GUILTY IL - Kimberly Vaughn, 34, & 3 children slain, Channahon Twp, 14 June 2007

[PolkSaladAnnie]

Pleasure, scooby and it's nice to see you back, btw. Specially as you're virtually on the scene. And irony of it all is this guy was apparently in forensics (IT) or the like. The mind boggles.

Sad, but no community is immune these days. I'm sorry for what you folk are going through (in fact all communities where these horrors bring sadness and despair with them).

Now - outta here (I felt rude not responding, lol).

Best, Polk

 

[southcitymom]

From the beginning my friends and I were very interested in how this case seemed to be so strange and that the wife's name was dragged through the mud and how it didnt seem to make any sense. I couldn't be more glad that they got this sob. My initial reaction was; does the wife have GSR on her hands, doesn't he watch CSI? Seems that is how they clinched it, she had no GSR.

Also from what i have heard this case has striking similarities to an episode of SVU or something like that that just aired locally in repeats in May.

I live in Joliet, so I am close to both this and the Lisa Stebic dissapearance. It's a shame our little community ends up on the news for this type of thing lately!

Thanks for remebering me!

According to one report I read, there was lots of GSR inside the vehicle and the wife just didn't have enough on her to have held the weapon.

 

[hollyjokers]

CV's legal team won a little time on the extradition:furious: but one nice thing is the inmates at the facility he is in have already clued him in on what they think of child killers.
http://www.nbc5.com/family/13571371/detail.html?dl=mainclick

 

[southcitymom]

CV's legal team won a little time on the extradition:furious: but one nice thing is the inmates at the facility he is in have already clued him in on what they think of child killers.
http://www.nbc5.com/family/13571371/detail.html?dl=mainclick

I'd like him to be brought back to Illinois soon because I am ready to get the show on the road for his trial and hear all the evidence.

I wonder what argument CV's attorney made to persuade the Court for some time. The article didn;t give any details.

 

[MomsL8]

I just read here at stltoday.com (St. Louis Post Dispatch's website) that he will be held in St. Charles County, MO jail until his 7/25 extradition hearing, and that in his jailhouse paperwork, he listed his occupation as unemployed.

Hmmmm??

Also, he seems to have taken on Scott Rosenblum, major Criminal Defense Attorney here in St. Louis, to represent him in IL on the 1st degree murder charges.

Attys are thinking of filing a habeus corpus alleging that he was falsely imprisoned here.

I hope LE has their ducks in a row on this one - it would be a shame to see him go on a technicality.

 

[CaliKid]

I hope the inmates' reception of Vaughn was very warm and inviting. Make him realize what he's going to be up against for the rest of his life.

 

[Bobbisangel]

Vaughn's attorney said that Vaughn is in "good spirits." How in the world could anyone be in "good spirits" after murdering their wife and three children?
That just makes me furious :furious:

Well he won't be in such good spirits when he gets to prison and the cons in there find out what he is in for. I hope they treat him just like he treated his family. I hope they circle him in the courtyard and someone drives a shank up his A$$ Maybe then he will understand what pain is.

I honestly hope the children weren't awake when he shot them but my guess is that he would have had to shoot his wife first or she would have jumped him to try and prevent him from hurting the kids. He will rot in hell for this.

 

[southcitymom]

......I honestly hope the children weren't awake when he shot them but my guess is that he would have had to shoot his wife first or she would have jumped him to try and prevent him from hurting the kids...

That's one of my biggest questions. Were they awake or drugged?

 

[angarella]

That's one of my biggest questions. Were they awake or drugged?

I sooooooooo pray that they were asleep/drugged. Dear God please.....

 

[fran]

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50697&page=2

Vaughn separated from others locked up in jail

June 28, 2007

BY SUN-TIMES NEWS GROUP

Murder suspect Christopher Vaughn has been separated from other inmates in a Missouri jail for his own safety, his attorneys said Wednesday.





http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-vaughn28jun28,1,2869815.story?track=rss

Vaughn's lawyers seek to question state cop

By Hal Dardick
Tribune staff reporter

Published June 28, 2007

Missouri attorneys for Christopher Vaughn, who is charged with murder in the fatal roadside shootings of his wife and three children, have asked to depose one of the Illinois State Police officers involved in the investigation that led to his arrest.

That request Wednesday prompted prosecutors in St. Charles County, Mo. -- where Vaughn is fighting his extradition to face trial in Will County -- to file a motion to block the deposition. Vaughn's attorneys have no right to delve into the specifics of the Illinois investigation during his extradition battle, St. Charles County Prosecuting Atty. Jack Banas

.............................more at link.........................

