what may have happened. It seems like the family was dead set on focusing on the negative with Kim and her family. It's believed the killings began around 12:45 p.m., but they weren't discovered for nearly 12 hours. Murder in Illinois has taken heavy criticism for its generally negative portrayal of Kimberly and her family. Like does that make her a bad person? Not buying it. By
When they latched the seat belt, the large bloodstain was located right at the point where the latch came together. Though Vaughn claimed not to remember details of the shooting, he contended that he pulled the Expedition off the highway when Kimberly said she was feeling sick. His . Tuesday, June 9, 2020 The Christopher Vaughn Murder Case Christopher Vaughn, a 32-year-old former private investigator who specialized in cyber-crime detection and computer security, lived with his wife and their three children in Oswego, Illinois, a suburban community of 30,000 west of Chicago. Lol, Gave up early on as the host seemed to be going seriously Sarah Koenig on Mr Vaughn, Im not going to take anyone seriously if they hit me with the very silly he didnt have a killers eyes crap. There was no sexual contact, not even a lap dance. Vaughn's family murder occurred on June 14th, 2007. In 2012, an Illinois court convicted Vaughn of murdering Kimberly and their three children. 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. The psychiatrist said he was using the present tense when he talked about his wife and children. 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. Initially, it was believed that he had unbuckled his wifes seat belt after he shot her. This could be due to my lack of search skills. No Cover, Public Welcome 21+, 35th Annual Arts, Crafts and Food Festival, Mark Skorusa Loan Originator powered by Rocket Mortgage NMLS #2347622, Turano Bread Truck Engulfed In Flames On I-55, Video Of Surrendering Man Killed By Will Co. Sniper Won't Be Released, Taste Of Joliet: Tyler Hubbard, Mitchell Tenpenny For Country Night, Multiple Bomb Threat For Joliet's Hollywood Casino, Angry Gunman Confronts Homeowner On Ingalls: Cops. The mistake he made, they told him, was parking the vehicle under the cell phone tower. Ahhhhh. But despite Mills' claims, Lenard contended "the evidence will show Mr. Vaughn did not pull the trigger in the vehicle that day his family passed away.". The Oswego man, now 38, murdered his family in 2007 after pulling their SUV off Interstate 55 onto an isolated frontage road near Channahon on the way to what he said was a surprise trip to a . He was convicted and they should keep Kims name out of their mouths.
She had sex with her bf, why dont they have equal responsibility in the pregnancy? While Vaughn might come off as cold-hearted or callous, Lenard asked jurors not use the accused quadruple-murderer's demeanoror eccentricitiesagainst him. She slumped toward the drivers seat and a river of blood flowed onto the center console, causing secondary spatter stains on the side of the drivers seat adjacent to the center console. However, the DNA report contradicted his testimony. The bag was still sitting on the table untouched about an hour later. If he isnt guilty why wasnt he looking for who did it? Vaughn's initial statement revealed an outlandish story he would cling to during the course of his defense. The ISP crime scene investigator documented in his report that the bullet that struck Cassandra, seated in the middle between her two siblings, exited through the back of her seat and lodged in the rear cargo seat. When the man asked if he had been in a motorcycle accident, or if he had been stabbed, he replied, No, I think my wife shot me. The first entrance hole was the front right pocket; the second an exit hole near the back bottom left side of the jacket. (Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune). Kims sister paints a picture of a person who wanted to be a good mom, good wife, a good person. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, (DSM-IV), I found a condition known as Dissociative Amnesia, a form of memory loss caused when a person witnesses a traumatic event. A Drug Hit. Kimberly, and three kids, Abigayle, Cassandra and Blake. Christopher Vaughn, of Oswego, Illinois, is seen in his police interview declining to even say the names of his murdered three children and wife. ", After the sentencing, Kimberly's family hugged and shook hands with investigators. . But what we see on the left thumb is seepage of blood from the wound, creating large patterns of passive blood drops. His children, 12-year-old Abigayle . But he also has parents and his wife, Kimberly Vaughn, had parents she left behind who haven't yet spoken to Lauren regarding the case. The interpretation of blood stains on Kimberlys lap and upper legs indicate she was