What happened to Chris Vaughn?
Murder in Illinois on Apple Podcasts In 2007, Chris Vaughn was arrested during a funeral for his wife and three children. He would be tried and convicted of their murders. To this day he maintains no memory of what occurred that tragic day 20 years ago.
Who is Christopher Vaughn’s wife?
Christopher Vaughn, his wife Kimberly, and their three children moved to Illinois from the Seattle area approximately two years prior to the fatal shooting. Christopher had started a licensed private detective agency in Washington called Stone Bridge Security that specialized in cybercrime.
Does Richard Vaughn have a memory of what happened?
To this day he maintains no memory of what occurred that tragic day 14 years ago. 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 attempt to answer one question: Who killed the V...
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Before Christopher Vaughn was known as a convicted killer, he was a son and a brother in the Vaughn family of Missouri, the eldest of Gail and Pierre Vaughn’s three boys. He would meet his wife- and become a father- while he was still a teenager.
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The case of Chris Vaughn, who was convicted in 2012 of murdering his family in 2007 in their car on their way to a water park, wasn't splashed across tabloid covers across the United States at the time. But in 2007, it was a case that the media in Illinois took hold of and reported on until there were ideas about Vaughn's guilt or innocence long ...
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Is Vaughn's family getting a solid platform?
This is the first time Vaughn's family is getting a solid platform on which to speak out on his behalf. And she'll soon speak with Vaughn himself to get even stronger insight. She also spoke with two reporters who were close to the case. Article continues below advertisement.
Was the Vaughn case upstaged?
She explained that "the Vaughn case had been upstaged by the Peterson case," leading to less national coverage and, in a way, leading to the possibility for Vaughn to be seen as guilty well before he even went to trial and was officially convicted. Article continues below advertisement.
Why didn't Vaughn get a fair trial?
Vaughn's attorney argues that part of the reason his client didn't get a fair trial was because the press conferences held by Peterson's lawyers outside the courthouse damaged his own credibility as a defense attorney. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP.
Who is the host of Happy Face?
Murder in Illinois, a new podcast from iHeartMedia, digs into this tragic case, intent on probing the possibility that Vaughn, who is serving multiple life sentences for the murders, is actually innocent. Lauren Bright Pacheco, who co-hosted Happy Face, about the daughter of Canada’s Happy Face Killer, hosts the 12-part series.
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When was Chris Vaughn arrested?
In 2007, Chris Vaughn was arrested during a funeral for his wife and three children. He would be tried and convicted of their murders. To this day he maintains no memory of what occurred that tragic day 14 years ago. Murder in Illinois follows the complicated circumstances that led to Vaughn’s conviction, as well as the forensic evidence his ...
Was Christopher Vaughn a killer?
Before Christopher Vaughn was known as a convicted killer, he was a son and a brother in the Vaughn family of Missouri, the eldest of Gail and Pierre Vaughn’s three boys. He would meet his wife- and become a father- while he was still a teenager. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com.
Why did Christopher Vaughn pull off the highway?
Just after 5 a.m., his wife asked him to pull off the highway because she was feeling sick, a side-effect of having stress related migraine headaches.
Why was Vince Vaughn arrested?
Probable cause to arrest Vaughn was based on blood stain interpretations that were later discredited by DNA testing. A psychiatrist later explained that Vaughn may have been experiencing dissociative amnesia.
What gun did Kimberly Vaughn have?
His wife, found in the front passenger seat of the family vehicle had a single gunshot wound under her chin. A 9 mm handgun belonging to her husband was found on the floorboard near Kimberly Vaughn’s feet. Vaughn initially told a man who stopped to render assistance that he believed he had been shot by his wife.
Who is the director of investigations for the newly formed innocence project?
“What he described was tunnel vision that infected the investigation of the Vaughn case”, said Bill Clutter, who is director of investigations for the newly formed innocence project.
Who is Kevin Fox?
Most notable is the case of Kevin Fox, a father who was mistakenly arrested in 2004 and convicted of the murder of his three year old daughter. More recently, a police officer was arrested as the alleged Honey Bee Killer in Will County, but charges were later dismissed after his alibi was corroborated.
Did John Vaughn get the death penalty?
Vaughn faced the death penalty. More than a year after he was arrested, the Food and Drug Administration issued an alert in Dec. of 2008, warning that patients taking the prescription medication Topamax had a statistically significant risk of suicidal ideation and behavior.
History
Christopher Vaughn, his wife Kimberly, and their three children moved to Illinois from the Seattle area approximately two years prior to the fatal shooting. Christopher had started a licensed private detective agency in Washington called Stone Bridge Security that specialized in cybercrime.
Shooting
In the early morning hours of June 14, 2007, the family left their home in Oswego to drive to a waterpark in Springfield, IL. Around 5:15am, a motorist near Joliet, IL noticed Christopher Vaughn limping away from his vehicle. He had two bullet wounds: one on his left wrist, and one on his left leg.
Investigation
Although the witness at the scene recalled Vaughn saying that his wife had pulled the trigger, Christopher was unable to recall the event after he reached the hospital, telling a nurse, “You should call my wife. She gets mad when I don’t call her.”
Trial
Christopher Vaughn was charged with four counts of first-degree murder and the case went to trial in August 2012. The prosecution originally sought the death penalty against Vaughn, but Governor Patrick Quinn signed the bill abolishing the death penalty in 2011 while he was awaiting trial.
Innocence claims
Vaughn's defense team maintains that Kimberly was the one who fired the gun. Robert Deel, a Crime Scene Investigator who worked on the case has openly supported Vaughn, claiming that the bullet trajectory and other forensic evidence points to Kimberly as the shooter. He claims that tunnel vision played a role in the investigation.
Media
Clutter's work on the Christopher Vaughn case was featured on a 12-part podcast by I Heart Radio called Murder in Illinois.
