He described to the police how he and his family left their home at around five in the morning to go to a water park in Springfield. OBTAINING PUBLIC RECORDS The Peoples Right To Know. 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. I got back in to check the kids. 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. Before the death penalty went away, I was bringing in an expert to help explain this. The prosecution said he had shoved the gun under his wife's chin and killed her first, before turning . John List. That spring he went on a vacation alone to explore the Yukon. Was he responsible? 'Abigayle, Blake,' the detective adds. Vaughn got out of the family SUV to look at the luggage rack on the roof. Kimberly, and three kids, Abigayle, Cassandra and Blake. The DSM-IV gave an example that a person may suffer this condition if they are the sole survivor and witness their entire family die in an automobile crash. Public Welcome. 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.'. 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! He said Thursday he wants to find out when Vaughns memory returned. Wont listen to any other podcasts by this host. Joliet Drug Dealer Arrested On Briggs Street: Police, Walgreens Pharmacist Attacked After Man Visits Wrong Store: JPD. Theres also a low key misogynistic vibe throughout their entire monologue. Beloved wife of Christopher Vaughn; beloved mother of Abigayle, Cassandra and Blake; beloved daughter of Del and Susan Phillips "He's monotone. Charles, Mo. The Will County board denied a completion budget and appointed a local attorney. Analysis of the bloodstain patterns on her left hand provides more compelling evidence that her death was indeed, a suicide. 2020 UNSOLVED MAGAZINE All Rights Reserved. (CBS), Christopher Vaughn, !Go listen to Episode 17 of Court Junkie for a more fact/evidence based account. SHARE Judge overturns Utah death row inmate Von Lester Taylor's double murder conviction. But in Vaughns case, he said the evidence was overwhelming.. James Waybern Hall: The murderer known as "Big Jim" killed 4 people, including his wife, in Arkansas between 1944 and 1945. You have entered an incorrect email address! It seems like the family was dead set on focusing on the negative with Kim and her family. 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. That was really off putting. 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? Meanwhile, the man whose office oversaw the prosecution said Vaughn would go free when hell freezes over.. 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. 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. Eight months later, a jury deliberated 30 minutes before finding Chris guilty. Initially, it was believed that he had unbuckled his wifes seat belt after he shot her. family's sports utility vehicle June 14, in Channahon, Ill., is Plus, hear from the former Assistant State's Attorney who believes Chris is right where he belongs. She told police he only wanted to talk. It was his blood that bled onto her buckled seat belt. Here is a look at some of the evidence and motives law enforcement have explored during the course of their investigation. 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. 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. 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. "She's happy on the outside, but you'll see, ladies and gentleman, she was troubled on the inside," Lenard said. ), and the state had ballistic evidence that appears convincing. Christopher Vaughn and his family Christopher Vaughn's letter to his parents Murder in Illinois: The crime scene reconstruction: . Chris parents, Gail and Pierre, and private investigator Bill Clutter, all claim Chris is innocent and Clutter claims he has evidence to prove it. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. That stripped away resources to defend Vaughn. I can breathe again. 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. Ugh, just had to turn it off mid way through episode 2. Then, with clinical "precision," he put two bullets each in Abigayle, Cassandra and Blake, in that order, she said. 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. Christopher Vaughn, 32, is charged with eight counts of murder Hall was sentenced to death by electrocution in May 1945 and executed on January 4, 1946. yesmagazine.org. 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. Christopher Vaughn (second from left) sits with his family in his Oswego home before they were murdered in 2007. Be forewarned that some of the. In August of 2012, five years after his arrest before his family's funeral in June 2007, Christopher Vaughn's murder trail began. I just started listening to the podcast, "Murder in Illinois Who Killed the Vaughn Family?". There was no struggle for the weapon. Feb. 28, 2023. It was only after police showed him the photos of his dead family that he began to refer to them in the past tense. Gov. The prosecution argued to the jury that nowhere in these emails was any hint of suicidal ideation. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 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. Im fully aware it wont make a difference, but it felt like therapy so why not? Kim fired at me. I love how one of their complaints about the wife was that she wasnt outdoorsy. But there was one email she wrote to her husband on May 24, 2007, three weeks before her death that provides the best supporting evidence that she was experiencing dangerous side effects of her medications. "When you first opened the door, it looked like they all should be sleeping," he said. ", Steve Schmadeke and Chicago Tribune reporter. . Very little back spatter would occur with the bullet entering the soft underside of the chin. SHARE. When Vaughn's family was killed, he lost his three young children and his wife, making him the sole survivor. Chris pleaded with police to get the video so he would know what happened to his family. They lived briefly in an Aurora apartment . The Will County State's Attorney's office originally sought the death penalty, which has since been abolished in Illinois. Compared with what I knew about Kimberly, yes, that would be a big change. The psychiatrist said this nuance of detail would be difficult to fake. Later, under pressure, Vaughn is asked to guess what happened. [1] All four members of the family were shot in their SUV while on the way to a Springfield, IL waterpark. Vaughn was charged with their murders. She said the results will be aired during the weekly podcasts 11th episode. 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. Its drivers-side window was broken. Kimberly Phillips was born on December 12, 1972, to Del and Susan Phillips of Saint Charles, Missouri. . Abigayle "Abbi" Vaughn, 12, an accomplished student and athlete who had just begun wearing eye makeup, was slain while clutching a Harry Potter book and a stuffed animal. She had no idea. .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.
