Zach LaVine finished with a game-high 41 points, DeMar DeRozan added 21 and Patrick Beverley had a double-double with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. In 2004, Chris purchased a 9mm Taurus and joined the Washington Association of Legal Investigators (WALI). In this case, the seatbelt latch was soaked with Chriss blood. To this day he maintains no memory of what occurred on the day of the murders. I have read some of the flood of news articles following the Chris Vaughn trial. . His jacket had holes in it that suggested it was bunched around the gun when fired. 2007-02-15 Stephen Willott, was e-mail friend who planned to live in Canadian wilderness with Chris Vaughn 08/31/12 "Friend: Christopher Vaughn wanted simple life away from government, people" The ISP CSI described how the phenomenon of tunnel vision infected the Vaughn case. Eight months later, a jury deliberated 30 minutes before finding Chris guilty. The evidence was overwhelming and conclusive. But the father does not respond. Why take a shot like that at a dead woman?! Prosecutors said Vaughn had hoped to disappear into the Canadian wilderness, pointing to emails hed exchanged with a Canadian man hed met online. 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. Vaughn got out of the family SUV to look at the luggage rack on the roof. I am not sure how you get past this fact. "No, thank you," he told Judge Daniel Rozak in a soft voice. But at one point in the tape, a weary and disheveled Vaughn is seen saying: 'I couldnt have done this; she couldnt have done this.'. After pulling over, the motorist phoned 911, and the man was rushed to hospital. Its unlikely that Vaughns recollection of the murders from 2007 was useful. He posted wistful Internet messages about building a cabin and. John List. charged with eight counts of. 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. very fascinating. Prosecutors will continue playing portions of interviews with Vaughn today. 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. 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. See for yourself in the gallery of colorized vintage crime scene photos -- whether New York or elsewhere, whether gangland or other -- above. DNA testing later invalidated a misinterpretation of blood stain evidence, which the State used to establish probable cause to arrest Chris. In 2007, Chris Vaughn was arrested during a funeral for his wife and three children. Kim fired at me. Joliet Drug Dealer Arrested On Briggs Street: Police, Walgreens Pharmacist Attacked After Man Visits Wrong Store: JPD. When the mom says one of the daughters was a lot like Kim except she was warm and loving it made me irate. To this day he maintains no memory of what occurred that tragic day 20 years ago. Approved by the FDA to treat epilepsy and seizures, Topamax has an off label use for the treatment of migraine headaches. 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. Most who knew the family described Chris as quiet and mild mannered, an introvert. However, a state police ballistic expert from ISP crime lab who was present when he made this remark disputed this chauvinistic assumption saying that her own hand was able to test fire the weapon with no difficulty. Mr. Vaughn is quirky. The case took another turn on Sept. 7, 2021, when PEOPLE reported that members of Alex's law firm had confronted him about missing money on Sept. 3 . Abigayle had been shot near the right eye and in her right lower chest. To keep creating And so far no actual evidence that might show innocence, just story after story of all the stuff they did outside (???) UPDATED: 8/20/2011 - 4:46 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Jurors in Christopher Vaughn's family murder trial were shown graphic photos of the defendant's dead wife and three children, and prosecutors . 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. 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. He then. His family, Abigayle, 12, Cassandra, 11, and Blake, 8, were found dead, seated together in the rear passenger seat, each shot twice. The trial of a father accused of killing his family yesterday reached a dramatic moment when the jury were shown a bizarre video of the man refusing to look at photos of his children after they were shot. Both medications were detected in the toxicology testing conducted at autopsy. November 27, 2012 / 10:33 AM / CBS Chicago. Another showed the three children, who were settled under blankets and on pillows for the long, early-morning ride to Springfield, dead together in the backseat of the SUV. Have the Vaughns considered that the reason their in laws didn't want to visit them is because they are jerks? What the actual?! Not buying it. 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. The shots to the children in the back seat came from over the left shoulder of the front passenger seat, where Kimberly was found, records show. Judge Clifton Newman agreed on . Plans changed when Chris landed a job with Chicago-based Navigant. He replied, Well, it would increase the risk of suicidal thoughts.. If these were self-inflicted injuries, why shoot yourself twice? the ISP CSI asked. 