Prosecutors said Vaughn had hoped to disappear into the Canadian wilderness, pointing to emails hed exchanged with a Canadian man hed met online. "You couldn't believe it.". I've got nothing to go back to.'. Elizabeth, another sister, and Jennifer, Kimberlys twin, were both there. He turns 47 on Sept. 26. He traveled all over the U.S and Mexico downloading computer hard drives and mobile devices for some of the largest law firms, Navigant clients. 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. Chris parents, Gail and Pierre, and private investigator Bill Clutter, all claim Chris is innocent and Clutter claims he has evidence to prove it. He moved the family to Oswego, Illinois. I have read some of the flood of news articles following the Chris Vaughn trial. "48. It was a lonely life for Kimberly. In this case, the seatbelt latch was soaked with Chriss blood. At first blush, it looked like Chris was guilty. as if that means anything. A few years before, Chris Vaughn had started Stone Bridge Security, a licensed private detective agency in Bellevue, WA. 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.'. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. I think that is what drove me to seek out some discussion and resulted in my post. 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). Agent Name: CHRISTOPHER VAUGHN Address: 815 FIRST AVE #105 City: SEATTLE, WA 98104 2007 . Wont listen to any other podcasts by this host. He then fell 'head-first' out of the vehicle and stumbled down the road until he flagged down a passing motorist, he said. "Mr. Vaughn likes writing poetry. A member of Kimberlys family declined to speak to the Sun-Times. Five years later, Chris was convicted of murdering his family and is now serving four life sentences. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 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. . need your help for this. 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. Not buying it. Lenard objected to the death scene photos being left on the television screen for long periods of time. A piece of his flesh was recovered around the margins of the exit hole of the back of the jacket. 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. His case seems to be that the ballistics did not 100% line up with the state's theory. We asked the doctor who prescribed the Topamax about his patients email to her husband. Chris handgun was found on the floor near his wifes feet. The Vaughn family murders in Illinois in 2007 have long divided those interested in the crimes. The defense experts we recruited for trial were flushed down the drain. I got to the road to get help.. The Will County State's Attorney's office originally sought the death penalty, which has since been abolished in Illinois. 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. Was disappointed to hear the spin as well. He said her big change in personality was of concern to him. I was already put off by the "he looked too nice to be guilty", but the second episode was downright inappropriate. That would be significant, he said. Murder of the wife and children in the suburbs, Kimberly. 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. Jurors didn't buy the theory, returning guilty verdicts in September after deliberating for just 45 minutes. whose wife and three children were found fatally shot in the Police detectives found at the Vaughn home a copy of PI Magazine with a cover story called Crime Scene Staging and Alterations: The CSI Effect on Criminal Investigations. Why is her dad responsible for the teen pregnancy?! I was wondering if it is making anyone who followed the trial and was firmly in the "Chris Vaughn is guilty as sin" camp think twice about their conclusion? Unholy Rollers January 21 2014 22min TV-14 Subtitles Subtitles English [CC] family. The . I just started listening to the podcast, "Murder in Illinois Who Killed the Vaughn Family?". The podcast is currently on the second episode and has shown the case from the view of Chris Vaughn's supporters. 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. He spends much of the gruelling 12-hour interview with his face in his hands or down on the table. The massacre. She worked on an assignment the day before her death and communicated with others that she would be working on it more the day she died. They are lucky they were allowed to be at the funeral. Elizabeth, another sister, and Jennifer, Kimberly's twin, were both there. At the National Innocence Conference in Cincinnati in April 2011, I ran into an old friendRob Warden, Executive Director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University Law School. "He's monotone. "There can't be a more fitting end for him than that. This podcast is an attempt to give the Vaughn family a platform to besmirch their dead daughter in law and grandchildren. 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. On December 16, 2008, the FDA released a report linking a statistically significant risk of suicide in patients taking the prescription medication Topamax. '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. He had two survivable gunshot wounds. 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. I fell back out the door preparing to make another attempt. To keep creating 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.". Vaughn at first insists his wife, Kimberly, could not have been responsible, as he had initially claimed. By And after Vaughn was taken to the hospital with minor gunshot wounds to his wrist and leg, Mills said, Vaughn expressed more concern for his special jacket and the possibility that emergency workers "were ruining his cowboy boots" than for his dead wife and children. I couldnt buckle the belt. 