He posted wistful Internet messages about building a cabin and. After hearing the evidence that supported our defense theory, he recruited a defense attorney to assist pro bono. No one owes them anything. Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? Abigayle had been shot near the right eye and in her right lower chest. Mr. Vaughn dresses differently than most people do," Lenard said, and that "makes him vulnerable to suspicion and accusation.". 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. This podcast is an attempt to give the Vaughn family a platform to besmirch their dead daughter in law and grandchildren. Like other Chicagoans, we have ideas about what the next mayor should do. 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). 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. Doesnt make him some kind of hero. The gun had not been jammed under her chin, as investigators initially suspected. It was a sickening feeling, as the architect of our defense experts and strategy, watching the case swirling around the toilet bowl. The bleeding man told the truck driver that he believed his wife had shot him. "Mr. Vaughn likes writing poetry. I had the exact same feelings about the podcast. 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. His family sounds narcissistic AF. Crucially, prosecutors also argued that two bullet holes in a jacket he wore had been created when someone wrapped the gun in the jacket to either silence or conceal the weapon, or to cushion a blow. Funding his defense reverted back to Will County. J.B. Pritzker. 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. In the days following the murders, investigators searched the Oswego home of the Vaughn family, confiscating computers and other evidence. When they latched the seat belt, the large bloodstain was located right at the point where the latch came together. His lawyers argued Kimberly shot him and the kids and then killed herself. Nothing could be done. He was calm and did not display any signs of panic. Who would more likely use his jacket to conceal a gun? Her father is expected to take the witness stand Tuesday. Neighbors and the press began to speculate as to what happened, with many pointing the finger at Christopher Vaughn. His family, Abigayle, 12, Cassandra, 11, and Blake, 8, were found dead, seated together in the rear passenger seat, each shot twice. I am new to Reddit. Prosecutors have charged Christopher Vaughn with shooting and killing his wife and their three young children on June 14, 2007, the day he was supposed to be driving them to an Illinois water. to keep expanding and making Murderpedia a better site, but we really 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. why cant the family feel pride in academic achievements? 10:18 GMT 29 Aug 2012 . Meanwhile, a producer for the Dr. Phil show said there are plans to tape an episode about the Vaughn case Sept. 15. very fascinating. he did it and heres what proved it: he had an article about hw to make a murder look like suicide, claimed he didnt read it but somehow followed some of the suggestions listed in the article. He said her big change in personality was of concern to him. When contacted by the Sun-Times on Thursday, he noted that Vaughn has had 10 years to come up with this statement, which Regis called contrary to the evidence., Glasgow also said the new theory contradicts the scene, insisting the angles are all wrong and it means Vaughns car door, where a bullet was found, would have been open. I think that is what drove me to seek out some discussion and resulted in my post. Will the strippers get two episodes to tell their story? After murdering his entire family . On Monday, Vaughn was wearing a tan jacket and white collared shirt. . Why is her dad responsible for the teen pregnancy?! 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 . The ISP crime scene investigator listed Kimberly as Suspect #1 and Christopher Suspect #2. . "You couldn't believe it.". But what we see on the left thumb is seepage of blood from the wound, creating large patterns of passive blood drops. 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). 'They're gone. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Earnest was convicted of murder and was sentenced to death. Murder in Illinois has taken heavy criticism for its generally negative portrayal of Kimberly and her family. Patrick Quinn signed the bill abolishing the death penalty in Illinois on March 9, 2011. 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. The fact it was either him or his wife that was the shooter. The ISP CSI described how the phenomenon of tunnel vision infected the Vaughn case. The boy was with his mother, Meghan, and two other brothers when they were involved in a road rage. He replied, Well, it would increase the risk of suicidal thoughts.. . 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.". . It was like my mind shut off . The three children were each shot once in the head and once in the torso. Vaughn maintains his innocence and claims that Kimberly killed her family before committing suicide. The rod pointed in the direction of the passenger seat. . The podcast is currently on the second episode and has shown the case from the view of Chris Vaughn's supporters. Check local listings to see where you can watch. Watch with discovery+ 5. I was brought on to the case by a St. Louis criminal defense attorney with whom I had worked before. . The screening of his police interview video has been the most dramatic part of the second week of testimony at Vaughn's trial in Joliet, according to the Chicago Tribune. 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. Updated 11/27/12 - 4:05 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) -- An Oswego man has been sentenced to life in prison for the horrifying murders of his wife and children . 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. 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? 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. The prosecution won a motion to introduce all of Kims emails to show to the jury that she was a happy person who was planning for the future. 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. 