A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged improper manipulation of the grand jury that indicted Christopher Vaughn for the murders of his wife and their three children in 2007.
U.S. District Judge Manish S. Shah did not rule on the merits of the lawsuit filed by Vaughn's parents, but said they did not have the legal standing to file it.
Vaughn's defense team argued at trial that Kimberly shot him and the kids and then killed herself. They pointed to FDA warnings that drugs Kimberly took - Topamax and Nortriptyline - could lead to suicide. In their suit, Pierre and Gail Vaughn raised questions about the proceedings that led up to Vaughn's indictment and argued they have lost time and income because they have had to travel to downstate Pinckneyville see their son.The lawsuit claimed that an Illinois State Police sergeant "knowingly falsely testified" that blood found on a seatbelt in the Vaughn family's SUV belonged to Vaughn's wife, Kimberly.
A grand jury was then convened on July 25, 2007. That's when the lawsuit alleges the sergeant falsely testified the blood on the seatbelt belonged to Kimberly.
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