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For Kimberly Vaughn’s family: ‘It’s been a long haul’

Parents, others speak publicly for first time

JOLIET, Ill. — The family of a mother and her children murdered at the hands of an Oswego father and husband reflected on the trial and moving forward after he was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday in Will County.

Just over two months after jurors convicted Christopher Vaughn in the June 14, 2007, deaths of his wife, Kimberly, 34, and children Abigayle, 12; Cassandra, 11; and Blake, 8, he was given four life sentences without possibility of parole.

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