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. He claims he had been patching things up with her after he had confessed to cheating on her and was trying to be a better family man. Christopher Vaughn and his family were driving from Oswego to Knights Action Park in Springfield in 2007, but they never made it. "All this tragedy, because one person just could not walk away. Will the strippers get two episodes to tell their story? Analysis of the bloodstain patterns on her left hand provides more compelling evidence that her death was indeed, a suicide. 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. Vaughn happened to use the same gun to practice shooting at a range the night before the killings, Mills mentioned. Its drivers-side window was broken. It was a sickening feeling, as the architect of our defense experts and strategy, watching the case swirling around the toilet bowl. 10. His wife passed a certification course and practiced shooting at a Seattle range. Five years later, a jury found Chris guilty of murdering his family; today, he is incarcerated for four lifetimes. Vaughn's initial statement revealed an outlandish story he would cling to during the course of his defense. . 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. Kimberly Phillips was born on December 12, 1972, to Del and Susan Phillips of Saint Charles, Missouri. She had sex with her bf, why dont they have equal responsibility in the pregnancy? Eight months later, a jury deliberated 30 minutes before finding Chris guilty. He said Thursday he wants to find out when Vaughns memory returned. 'They're gone. Gov. It was then re-dated to reflect that it was finalized a day after the lead detective gave his factually inaccurate grand jury testimony. The lab was unable to find his fingerprints on the article. Because this podcast made me want to scream. Without a good explanation, the appointed local attorney left a voice message to cancel the meeting and declined the assistance of the Center. 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. Pacheco, a former Dr. Oz producer, has said Kimberlys family declined her requests for comment. first-degree murder in the deaths. None of this makes any logical sense. . Why not ask to be hypnotized so u can remember. Mar 12, 2020, 9:30am PST. The tragic incident took place on what should have been an exciting day at a local waterpark for the . I just started listening to the podcast, "Murder in Illinois Who Killed the Vaughn Family?". 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. She was one of Susan's three daughters with Del, an attorney. It was only after police showed him the photos of his dead family that he began to refer to them in the past tense. Just after 5 a.m., his wife asked him to pull off the highway . 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. Christopher sustained minor injuries to his wrist and leg while the other four sustained fatal gunshot . Who would more likely use his jacket to conceal a gun? .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. Much of the trial focused on blood evidence that prosecutors said proved Vaughn murdered his family. After she enrolled in her online class, Kimberly began to experience migraine headaches that her doctor attributed to stress. In August of 2012, five years after his arrest before his family's funeral in June 2007, Christopher Vaughn's murder trail began. The fact it was either him or his wife that was the shooter. 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. So why was Christopher Vaughn arrested? They also pointed to FDA warnings that drugs Kimberly took Topamax and Nortriptyline could lead to suicide. I am new to Reddit. Kimberly Vaughn, 34, who had recently completed an online degree in criminal justice, was killed first, prosecutors said. But the father does not respond. He allegedly killed his family so he could live by himself in the Canadian wilderness. He would be tried and convicted of their murders. Just because you feel inferior academically doesnt mean someone is else is forcing that superiority on you. Vaughn was convicted of killing (from left) Blake, 8; Cassandra, 11, Kimberly, 34, and Abigayle, 12. Charles, Mo. In 2004, Chris purchased a 9mm Taurus and joined the Washington Association of Legal Investigators (WALI). Kims sister paints a picture of a person who wanted to be a good mom, good wife, a good person. She married Christopher Vaughn in 1994. For some inexplicable reason, this report, received before the probable cause hearing, was marked draft. His wife, Kimberly, 34, was in the front passenger seat, slumped over the center console with a single contact gunshot wound under her chin. The Colorado father and oil worker was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife Shanann, their unborn child, and their two children, Celeste and Bella, ages 4 and 3. 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. Then, see some truly haunting murder scenes from the streets of old New York. I love how one of their complaints about the wife was that she wasnt outdoorsy. His family sounds narcissistic AF. 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. He looked back over his shoulder at his family before being led from the courtroom after the sentencing. At some of the scenes where the Rhoden family was killed, investigators did find . 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