leaning over the gun when it was fired, which further supports a suicide. It was only after police showed him the photos of his dead family that he began to refer to them in the past tense. My hand shook badly. I dont know the family, but Kimberly baby-sat my husband and his brother when they were little. Back spatter is defined as a fine mist of blood that travels away from the entrance wound and creates a conical shaped pattern of blood stains usually measuring less than a millimeter in diameter. Now, its clearly wrong.. After getting back inside the car, he said, I looked over and thought I saw a gun, but I knew that was impossible why does Kim have a gun? Christopher Vaughn is an American man convicted of the murder of his wife, Kimberly, and the couple's three children in June 14, 2007. His family, Abigayle, 12, Cassandra, 11, and Blake, 8, were found dead, seated together in the rear passenger seat, each shot twice. ), and the state had ballistic evidence that appears convincing. Chris revolver was lying on the floorboard near her feet. He posted wistful Internet messages about building a cabin and. He then fell 'head-first' out of the vehicle and stumbled down the road until he flagged down a passing motorist, he said. the Vaughn family's Oswego home. Shelli Wiley was killed on a cold October morning in 1985 in Laramie, Wyo., just before the sun rose. 'Whatever they did, they deserve back,' said Vaughn. He told a nurse, You should call my wife. They both would have turned 40 next month. Had he known this he would have taken her off the medication right away. So the mind blocks it out. first-degree murder in the The Hargon family were no strangers to tragedy; Michael's family father, Haywood Hargin, had been murdered in a robbery in 1994 at the family's grocery store. Vaughn's restraints made a clanking sound as he appeared to wipe his eye during the testimony, his only outward sign of emotion during the hearing. Another incriminating fact was Chris visit to a strip club near OHare Airport two nights before his family was killed. Convicted of murder after a two-day trial in May 1945, Hall was sentenced to death. Prosecutors said Vaughn shoved his Taurus handgun under Kimberlys chin from outside the SUV and shot her, then reached over her to shoot his children. Most of their commentary was so unnecessary. That's the way Christopher Vaughn is.". But Chris specialty was computer forensics. In August of 2012, five years after his arrest before his family's funeral in June 2007, Christopher Vaughn's murder trail began. , Your post contains more evidence than the seven hours of this podcast so far. I have read some of the flood of news articles following the Chris Vaughn trial. Kimberly's mother, Susan Phillips, called Vaughn "a selfish coward" who chose not to just leave or divorce his wife but to "destroy the very best thing that he had, a loving wife and three amazing children" and cause her family enormous pain. Weiss said he was haunted for a time by what he saw the day of the murders, struggling to sleep or concentrate. The podcast is currently on the second episode and has shown the case from the view of Chris Vaughn's supporters. The nit picking of the family is BEYOND! 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. In this video, I visit the location where they we. Theyre real people.' The Murdaugh family. On Saturday, Vaughn was arrested in St. Charles and He said, Every time I would come up with something that the evidence would suggest or support or you would be able to at least follow the evidence to come to a logical conclusion, basically I was just given some other crazy way that this could have occurred or they would change their theory of what happened to try to match the evidence rather than letting the evidence dictate to you the events that occurred. To this day he maintains no memory of what occurred on the day of the murders. Evidence will show that Vaughn planned to take off and live in the Yukon wilderness, Mills said, and that before going "he wanted to be without any obligations.". Lenard objected to the death scene photos being left on the television screen for long periods of time. Kimberly, Christophers spouse, and their three kids were discovered dead inside the SUV, though. There is a transfer stain of blood on the inside of Kimberlys right thumb. 'They're gone. The police questioned Vaughn in hospital. DNA testing later invalidated a misinterpretation of blood stain evidence, which the State used to establish probable cause to arrest Chris. A prosecutor said that, if Vaughn had been wearing the jacket when the holes were made near the right front pocket and in the back, he might not be here today.. Vaughn shot them all on a secluded section of the Interstate 55 frontage road just outside Channahon, Mills said. Christopher Vaughn was convicted of killing his wife and three young children after their bodies were found in the family's SUV just off I-55 in Channahon. They noted that he had to have been seated inside the vehicle when his wife was shot and killed, yet he failed to remember his wife and kids being killed. 