Stephen Willott, a witness in the Christopher Vaughn trial, leaves the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, IL on Friday August 31, 2012. He is from near Ottawa, Ontario in Canada, and was the "Flea" to Vaughn's "Flint" in their correspondence online. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
Christopher Vaughn. Photo input: 8/15/12. Will County Sheriff's Office.
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.
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
A photo of Christopher Vaughn shown during the trial.
Stephen Willott, a witness in the Christopher Vaughn trial, leaves the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, IL on Friday August 31, 2012. He is from near Ottawa, Ontario in Canada, and was the "Flea" to Vaughn's "Flint" in their correspondence online. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media
If Christopher Vaughn did shoot his family in cold blood, his motive for doing so became clear to jurors on Friday as they read in detail about the Oswego man’s plans to ditch society and his life of obligations for a life in the Canadian …