Christopher Vaughn leaves the Will County Courthouse in June. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Christopher Vaughn
Blake Vaughn, 8; Christopher Vaughn, 32; Cassandra Vaughn, 11; Kimberly Vaughn 34; and Abigayle Vaughn, 12; smile in their Oswego home. Kimberly Vaughn and the three children were found shot to death in the family SUV in 2007. | Submitted photo
Christopher Vaughn, of Oswego, is on trial in Will County for the murder of his wife, Kimberly, and their children in 2007. | Will County Sheriff's Office via AP
The Vaughn family, (upper left to right): Christopher, Kimberly, Abigayle, and (bottom from left) Cassandra and Blake are shown in an undated photo in front of Rosemont Theater in the Chicago area, where the Phoenix University graduation was held.
Prosecutors say a poem, written in a coded alphabet and decrypted by the FBI, appears to be a list of things to do. | Photo illustration by Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Prosecutors say a poem, written in a coded alphabet and decrypted by the FBI, appears to be a list of things to do. | Photo illustration by Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
Prosecutors will get to show the jury deciding Christopher Vaughn’s fate a cryptic poem — part of a coded journal allegedly taken from his cell in fall 2007 — that they say makes reference to a dancer Vaughn met at a Chicago strip club. But …