 

[PolkSaladAnnie]

Well said! :clap: :clap:

Vaughn's attorney said that Vaughn is in "good spirits." How in the world could anyone be in "good spirits" after murdering their wife and three children?
That just makes me furious :furious:

 

[chicoliving]

Judge rebuffs move in extradition fight

~snip~

St. Charles County Judge William Lohmar quashed the deposition notice, as requested by Missouri prosecutors. They argued Vaughn's attorneys had no right to depose Lawson, which could have allowed them to ask why charges were brought, as part of extradition proceedings.

"That is specifically disallowed, to go into any of the underlying causes or the reasons for probable cause," St. Charles County Prosecuting Atty. Jack Banas said.

He cited a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court case that concluded the only issues relevant at extradition were whether the charging documents were properly drafted, the right suspect was arrested and the suspect was charged with a crime in the state seeking extradition.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070629vaughnjun29,1,5752258.story?coll=chi-news-hed

 

[Bobbisangel]

Just another slimy defense attorney trying to get one past the Pros. It didn't work

 

[southcitymom]

Just another slimy defense attorney trying to get one past the Pros. It didn't work

While I don't know what makes this attorney slimy as he was doing the job he is paid and charged to do and if he didn't do this job, our justice system would be a total joke, I do agree that his motion was a huge Hail Mary pass.

It was a clever Hail Mary pass because if he had succeeded, he would have been able to get more information regarding the Prosecutor's theory, BUT a Hail Mary none-the-less. The law is pretty set in stone regarding extradition.

I wonder if the defense will pull any other rabbits out of their hat before the hearing at the end of this month. I'll be surprised if they are able to stall the inevitable much longer.

 

[MagicRose99]

While I don't know what makes this attorney slimy as he was doing the job he is paid and charged to do and if he didn't do this job, our justice system would be a total joke, I do agree that his motion was a huge Hail Mary pass.

It was a clever Hail Mary pass because if he had succeeded, he would have been able to get more information regarding the Prosecutor's theory, BUT a Hail Mary none-the-less. The law is pretty set in stone regarding extradition.

I wonder if the defense will pull any other rabbits out of their hat before the hearing at the end of this month. I'll be surprised if they are able to stall the inevitable much longer.

Heck, most attornies representing the slime balls, don't even believe in their innocence, but have a job to do and do it the best they can. Other's just like the glory and fame representing these slime balls, while, others are just slime representing slime... It's all in one's perspective...

 

[southcitymom]

Heck, most attornies representing the slime balls, don't even believe in their innocence, but have a job to do and do it the best they can. Other's just like the glory and fame representing these slime balls, while, others are just slime representing slime... It's all in one's perspective...

That's the thing. Without defense attorneys doing their job, we have no working system! They are as important a piece of the puzzle to putting criminals behind bars as the prosecutor and yet they constantly get called names. :waitasec:

Are some of them slimeballs? Sure - but so are some prosecutors.

 

[hollyjokers]

It's been said before but I gotta say it again: the press is being awfully quiet about this case.

I can't believe no one has dug up

mistress(es) (or a mister)
impending financial implosion
more leaks about forensic evidence which implicate CD Vaughn

Growing up I had a neighbor who went by CD. For a time he was very religious so the CD stood for Christ Disciple, then he got into boozing & drugs & CD became Crazy Dude. He's has reverted back to religion now.

Chris Vaughn=CD=criminal dimwit,

 

[philamena]

Vaughn's attorney said that Vaughn is in "good spirits." How in the world could anyone be in "good spirits" after murdering their wife and three children?

Because, IMO, he wanted them out of his life, they inconvenienced him. He's in good spirits because they're gone. What a piece of scum he is.:banghead:

 

[Bobbisangel]

That's the thing. Without defense attorneys doing their job, we have no working system! They are as important a piece of the puzzle to putting criminals behind bars as the prosecutor and yet they constantly get called names. :waitasec:

Are some of them slimeballs? Sure - but so are some prosecutors.

The defense attorney knew before he ever filed that piece of paperwork that it would be denied. I don't know why it should be the job of a defense attorney to delay and delay and delay with their pile of filings which they know are bogus in the first place. They have a job to do but the majority of them are so unethical it makes me ill. They twist and turn facts and come as close to lying as they dare. I agree there are worthless Prosecutors too but I was talking about this attorney and others just like him.

 

[Bobbisangel]

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50697&page=2

Vaughn separated from others locked up in jail

June 28, 2007

BY SUN-TIMES NEWS GROUP

Murder suspect Christopher Vaughn has been separated from other inmates in a Missouri jail for his own safety, his attorneys said Wednesday.


Why not just throw him in with the rest of the jailbirds and let whatever happens happen. Would save the state a ton of money over the years.