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? . Was he responsible? @iheartradio needs to pull this disgrace of a podcast and issue an apology to the Phillips. Raw and intimate, HBO's new four-part docuseries Murder on Middle Beach follows new filmmaker Madison Hamburg as he attempts to solve the murder of his mother Barbara, who was attacked in her own front yard in Connecticut in 2010. family. I can breathe again. Clutter has previously written that a transfer blood stain on Kimberlys right thumb all comes together to prove it was the wife who unbuckled her own seatbelt, after her husband had been shot., That was my working theory at the time, Clutter said Thursday. Clutter, founder of Investigating Innocence, said a crime-scene reconstruction has shown Vaughn couldnt have unbuckled his wifes seat belt. Shortly after Chris Vaughn was discovered limping down a highway with two gunshot wounds in the early morning hours of June 14, 2007, his wife and kids were found in their SUV shot to death. He said her big change in personality was of concern to him. the forensics and all circumstantial evidence, including Chris own words and online conversations point to one scenario, hes a family annihilator . Kim looked at me and said, You will not take my kids. Chris revolver was lying on the floorboard near her feet. He allegedly murdered his family so he could move to a . Sept. 5, 2021. He had a fair trial. Vaughn was charged with their murders. 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. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Wtf would you blame the deceaseds mother! The defense experts we recruited for trial were flushed down the drain. 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. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 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. The . The bullet passed within a fraction of an inch over his penis and scrotum, entered the top of his left leg and exited through the side seam of his jeans. 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 . 10. Kimberly suffered an angle-contact gunshot wound under her chin, records show. When they extended the passenger seatbelt there was a heavy concentration of blood that had soaked through the fabric of the belt which had been concealed within the frame of the vehicle. I recommended that we appoint an expert in psychiatry to evaluate the statements Chris made to police. Be forewarned that some of the. 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). Beloved wife of Christopher Vaughn; beloved mother of Abigayle, Cassandra and Blake; beloved daughter of Del and Susan Phillips 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. In the video interview, he demonstrated raising his left arm between the gun and his head just as he noticed her pointing the gun at him. Whats become of Christopher Vaughn? The gun had not been jammed under her chin, as investigators initially suspected. first-degree murder in the deaths. The sergeant tells him: 'Say their names. Susan Phillips, right, mother of Kimberly Vaughn, and Kimberly's twin sister, Jennifer Ledbetter, spoke at Christopher Vaughn's sentencing Tuesday at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet. . His blood is on her side of the car. A jury took less than an hour in September 2012 to convict Christopher Vaughn at the end of a five-week trial that featured more than 80 witnesses. Then, later, he adds: 'She shot me, she shot the kids.'. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. I am making a list s a form of therapy. Mar 12, 2020, 9:30am PST. She was one of Susans three daughters with Del, an attorney. Chris handgun was found on the floor near his wifes feet. 'They're gone. A few years before, Chris Vaughn had started Stone Bridge Security, a licensed private detective agency in Bellevue, WA. The Will County board denied a completion budget and appointed a local attorney. There's circumstantial evidence that he was unhappy and wanted to leave his family, his story is sketchy as hell (he knew what happened at first, and then he had amnesia? The night before the killings, Vaughn also visited a shooting range, according to trial testimony. Check local listings to see where you can watch. whose wife and three children were found fatally shot in the They told him that after 911 cell phone towers were equipped with security cameras. It was then re-dated to reflect that it was finalized a day after the lead detective gave his factually inaccurate grand jury testimony. Caption: WICS. No longer alive, Chris.'. 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. !Go listen to Episode 17 of Court Junkie for a more fact/evidence based account. Key experts were never called to testify. "There can't be a more fitting end for him than that. I am interested in reading up on the case. After hiding a handgun under her chin, Kimberly Vaughn was shot in the head. I opened my door, saw the gun Kim was holding and jumped into my seat to grab it. in the shooting deaths of his wife, It was like my mind shut off . 