February 2006 Archives
9:37 PM Tue, Feb 28, 2006 | Permalink
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It's 8:40 CST on Tuesday night and the jury continues to deliberate.
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3:41 PM Tue, Feb 28, 2006 | Permalink
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The jury in the second David Camm triple murder case has been deliberating for over five hours now and there is no word that a verdict has been reached.
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12:25 PM Tue, Feb 28, 2006 | Permalink
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The following entry contains a message from Travis K. Kircher, the author of this blog.
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12:21 PM Tue, Feb 28, 2006 | Permalink
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Please note that a summary of the defense's closing arguments has been posted under the Feb. 27 heading.
Please accept my apologies for the lateness of this entry. Late-night liveshots last night required that our news crew remain outside the courthouse where there is, unfortunately, no access to the Internet.
-Travis K. Kircher
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10:24 AM Tue, Feb 28, 2006 | Permalink
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The jury in the third David Camm triple murder trial have just begun deliberations. Ironically, today would have been Jill Camm's 11th birthday.
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11:02 PM Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | Permalink
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Late on Monday afternoon, defense attorneys Katharine Liell and Stacy Uliana rose to give the closing arguments on behalf of David Camm.
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7:02 PM Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | Permalink
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Lead defense attorney Katharine Liell has concluded the closing arguments for Camm's defense. A detailed summary of those closing arguments will be posted later this evening.
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4:57 PM Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | Permalink
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Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson has just completed his closing arguments in the case of the State vs. David Camm.
David Camm is charged with three counts of murder in connection with the deaths of his wife and two children.
Below is a summary of those closing arguments, which lasted just over 70 minutes.
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3:44 PM Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | Permalink
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Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson has begun his closing arguments on behalf of the prosecution.
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3:40 PM Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | Permalink
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The prosecution is about to begin their closing arguments.
Moments ago, the jury heard very brief testimony from five rebuttal witnesses -- three for the prosecution and two for the defense. The prosecution witnesses were Frank Renn, Janice Renn and Marcy McCloud. The defense witnesses were Steve Bobo and Sam Lockhart.
Summaries of their testimony will be posted later today.
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2:08 PM Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | Permalink
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The regular afternoon press conference was held today during lunch break. In addition to Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson and lead defense attorney Katharine Liell, there was a third speaker who provided fresh comments: Frank Renn -- the father of Kimberly Camm and grandfather to Bradley and Jill Camm.
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12:50 PM Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | Permalink
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"May it please the court ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the defense now rests."
With that proclamation, lead defense attorney Katharine Liell rested David Camm's defense immediately following the testimony of Detective Gary Dunn -- the defense's final witness.
A summary of Dunn's testimony will be posted shortly.
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12:40 PM Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | Permalink
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The following is a summation of the testimony of Gary Dunn -- a private investigator retained by Camm's defense.
Dunn's testimony began at the end of the day last Friday and resumed this morning.
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11:28 AM Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | Permalink
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Lead defense attorney Katharine Liell just confirmed to WHAS-11 reporter Kerri Richardson that she expects closing arguments for both sides to take place today.
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10:52 AM Mon, Feb 27, 2006 | Permalink
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It's Monday, the start of the seventh -- and probably final -- week of the second David Camm triple murder trial.
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11:47 PM Fri, Feb 24, 2006 | Permalink
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The defense called Ernest Victor Nugent -- an employee of Anderson Wood who allegedly sold Charles Boney a Lorcin .380 handgun -- to the stand.
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11:32 PM Fri, Feb 24, 2006 | Permalink
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Late Friday afternoon, the jury heard testimony from Angela Grewlich -- Charles Boney's ex-girlfriend.
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10:06 PM Fri, Feb 24, 2006 | Permalink
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Sam Lockhart, David Camm's uncle, was cross-examined by Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson Friday afternoon.
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9:21 PM Fri, Feb 24, 2006 | Permalink
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On Friday afternoon, Sam Lockhart -- David Camm's uncle -- took the stand. Lockhart is often cited as the leader of the Lockhart family and has arguably been Camm's most ardent supporter for the past five years.
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5:49 PM Fri, Feb 24, 2006 | Permalink
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Friday mornging, a slightly different jury was ushred into the courtroom to hear testimony from Tom Jolly, a defense witness.
Earlier that morning, one juror had been removed for "personal reasons" and replaced by one of three alternates.