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. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Also this past weekend on 07/25/21, the afternoon radio host (WGN Radio) was discussing the horrific "crime of the century" when Richard Speck brutally murdered 8 nurses in Chicago (07/14/1966). On Monday, Vaughn was wearing a tan jacket and white collared shirt. Kimberly suffered an angle-contact gunshot wound under her chin, records show. The family all dressed in water park attire because thats where they believed they were going. I just started listening to the podcast, "Murder in Illinois Who Killed the Vaughn Family?". I may need to up my standards. When he got back inside the car, he saw that his leg was bleeding, so he got out again and proceeded to walk up the road to get help. After Earnest Lee Hargon killed his cousin and cousin's wife, he tightened a rope around the neck of the couple's 4-year-old son, tied a knot and walked away as the child died, prosecutors said . After she enrolled in her online class, Kimberly began to experience migraine headaches that her doctor attributed to stress. The Oswego family was reportedly taking a day trip to a water park in Springfield when Christopher Vaughn left Interstate 55 and drove onto a frontage road when his wife became ill. I really couldnt believe what I was hearing. I am not sure how you get past this fact. family's sports utility vehicle June 14, in Channahon, Ill., is Cassandra was shot in the middle of her forehead and in her chest. Charles, Mo. (CBS), Christopher Vaughn, Given the fact that the wifes chin wound was directly above this, it was assumed that she had been the source of this blood. Spatter on left hand, thats blowback from the angle, IMO. He had a fair trial. A group that supports unjust convictions, Investigating Innocence, is looking into the matter. His lawyers claim his wife was distraught over troubles in her marriage and killed the children, wounded Vaughn and then committed suicide. 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? After pulling over, the motorist phoned 911, and the man was rushed to hospital. You killed them. She then turned the gun on herself and fired. Feb. 28, 2023. 'The only thing I can think is that Kim somehow got a hold of my gun,' Vaughn said. 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. lastly, its SO weird that his parents say things like accident they left all the odd terminology regarding the murders struck me as super weird. Just because you feel inferior academically doesnt mean someone is else is forcing that superiority on you. Christopher Vaughn and his family were driving from Oswego to Knights Action Park in Springfield in 2007, but they never made it. It was his blood that bled onto her buckled seat belt. I am in the middle of the 9 part podcast about the Vaughn family murders. November 27, 2012 / 10:33 AM / CBS Chicago. The children were shot once in the head and once in the chest. The blood evidence on the back of his jacket suggested he was seated in the drivers seat at the time his wife suffered the fatal contact wound under her chin. and her employer said she took the job to be close to her kids, took them swimming the night before, not at all the depiction of the bad mom The in-laws were trying to portray. I couldnt drive the truck. 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We have many I was already put off by the "he looked too nice to be guilty", but the second episode was downright inappropriate. But there is more than just stress involved here. Vaughn told investigators the family had been on its way to a water park in Springfield. Homicidal and Suicidal Behavior Induced by Prescription Medications. Heres some of whats on our to-do list. It makes me feel less alone that many of you felt the weight of listening to his family talk so positively about a man that is convicted of such a abhorrent crime. And Vaughn certainly did not betray his feelings or emotions as prosecutors repeatedly projected ghastly images of Vaughn's wife, Kimberly, 34, and children Blake, 8, Cassandra, 11, and Abigayle, 12 on a large, flat-screen television. I think that is what drove me to seek out some discussion and resulted in my post. His insurance agent told me she had suggested they take out a life insurance policy as part of sound financial planning. And in Stone, Vaughn has enlisted the same attorney who represents Marni Yang, the woman convicted of killing the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle another case being challenged. Angelo Ciaravino and Richard Zoller both have a way of getting their Mount Carmel teammates and the crowd fired up. She doesnt talk much, he jumps up to help, the hadnt started dinner, she helped her mother make dinner, you showed up without notice and got mad you were not welcomed? At some of the scenes where the Rhoden family was killed, investigators did find . Jurors found Vaughn guilty of the June 14, 2007, murders of his wife Kimberly, 34, and their children: 12-year-old Abigayle, 11-year-old Cassandra, and 8-year-old Blake. . In the days following the murders, investigators searched the Oswego home of the Vaughn family, confiscating computers and other evidence. The next night, Archie and his buddies went out in search of victim number one. His jacket had holes in it that suggested it was bunched around the gun when fired. why cant the family feel pride in academic achievements? Whats become of Christopher Vaughn? Family Annihilation: The Vaughn Family Murders. By analyzing the blood evidence on the wifes right thumb, it all comes together to prove it was the wife who unbuckled her own seatbelt, after her husband had been shot. He noted that hes previously dismissed murder cases when he found he could no longer prove them. Ok. That spring he went on a vacation alone to explore the Yukon. . Chris Regis, the former prosecutor who gave part of the closing argument at Vaughns trial, is now corporation counsel for the City of Joliet. . But in Vaughns case, he said the evidence was overwhelming.. Accused Family Killer Christopher Vaughn Read Articles About Staging Crime Scenes: Prosecutors Updated: Monday, 27 Jun 2011, The documents show the Vaughn family s trip to Knight s Water Park in Springfield also was planned the night before the murders, reached after Vaughn s wife accused him of spending too little time with their kids. 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. He also said Kimblery was taking medication for migraine headaches and an antidepressant that may have made her suicidal. The prosecution said he had shoved the gun under his wife's chin and killed her first, before turning . There was no bruising around the margins of the skin. Kimberly Vaughn, 34, who had recently completed an online degree in criminal justice, was killed first, prosecutors said. Wont listen to any other podcasts by this host. They released Blackie. He allegedly murdered his family so he could move to a . His case seems to be that the ballistics did not 100% line up with the state's theory. In some cases the memory may be restored days later, or not at all, according to the DSM-IV. 'I could warm them up for you if you want. The best defense evidence was developed when we went to inspect the family vehicle stored in the old Joliet Penitentiary. Emma Reynolds
The parents of family annihilators have taken this tactic more times than I can count, but theyre rarely given a supportive, one-sided platform to air their grievances against their dead daughter-in-law (who is also the mother of their presumably beloved grandchildren). Its worth mentioning that when Christopher was interviewed by police they suggested that he had been stressed out, which caused him to shoot and kill his family. Camren Wynter hit a three-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to give Penn State a 68-65 victory against Northwestern. I just started listening to the podcast, "Murder in Illinois Who Killed the Vaughn Family?". Researchers reopened the Michael Francke Murder in . The night before the killings, Vaughn also visited a shooting range, according to trial testimony. Agent Name: CHRISTOPHER VAUGHN Address: 815 FIRST AVE #105 City: SEATTLE, WA 98104 2007 . He turns 47 on Sept. 26. Will County States Attorney James Glasgow. as if that means anything. When I was around the back of the truck, heading back towards my door, it sounded like the inside of the truck was exploding. It was a sickening feeling, as the architect of our defense experts and strategy, watching the case swirling around the toilet bowl. 10. With the children asleep in the back seat, Vaughn pulled the vehicle over because his wife, taking a new migraine medication, thought she was going to be sick, he told the detectives. He said her big change in personality was of concern to him. Richard Kling, another veteran Chicago defense attorney, confirmed he is part of the effort. No one owes them anything. He also objectedwhile the jury was out of the courtroomto photos taken of Kimberly and the children when they were still alive being shown on the screen. Murder in Illinois is a true crime podcast that examines the 2007 case of Chris Vaughn who was arrested and convicted of the murders of his wife and three children. 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