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June 22, 2021 3 mins

Trailer 1 - 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 supporters believe proves his innocence-in attempt to answer one question: Who killed the Vaughn family?

 

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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Why are we having conversations that they should have had
in the courtroom at the day. Illinois is basically their
own little mafia. They're all intertwined, whether it's state lee's,
local police, lawyers, or attorneys. It's been that way since
the thirties when the gangster ran Chicago. We were told

(00:26):
not to talk to any press by our lawyers. We
were not to say anything to anybody. The Vaughan family
was murdered fourteen years ago, a mother and her three
children shot to death and their suv. Many questions remain
as to how and why it happened, and they revolve

(00:49):
around the lone survivor, Christopher Vaughan. Chris is unable to
recall what happened, even to this day. If you're human
and being, you can't wrap your head around that. I
don't know if I ever really want to know how
it's played out in that car. What could you say
to somebody when they lost their whole family within a

(01:10):
matter of minutes. He was supposed to be presumed innocent,
and someone presumed innocent should have the opportunity to attend
his children's general Now we re examine the murders Christopher
Vaughan was convicted of committing The trial was handled poorly.
Evidence was not processed correctly, critical evidence that could have

(01:33):
definitely made this go a complete different direction. In the
weeks leading up to the murders, he's spending time at
strip clubs and dropping not just a little bit of money,
like four grands. Millions of people go to strip clubs.
They don't go home and kill their wife and kids.
I have been working in these clubs for twenty years.

(01:55):
You know how many great husbands and amazing fathers I've
met that has been five dollars on me was not
a question. It just didn't fit to Chris that I knew.
I knew that wasn't the truth of it. We'll revisit
all the existing evidence, viewed through the lens of newly
acquired insight and revelations. These drugs alter min chemistry all

(02:19):
that's you're all. It was one of the first things
that popped up in my head when I first heard
about the murders. He can't be the epitome of evil.
But then you think back to the autopsy photos and
you're like, no, that's pretty damn evil. Chrisms case haunts
me because Chris did not get the sense that his

(02:40):
case demanded are you sitting down? Yes, I am sitting down, Okay,
because you might lose your legs on this one. Oh
my god. I'm Lauren Bright Pacheco. Join me from murder
in Illinois who killed the Van family launching July. It

(03:01):
was a strange case. It'll never leave. Get it on
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