Brian’s re-telling of events began to show holes and inconsistencies. Brian had originally told the Floyds that he had already called the police and needed to go back to the house to wait for them. The Floyds made note of the time the boys arrived on their doorstep to be exactly 1:24am on November 11th, 1998. However Brian’s call to police didn’t come in until exactly 1:41am.

Leaving almost 17 minutes of time unaccounted for. During Brian’s re-telling of events to police, he tells them he heard a gun shot but couldn’t get into his parents room due to the locked door. But in his call to the police, he tells 911 that his father had been shot and was bleeding out of his mouth. When police asked Brian how he knew Leslie was bleeding from his mouth if he had been standing outside a locked door, Brian couldn’t find a good answer.

Brian was also reported to be extremely calm and collected during this time. Because of all of these things, Brian was ultimately arrested and charged with the murder of his father Leslie Vaughn. Brian’s defense team argued the hired hit case but the jury didn’t believe the plausibility of this after hearing the arguments of both sides. Ultimately, Brian was convicted of murder his father based off of the inconsistencies in his own story.

Case Sources:

⁠https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/brian-vaughn/⁠

⁠https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/fourth-court-of-appeals/2001/13946.html⁠

⁠https://podtail.com/en/podcast/killin-missin-hidden/brian-vaughn-from-hoop-dreams-to-a-jail- cell/⁠

⁠https://www.google.com/maps/place/23221+Eagle+Gap,+San+Antonio,+TX+78255/ @29.658234,-98.67759,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4! 1s0x865c6f91217a26ab:0x9e6ce505d357f578!8m2!3d29.658234!4d-98.6754013?hl=en⁠

⁠https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1276703/leslie-eugene-vaughn