Jolly, a Georgetown resident an a councilman at the Georgetown Community Church, testified that he spoke with defendant David Camm and watched him play basektball at the church gym on the nigh...
11:09 AM Fri, Feb 24, 2006 | Permalink
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Judge Robert Aylsworth has finally called court into session at 10:10 CST this morning.
He confirmed that one juror has been excused due to personal reasons.
"The record will show that one regular member of the panel has been excused for personal reasons and has been replaced by one alternate," Judge Aylsworth announced.
The jury will be ushered into the courtroom momentarily.
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10:59 AM Fri, Feb 24, 2006 | Permalink
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Janice Renn, the mother of murder victim Kimberly Camm, has confirmed that one member of the David Camm jury has been removed from service by Judge Robert Aylsworth.
There is no word yet on the reason for the decision.
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10:50 AM Fri, Feb 24, 2006 | Permalink
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Courtroom observers are scratching their heads. It is almost 10:00 CST and the courtroom is still empty -- there has been no sign of Judge Robert Aylsworth or the jury.
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9:59 AM Fri, Feb 24, 2006 | Permalink
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After one week of jury selection and six weeks of testimony, the third David Camm triple homicide trial is rapidly drawing to a close.
It's Friday morning and according to lead defense attorney Katharine Liell, Camm's defense will rest its case at the end of the day.
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9:50 AM Fri, Feb 24, 2006 | Permalink
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The David Camm trial garnered national attention last night as it was one of several topics of discussion on Nancy Grace's CNN legal analysis show. A transcript of the program can be viewed by clicking on the link below:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/23/ng.01.html
The Camm trial was discussed near the end of the program.
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11:58 PM Thu, Feb 23, 2006 | Permalink
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It was late in the afternoon on Thursday when Jeff Lockhart -- the eighth basketball player -- took the stand to testify to defendant David Camm's presence at the Georgetown Community Church family life center on Sept. 28, 2000. As with the previous defense witnesses, Lockhart said Camm couldn't have murdered his wife and children because he was playing basketball.
Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson would cross-examine Lockhart in...
11:48 PM Thu, Feb 23, 2006 | Permalink
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The seventh basketball player to testify in front of the jury in Camm's defense -- Mark Werncke -- took the stand Thursday afternoon.
He is not a relative of the Lockhart family.
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11:46 PM Thu, Feb 23, 2006 | Permalink
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The sixth basketball player -- Eric Minzenberger -- took the stand Thursday afternoon and gave suprisingly emotional testimony about the night of the murders when he says he was playing basketball with defendant David Camm.
Minzenberger would lash out at prosecutors for asking repetitive questions that attacked his character.
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11:10 PM Thu, Feb 23, 2006 | Permalink
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Thursday afternoon, the jury began hearing from basketball players once again. Anthony Ferguson, a 23-year-old resident of New Albany, was the fifth basketball player to testify that defendant David Camm was at the Georgetown Community Church gym at the time his wife and children were murdered.
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4:13 PM Thu, Feb 23, 2006 | Permalink
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Just before defense witness Stuart James was excused from the stand, the jury in the David Camm triple murder trial submitted a total 16 written questions. Below is a list of those questions, followed by summaries of James's responses.
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11:03 AM Thu, Feb 23, 2006 | Permalink
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Stuart James -- the defense's last blood spatter expert -- was called to the stand this morning. James testified to his agreement with defense witnesses Paul Kish, Paulette Sutton and Bart Epstein that tiny stains found in the contentious "Area 30" of David Camm's t-shirt were not high-velocity impact spatter, but "contact" stains originating from contact with the blood source.
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10:50 AM Thu, Feb 23, 2006 | Permalink
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Moments ago, Charles Boney was sentenced by a judge in Floyd County, Ind. to the maximum sentence of 225 years in prison for his involvement with the murders of Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm.
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11:55 PM Wed, Feb 22, 2006 | Permalink
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Late Wednesday afternoon, the jury heard testimony from Jeremy Little, another basketball player who claims David Camm was playing basketball at the time his wife and children were murdered.
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11:31 PM Wed, Feb 22, 2006 | Permalink
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Phillip Lockhart, Sam Lockhart's son, was the third basketball player to vouch for David Camm's whereabouts on the night of the murder. Lockhart gave surprisingly emotional testimony about the basketball game that night, as well as his observations at the crime scene.
