His wife, Kimberly, 34, was in the front passenger seat, slumped over the center console with a single contact gunshot wound under her chin. Its unlikely that Vaughns recollection of the murders from 2007 was useful. 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. His blood is on her side of the car. 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. Earnest Lee Hargon, 43, a former cattle truck driver and Michael Hargon's cousin, was charged Monday with capital murder in the deaths. 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. 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. The boy was with his mother, Meghan, and two other brothers when they were involved in a road rage. .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. Just because you feel inferior academically doesnt mean someone is else is forcing that superiority on you. The jury returned the verdicts Monday, a few hours after hearing from prosecutors and lawyers for the former cattle truck driver. She had sex with her bf, why dont they have equal responsibility in the pregnancy? Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? So the mind blocks it out. LBP should be ashamed of herself. Heres some of whats on our to-do list. 'Today I lost everything,' Vaughn says on the video, later referring to how tired he is. Before the death penalty went away, I was bringing in an expert to help explain this. "When you first opened the door, it looked like they all should be sleeping," he said. On Tuesday, Kimberly's identical twin sister, Jennifer Ledbetter, explained that she feared her looks and personality traits were a painful reminder for the rest of her family of Kimberly's absence and violent death. His family sounds narcissistic AF. 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. But Chris specialty was computer forensics. Reviewing his statements, it was apparent that he had no memory of what happened to his family. SHARE. The Illinois State Police followed up by issuing subpoenas to her physicians requesting her medical records that may indicate suicidal or homicidal thoughts or impulses, or relating to Kimberlys prescriptions for and utilization of the drugs referred to as Topamax, Avapro, and Nortriptyline. She was taking Avapro for high blood pressure. The ISP crime scene investigator listed Kimberly as Suspect #1 and Christopher Suspect #2. The first entrance hole was the front right pocket; the second an exit hole near the back bottom left side of the jacket. Chris handgun was found on the floor near his wifes feet. Thank you very much in advance. Like other Chicagoans, we have ideas about what the next mayor should do. 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? His . On December 16, 2008, the FDA released a report linking a statistically significant risk of suicide in patients taking the prescription medication Topamax. I couldnt drive the truck. Her father is expected to take the witness stand Tuesday. On November 9, 1971, 46-year-old accountant John List killed his entire family in their Westfield, NJ, mansion. 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. Despite this chain of events, Chris's family believe he's innocent. I sincerely hope Kims friends and family never listen to this. At first blush, it looked like Chris was guilty. I have no problem delving into the evidence if theres something substantial pointing to a wrongful conviction, but the vitriol and complete lack of decency I kept hearing just became too much to take. 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. The lawyer W.W. Vaughan, with his wife and several of their children. In August of 2012, five years after his arrest before his family's funeral in June 2007, Christopher Vaughn's murder trail began. Why take a shot like that at a dead woman?! 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. There is zero evidence pointing to any other scenario. 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. 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? So far, I have not found much Reddit discussion on it. 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. 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 addition to Jandura, two other firefighters, two Channahon police officers and Kimberly's mother, Susan Phillips, testified. Each of his childrenBlake, 12, Abigayle, 11, and Cassandra, 8was found in the back passenger seat of the car with two bullet wounds. 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. This would have been a fatal head shot, had he not worn his heavy, silver watch band imbedded with turquoise stones, that morning. He genuinely appeared unaware that his family had been killed. 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. It would make me feel better if you'd at least eat some fries,' says Lawson. 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. Chris Vaughn and his family are driving to a water park when their lives are tragically ended in a roadside shooting. "He's going to get the opposite of what he wants," Weiss said. Vaughn shot them all on a secluded section of the Interstate 55 frontage road just outside Channahon, Mills said. 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 CSI said he was persuaded by the physical evidence that this was a murder-suicide committed by the wife. They are lucky they were allowed to be at the funeral. Christopher Vaughn (second from left) sits with his family in his Oswego home before they were murdered in 2007. 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. "All this tragedy, because one person just could not walk away. 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. 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After she enrolled in her online class, Kimberly began to experience migraine headaches that her doctor attributed to stress. Vaughn's family did . That would be significant, he said. Have the Vaughns considered that the reason their in laws didn't want to visit them is because they are jerks? On Saturday, Vaughn was arrested in St. Charles and charged with eight counts of. 'Theyre dead. 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. I came here for this!!! 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. 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. 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). Flipboard. 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. 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. Their claims of being judged by her family are pure projection. With Travis Wilkerson, Ed Vaughn. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. He told a nurse, You should call my wife. She married Christopher Vaughn in 1994. J.B. Pritzker. I have read some of the flood of news articles following the Chris Vaughn trial. 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. You killed them. She then turned the gun on herself and fired. That made it a little more personal for me, but I would have been thoroughly grossed out regardless. Pacheco, a former Dr. Oz producer, has said Kimberlys family declined her requests for comment. "You couldn't believe it.". why cant the family feel pride in academic achievements? Ugh, just had to turn it off mid way through episode 2. Vaughn, Kimberly Ellen (nee Phillips), Oswego, IL, June 14, 2007 age 34. Jeremy Webster is accused of fatally shooting 13-year-old Vaughn Bigelow on June 14, 2018. That was really off putting. 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. This report was sent to the lead detective several days before he took the grand jury witness stand. Feb. 28, 2023. A potential family annihilator unhappy in his marriage that seems 100% guilty just based on the fact he is the biggest threat to the attacker, but is not killed. I just started listening to the podcast, "Murder in Illinois Who Killed the Vaughn Family?". Why not ask to be hypnotized so u can remember. He also said Kimblery was taking medication for migraine headaches and an antidepressant that may have made her suicidal. It was Christopher Vaughn, 32-year-old cyber crime and computer security investigator. At another point, Vaughn pushes away a bag of food from McDonalds that detectives have brought him. 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. I thought to drive the truck. .. The familys SUV was shot up on its route to a water park in Springfield, Illinois, killing all four occupants. Despite widespread speculation in news reports and the surrounding community, investigators insist it wasn't a drug hit. By He brutally murdered them in June 2007 The sergeant tells . His three children had each been shot twice, and his wife had a single gunshot wound under her chin. I fell back out the door preparing to make another attempt. TELL DR. PHIL YOUR STORY: Are you involved in a story making headlines? Each of the murders resulted in a life sentence for 46-year-old Vaughn. Our crime scene expert Tom Bevel used a dowel rod to determine the bullet trajectory. I am new to Reddit. Later, under pressure, Vaughn is asked to guess what happened. Wont listen to any other podcasts by this host. 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. I have read some of the flood of news articles following the Chris Vaughn trial. 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. 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