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. While his family wore summer clothes befitting an excursion to a Springfield waterpark, Vaughn donned cowboy boots, blue jeans, a T-shirt with a long-sleeved shirt over it, and a fleece jacket he purchased on a secret trip to the Yukon, said Assistant State's Attorney Deborah Mills. At first blush, it looked like Chris was guilty. See for yourself in the gallery of colorized vintage crime scene photos -- whether New York or elsewhere, whether gangland or other -- above. Vaughn shot them all on a secluded section of the Interstate 55 frontage road just outside Channahon, Mills said. first-degree murder in the deaths. 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. She set up a total financial package, but when she suggested insuring the lives of his children, Chris declined. Pritzkers press secretary declined to comment. 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. 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. Our crime scene expert Tom Bevel used a dowel rod to determine the bullet trajectory. Convicted of murder after a two-day trial in May 1945, Hall was sentenced to death. seen Friday leaving a funeral home after the visitation in St. We hear about inconsistencies, such as when the murder weapon was transported to the morgue, covered with cloth, and then washed. I dont know the family, but Kimberly baby-sat my husband and his brother when they were little. This could be due to my lack of search skills. 2007 the Vaughn family- Christopher, his wife Kimberly and their three children . Flipboard. Emma Reynolds
To this day he maintains no memory of what occurred on the day of the murders. Not buying it. There were chat messages recovered from his computer to a guy in Canada revealing he was contemplating strapping on a back pack and leaving civilization and his family to disappear into Alaskas Yukon. My blood pressure explodes every week when another whiny, victim bashing, full of spin, low on facts episode is released. Transported to the hospital, Chris Vaughn believed his family was still alive. 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. Police had given him every opportunity to blame his wife, but he responded, There was no way she could have hurt the kids. Christopher Vaughn and his family were driving from Oswego to Knights Action Park in Springfield in 2007, but they never made it. She was athletic and played volleyball. 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 Springfield water park. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Posted on December 5, 2021. I felt like I needed some balance or to just clean my palate. He also acknowledged that the new theory undermines one hed previously held. According to the prosecution, he reportedly killed his family in order to survive in the Canadian forest. On Tuesday's episode of Dr. Phil, "Murder in the Suburbs: Inside the SUV," see a reenactment of the crime scene based on Vaughn's claims in a letter he wrote that he says show he didn't murder his family. . Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. The psychiatrist said he was using the present tense when he talked about his wife and children. He told investigators he had been too busy to read the magazine. "He's going to get the opposite of what he wants," Weiss said. My hand shook badly. Family Annihilation: The Vaughn Family Murders. On December 16, 2008, the FDA released a report linking a statistically significant risk of suicide in patients taking the prescription medication Topamax. Then the doctor was asked what the significance would be taking both medications Nortriptyline and Topamax together. Lenard objected to the death scene photos being left on the television screen for long periods of time. 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. . According to a study that used high speed photography to document veterinarians shooting cattle at close range, there were several occasions when no back spatter was observed. Forensic evidence emerges throughout the podcast series. I came here for this!!! Elizabeth, another sister, and Jennifer, Kimberly's twin, were both there. Judge Clifton Newman agreed on . 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. We have many After pulling over, the motorist phoned 911, and the man was rushed to hospital. He moved the family to Oswego, Illinois. The night before the killings, Vaughn also visited a shooting range, according to trial testimony. 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. After listening to family members semi deify him, I wanted to read the facts against the man. 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. There were two holes in his jacket. ', 'They're gone,' Vaughn answers, his head bowed. Clutter also previously suggested that Vaughn had dissociative amnesia. So the mind blocks it out. Play outside, Jesus, big whoop. The back side of Chriss jacket had a transfer stain in a straight line just under the right shoulder blade extending down to the waist of the jacket. family. However, the DNA report contradicted his testimony. 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. At one point, Sergeant Gary Lawson asks Vaughn what he thought the person who had killed his family deserved. I just started listening to the podcast, "Murder in Illinois Who Killed the Vaughn Family?". Chris Regis, the former prosecutor who gave part of the closing argument at Vaughns trial, is now corporation counsel for the City of Joliet. Reviewing his statements, it was apparent that he had no memory of what happened to his family. Season 1 explored a different case. Sit down dining, or available carryout, Year around. Before the execution could be carried out, Earnest was stabbed 30-times by a fellow inmate at the state penitentiary. A few years before, Chris Vaughn had started Stone Bridge Security, a licensed private detective agency in Bellevue, WA. He had a fair trial. As investigators unravel the truth, they find that not everyone in this family was a happy camper. He also said there is no question [Vaughn] was wearing that jacket when he was shot contradicting the theory that Vaughn had wrapped the gun in the jacket. 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