Story #5: Vaughn family Found Slain

JOLIET — Testimony during a hearing Dec. 21 in Yorkville indicates accused quadruple-murderer Christopher Vaughn was the beneficiary of his slain wife’s $1 million insurance policy. Vaughn, 33, of Oswego, remains in the Will County Jail in Joliet on four counts of first-degree murder in the June 14 slayings of his wife, Kimberly, 34, and their children — Abigayle, 12; Cassandra, 11; and Blake, 8. No trial date has yet been set, noted Chuck Pelkie, spokesman for Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow, who will personally prosecute the case. “We’re still doing case management discovery,” Pelkie said Friday. “It’s a big case and could take a long time to come to trial.” The next court appearance in the discovery portion of the case is sla