Jun 20, 2007 11:38 pm US/Central
New Evidence And New Focus In Vaughn Murders
Investigators Hope To Have More News Within a Week
Oswego, Ill. (CBS) ―
New evidence and a new focus were apparently found Wednesday in the Vaughn family shootings case. CBS 2 cameras were there as investigators searched their Oswego home.
Investigators removed three computers from the home of Christopher Vaughn in far southwest suburban Oswego Wednesday afternoon, as CBS 2's West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports.
Investigators spent almost two hours in the Vaughn home. During their visit, they loaded three computer hard drives, two printers and three black boxes of an electronic nature from the Vaughn family home. They also loaded other computer components into vehicles. There was so much material, investigators needed two vehicles to fit it all inside.
CBS 2 asked officials what specifically they were looking for, what the warrant might have been based on and whether investigators were doing tests to see if Kimberly and her three children had been sedated, but they didn't respond.
Christopher Vaughn owned a computer company that specialized in computer security and as the only survivor, the equipment is material and of particular interest to investigators.
If you look closely at a picture of Chris Vaughn taken by a Chicago "Sun-Times" photographer, a bandage is visible on his left wrist. A well-placed source tells CBS 2 it covers a wound made by the same bullet that tore through Vaughn's left thigh. Investigators think that might be significant. How he was shot, where he was shot, whether the shooting occurred inside the car or out, they believe, may be the key to the case.
"I think they're doing a good job of getting everything together," said next door neighbor Susan Stasinos.
The neighbor watched investigators return to the Vaughn home in Oswego Wednesday, moving aside elements of the makeshift memorial so they could pull their cars onto the driveway. Once inside they made straight for the computers.
CBS 2 reported Tuesday night about an alleged relationship Vaughn claimed he'd confessed to his wife just before the shootings. Removing what state police said were cable boxes, modems and additional computer related attachments Wednesday, they were clearly anxious to scrutinize every aspect of the Vaughns' lives.
"We all have questions and I would like the whole thing to come to closure," Stasinos said. "I would like some closure myself to know what actually happened."
Other interviews with family members are being conducted in St. Louis where the picture of Vaughn was taken. The Kane County Coroner on Tuesday confirmed a Joliet company transported the bodies of Kimberly Vaughn and the three children to St. Charles, Mo., where they will be waked on Friday from 3-8 p.m. and buried together on Saturday at a service set for 1 p.m. Chris Vaughn is there helping prepare for the weekend funerals of his wife and their three children.
Information from those interviews, the results of blood and DNA tests just starting to come in and Vaughn's alleged confession about a relationship are all being scrutinized by authorities like pieces in a jig-saw puzzle, which, when complete, should yield the face of the killer.
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