Speaker 1: Why are we having conversations that they should have had
Speaker 1: in the courtroom at the day. Illinois is basically their
Speaker 1: own little mafia. They're all intertwined, whether it's state lee's,
Speaker 1: local police, lawyers, or attorneys. It's been that way since
Speaker 1: the thirties when the gangster ran Chicago. We were told
Speaker 1: not to talk to any press by our lawyers. We
Speaker 1: were not to say anything to anybody. The Vaughan family
Speaker 1: was murdered fourteen years ago, a mother and her three
Speaker 1: children shot to death and their suv. Many questions remain
Speaker 1: as to how and why it happened, and they revolve
Speaker 1: around the lone survivor, Christopher Vaughan. Chris is unable to
Speaker 1: recall what happened, even to this day. If you're human
Speaker 1: and being, you can't wrap your head around that. I
Speaker 1: don't know if I ever really want to know how
Speaker 1: it's played out in that car. What could you say
Speaker 1: to somebody when they lost their whole family within a
Speaker 1: matter of minutes. He was supposed to be presumed innocent,
Speaker 1: and someone presumed innocent should have the opportunity to attend
Speaker 1: his children's general Now we re examine the murders Christopher
Speaker 1: Vaughan was convicted of committing The trial was handled poorly.
Speaker 1: Evidence was not processed correctly, critical evidence that could have
Speaker 1: definitely made this go a complete different direction. In the
Speaker 1: weeks leading up to the murders, he's spending time at
Speaker 1: strip clubs and dropping not just a little bit of money,
Speaker 1: like four grands. Millions of people go to strip clubs.
Speaker 1: They don't go home and kill their wife and kids.
Speaker 1: I have been working in these clubs for twenty years.
Speaker 1: You know how many great husbands and amazing fathers I've
Speaker 1: met that has been five dollars on me was not
Speaker 1: a question. It just didn't fit to Chris that I knew.
Speaker 1: I knew that wasn't the truth of it. We'll revisit
Speaker 1: all the existing evidence, viewed through the lens of newly
Speaker 1: acquired insight and revelations. These drugs alter min chemistry all
Speaker 1: that's you're all. It was one of the first things
Speaker 1: that popped up in my head when I first heard
Speaker 1: about the murders. He can't be the epitome of evil.
Speaker 1: But then you think back to the autopsy photos and
Speaker 1: you're like, no, that's pretty damn evil. Chrisms case haunts
Speaker 1: me because Chris did not get the sense that his
Speaker 1: case demanded are you sitting down? Yes, I am sitting down, Okay,
Speaker 1: because you might lose your legs on this one. Oh
Speaker 1: my god. I'm Lauren Bright Pacheco. Join me from murder
Speaker 1: in Illinois who killed the Van family launching July. It
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