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 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 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
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
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. 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 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
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 was a strange case. It'll never leave. Get it on the I Heart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you find the stories that matter to you. You can do distraussed full happy that shy uh