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. At some of the scenes where the Rhoden family was killed, investigators did find . 'Abigayle, Blake,' the detective adds. He had re-secured the strap on the topper, got back into the vehicle, noticed that his leg was bleeding, but had no memory of being shot. It was a lonely life for Kimberly. Now, its clearly wrong.. But he always seemed unemotional. She had sex with her bf, why dont they have equal responsibility in the pregnancy? His lawyers claim his wife was distraught over troubles in her marriage and killed the children, wounded Vaughn and then committed suicide. 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 . 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. Charles, Mo. Christopher Vaughn and his family were driving from Oswego to Knights Action Park in Springfield in 2007, but they never made it. FORENSIC EVIDENCE OF MURDER-SUICIDE People v. Christopher Vaughn, Will County, IL No. 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. On the second day, when police pressed him to try to remember what happened by telling him do it for your children, he had a fragmentary memory. When he was questioned by detectives in the following days, Vaughn told them conflicting versions of how the shooting happened, Mills said, and video of the various interrogations will be shown to the jury. 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. 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. 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. On the case for four years, Chriss defense team, now preparing for trial, was yanked from the game. Researchers reopened the Michael Francke Murder in . "You could lock him up for 500 lifetimes and it would not compensate the victims in this case or the family members.". Our crime scene expert Tom Bevel used a dowel rod to determine the bullet trajectory. Later, under pressure, Vaughn is asked to guess what happened. They said he spent nearly $5,000 at a strip club in the days before the murders. 'Mandalorian' star Pedro Pascal, creators on new Grogu revelations and 'Last of Us' comparisons, Saved by the bell: Contestant ordered to keep mask on, in historic 'Masked Singer' first, Chris Pine admits 'it does look' like Harry Styles spit on him but this is what actually happened, Rebel Wilson 'collapsed' after Ramona Agruma proposal: 'I was so overwhelmed', Amy Grant recalls being 'so scared' to return to touring following serious bike accident. Susan Phillips, right, mother of Kimberly Vaughn, and Kimberly's twin sister, Jennifer Ledbetter, spoke at Christopher Vaughn's sentencing Tuesday at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet. Her chief complaint on the day she went to see the osteopath was for the onset of high anxiety. However, a DNA report from the ISP crime lab contradicted this theory. . Lenard objected to the death scene photos being left on the television screen for long periods of time. Spatter on left hand, thats blowback from the angle, IMO. So far, I have not found much Reddit discussion on it. Vaughn murdered his family members, prosecutors say, because he saw them as obstacles to his dream of a new life in Canada. . The letter said Vaughn trusted investigators to get to the truth. She married Christopher Vaughn in 1994. Heres some of whats on our to-do list. 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. I love how one of their complaints about the wife was that she wasnt outdoorsy. 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.". He was calm and did not display any signs of panic. Then, see some truly haunting murder scenes from the streets of old New York. The tragic incident took place on what should have been an exciting day at a local waterpark for the . Transfer stains occur when an object, like a thumb, comes into contact with a bloody object. SHARE Judge overturns Utah death row inmate Von Lester Taylor's double murder conviction. Without a good explanation, the appointed local attorney left a voice message to cancel the meeting and declined the assistance of the Center. It was around midnight when the parents of April Boss went looking for the 19 . He brutally murdered them in June 2007 The sergeant tells . February 15, 2007 (Thursday) . Chris Regis, the former prosecutor who gave part of the closing argument at Vaughns trial, is now corporation counsel for the City of Joliet. He allegedly got into the family SUV, where his wife and children were waiting, after getting harmed. He moved the family to Oswego, Illinois. She had no idea. Christopher Vaughn, of Oswego, Illinois, is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife and three children on June 14, 2007. Richard Kling, another veteran Chicago defense attorney, confirmed he is part of the