Channahon, Ill.
A man whose wife and three children were found shot to death in the family's sport utility vehicle spent hours talking to authorities after the discovery but police said he was not under arrest and not a suspect in the slayings.The bodies of Kimberly Ellen Vaughn, 34, and her children — Abigayle Elizabeth, 12, Cassandra Ellen, 11, and Blake Philip, 8 — were discovered around 5:25 a.m. Thursday. They were found in the family's SUV parked on a service road near Interstate 55 in Channahon after a passer-by called 911, authorities said.
The mother was shot once and the children all were shot multiple times, Coroner Patrick O'Neil said.
Kimberly Vaughn's husband, Christopher Vaughn, who had a gunshot wound to the thigh, was with the caller until police arrived, Illinois State Police Capt. Carl Dobrich said.
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