A 34-year-old housewife, who was found shot to death along with her three children in their SUV near Interstate 55 in June, had a $1 million life insurance policy with her husband named as the beneficiary. The husband, Christopher Vaughn, has been charged with the murders of Kimberly Vaughn and their three children.

On June 14, Christopher and Kimberly Vaughn and their three children -- Abigayle, 12; Cassandra, 11 and Blake, 8 -- were driving to a water park in Springfield, Illinois, when Vaughn pulled off the Interstate to adjust the luggage rack on top of the family's SUV, he told police.

He said his wife starting shooting at him with a handgun and he was wounded in the leg and fled. When he returned, his wife and three children were all dead from gunshot wounds, Vaughn told investigators at the time.

Policy Issued Feb. 15, 2005

Two weeks later, while Vaughn was attending the funeral of his family in Missouri, he was arrested and charged with their murders. He was extradited back to Will County, Illinois, where he is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty.

Recently during an estate hearing in Kendall County, Illinois, the $1 million life insurance policy issued three years ago was revealed, according to The Beacon News. The court appointed an independent third party to be the administer of the estate until the criminal case is resolved.

Kimberly Vaughn's mother, Susan Phillips, had asked to be named the administrator of her daughter's estate.

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