effort. The bullet deflected off the watch and went out the drivers side window evidence that was consistent with the CSIs interpretation. His lawyers argued Kimberly shot him and the kids and then killed herself. A piece of his flesh was recovered around the margins of the exit hole of the back of the jacket. On the eventful day, a family of five from Oswego, Illinois, had piled into their red Ford Expedition for a surprise trip to a water park. Funding his defense reverted back to Will County. He chatted that he was testing out the fantasy of going off the grid for good. LBP should be ashamed of herself. Christopher Vaughn was sentenced on Nov. 26, 2012, to four consecutive life terms. Kimberly Phillips was born on December 12, 1972, to Del and Susan Phillips of Saint Charles, Missouri. The jury in Alex Murdaugh 's high-profile murder trial will visit the scene where his wife Maggie and son Paul were brutally gunned down in the summer of 2021. It was Christopher Vaughn, 32-year-old cyber crime and computer security investigator. The new medication guide advised patients to inform their doctor right away if they experienced anxiety while taking the medication. The lawyer W.W. Vaughan, with his wife and several of their children. I cannot believe his mom blames the other grandmother for subsequent pregnancies. On June 14, 2007, the Vaughn family from Oswego loaded up the family vehicle and headed for Springfield, IL to spend the day at Knight's Action Park. His . I just started listening to the podcast, "Murder in Illinois Who Killed the Vaughn Family?". 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. Interviewed by detectives, the only memory Chris had was that Kimberly wanted him to pull off the highway because she was feeling nauseous, a symptom of her stress-induced migraine headaches. Earnest Lee Hargon, 43, a former cattle truck driver and Michael Hargon's cousin, was charged Monday with capital murder in the deaths. 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. The case is currently putting me in mind of the Jeffrey MacDonald case. "It crushes my heart," she said of being separated from her sister. 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. He turns 47 on Sept. 26. 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. It didnt make sense that a guy, like Chris, an expert computer forensic investigator, would leave damaging evidence on his computer if he were contemplating killing his family. The program is hosted by Lauren Bright Pacheco who examines the complicated . But that's . Christopher Vaughn, of Oswego, Illinois, is seen in his police interview declining to even say the names of his murdered three children and wife. 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. The bag was still sitting on the table untouched about an hour later. Hall was sentenced to death by electrocution in May 1945 and executed on January 4, 1946. yesmagazine.org. My blood pressure explodes every week when another whiny, victim bashing, full of spin, low on facts episode is released. There was no sexual contact, not even a lap dance. Kims sister paints a picture of a person who wanted to be a good mom, good wife, a good person. The jury returned the verdicts Monday, a few hours after hearing from prosecutors and lawyers for the former cattle truck driver. Then, the surviving husband and father revealed that he had been getting threats. Try to get any leverage doing that, every mom knows you have to square up to do anything difficut from the passenger seat, they were mortgaged to the eyeballs, he was going to strip joints spending thousands, he was telling people he didnt have a wife or family, he was planning on going to live in the woods somewhere and was looking for a female companion to go with him, why would she have to have him pull over to shoot? A camera near the ceiling captures Vaughn fidgeting with the hospital gown he is wearing and sipping water from a blue paper cup as he calmly recalls awaking the children at 4am and telling them to get in the SUV for a surprise trip to a water park in Springfield. seen Friday leaving a funeral home after the visitation in St. Prosecutors said blood evidence suggested Vaughn was moving over Kimberlys body after her death, and none of it pointed to a struggle. He was leading a dual life. [1] All four members of the family were shot in their SUV while on the way to a Springfield, IL waterpark. At autopsy, the coroner was able to determine the orientation of the gun, based on the imprint of the guns site on Kimberlys chin. Christopher Vaughn, 32, is charged with eight counts of murder His three children had each been shot twice, and his wife had a single gunshot wound under her chin. , Your post contains more evidence than the seven hours of this podcast so far. The bullet was recovered from the motor of the drivers door window mechanism. When investigators arrived at the scene, they noticed blood stains on the strap of the seatbelt.
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