A judge has sentenced a suburban Chicago man to life in prison for killing his wife and three children because he allegedly wanted to start a new life subsisting in the Canadian wilderness.
A suburban Chicago man accused of killing his wife and three children has pleaded not guilty. Christopher Vaughn entered his plea during a brief appearance in a Will County court.
A suburban Chicago man accused of killing his wife and three children made his first court appearance in Illinois Thursday and remains jailed in Will County on a suicide watch.
A man accused of killing his wife and three children in their sport utility vehicle agreed Tuesday to be moved to Illinois to face the charges. Christopher Vaughn consented to the transfer during an appearance in a courtroom at the St. Charles County jail.
A Missouri judge on Friday rejected a murder suspect's bid to question an investigator who signed a complaint that could send him back to Illinois to face charges in the deaths of his wife and three children.
St. Charles County officials are confident that an accused killer will soon be extradited from Missouri to Illinois. Christopher Vaughn is suspected of killing his wife and three children in northern Illinois near their home.
Extradition paperwork cleared the way for 34-year-old Christopher Vaughn's possible return to Illinois after governors of both states sigend extradition papers. However, defense attorneys are challenging the extradition, and a hearing is set for July 25th.
Authorities said Sunday that they plan to bring a computer security consultant accused of gunning down his wife and three children back to Illinois from Missouri as soon as possible to face murder charges.