#470 Jason Flom with Chris Vaughn

Wrongful Conviction

Lava for Good Podcasts

True Crime

4.6 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On June 14, 2007, 32-year-old Chris Vaughn was found limping on the side of the road near Joliet, IL, bleeding from two gunshot wounds. When police arrived on scene, they found the bodies of his wife and three children shot in the car. Chris is unable to recount the events of that early morning, and there are no other witnesses to the crime. Chris was subsequently convicted of 4 counts of first-degree murder. Although the state intended on imposing the death penalty, it was abolished four years after Chris’s arrest. His trial hadn’t begun, altering the state’s course of action. He is currently incarcerated and serving 4 consecutive life sentences for the killings.

Chris Vaughn’s case was covered in the hit 2021 podcast series Murder in Illinois. While Chris was interviewed extensively for that podcast, this is the first time we hear Chris Vaughn’s voice as he shares his tragic story with Jason Flom.

Featuring:

Chris Vaughn

Keith Altman (Attorney)

Lauren Bright Pacheco

Jason Flom

Click here to listen to Murder in Illinois:

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-murder-in-illinois-84071522/

Please tell Governor Pritzker about your support for Christopher Vaughn:

https://gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/voice-an-opinion.html

https://www.instagram.com/govpritzker/?hl=en

To write to Christopher, send letters to:

Christopher Vaughn IDOC#MM33173

5835 State Route 154

Pinckneyville, IL 62274

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1:03.6	I'm Shoddy Diaz and I'm Kate Robards and we are New York City stand-up comedians and best friends.
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1:30.2	Just before sunrise on June 14th 2007, Kimberly and Christopher Vaughn packed their three kids into the car and headed to a water park in Springfield, Illinois.
1:45.0	But the road trip soon turned deadly.
1:48.0	Kimberly Vaughn was fatally shot under the chin in the front passenger seat
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