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11:11 PM Wed, Feb 22, 2006 | Permalink
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Martin Dickey, the brother of Jeff Dickey, was the second basketball player to testify before the jury in the David Camm triple murder trial. Dickey, who politely agreed to spit out his gum after taking the stand, testified to his recollections of the basketball game on the night of Sept. 28, 2000.
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2:23 PM Wed, Feb 22, 2006 | Permalink
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Today the jury heard testimony from Jeff Dickey, the first of 11 men who claim they were playing basketball with David Camm at the Georgetown Community Church family life center at the time Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm were murdered.
All 11 players testified at Camm's first trial in 2000.
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1:55 PM Wed, Feb 22, 2006 | Permalink
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Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson and lead defense attorney Katharine Liell once again provided fresh insight on the trial at the daily press conference this afternoon.
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11:35 AM Wed, Feb 22, 2006 | Permalink
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Just before defense witness Paulette Sutton was excused from the stand, the jury asked submitted two written questions.
Those questions are listed below, along with summaries of Sutton's answers.
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9:59 AM Wed, Feb 22, 2006 | Permalink
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It's Wednesday -- day 33 of the second David Camm triple murder trial -- and the jury has heard from Paulette Sutton, a blood stain analyst who testified for the defense that there are no high-velocity impact spatters on the t-shirt David Camm was wearing on the night of the murders.
Sutton was one of two analysts to peer review the opinions of Paul Kish, a witness who testified for the defense on Feb. 15.
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9:31 AM Wed, Feb 22, 2006 | Permalink
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The following entry contains a brief message from Travis K. Kircher, the author of this blog.
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11:58 PM Tue, Feb 21, 2006 | Permalink
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The third -- and final -- prison inmate to testify for David Camm was Mike West, a convicted murderer. Like the previous two defense witnesses, West was acquainted with both David Camm and Jeremy Bullock, an inmate who testified for the prosection.
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11:42 PM Tue, Feb 21, 2006 | Permalink
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Mark Day was the second prison inmate to take the stand in David Camm's defense. Just after lunch, the jury heard testimony from the convicted felon who is in the middle of serving a 55-year sentence for -- among other charges -- attempted rape and criminal confinement.
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11:24 PM Tue, Feb 21, 2006 | Permalink
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Tuesday morning the jury heard testimony from Joseph Chappel, the first of three prison inmates who would testify for the defense.
Clad in an orange jumpsuit, Chappel, who is currently in the middle of serving a 110-year sentence for murder at the Indiana State Prison, testified to David Camm's demeanor in prison on what would have been the birthday of his son Bradley.
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10:36 PM Tue, Feb 21, 2006 | Permalink
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The regular afternoon press conference today brought fiery responses from both Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson and lead defense attorney Katharine Liell. Each side accused the other of using slight-of-hand tactics to confuse the facts of the case.
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10:10 PM Tue, Feb 21, 2006 | Permalink
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After the jury was ushered into the courtroom this morning, Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson rose to cross examine Dr. John Nordby, a trace evidence expert who testified for the defense.
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10:43 AM Tue, Feb 21, 2006 | Permalink
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Shortly before the jury was ushered into the courtroom this morning, a lengthy argument broke out between Floyd County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Steve Owen and defense attorney Stacy Uliana over defense witnesses that will be testifying later this week.
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10:02 AM Tue, Feb 21, 2006 | Permalink
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Outside the jury's presence, the court heard testimony this morning from Carl Colvin, a friend of Charles Boney. Camm's defense team argued that the jury should be allowed to hear the testimony, but the prosecution argued that his testimony was heresay and fell outside the scope of the trial. Judge Robert Aylsworth ruled in favor of the prosecution.
Colvin testified -- again, with no jurors present -- to a threatening statement Boney m...
11:13 PM Mon, Feb 20, 2006 | Permalink
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The last witness the jury heard from on Monday was Dr. John Nordby, an expert on trace evidence and gunshot residue. Nordby, who at one time taught physics at Stanford University, flew in from Seattle to testify in Camm's defense.
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10:56 PM Mon, Feb 20, 2006 | Permalink
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On Monday afternoon, Sam Lockhart was called to the stand for brief testimony. Lockhart, David Camm's uncle, vouched for the authenticity of a series of photographs. He was on the stand for just a few minutes and will be re-called later this week for lengthier testimony.
Lockhart has long been identified as one of Camm's strongest supporters.
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10:12 PM Mon, Feb 20, 2006 | Permalink
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Monday afternoon, the jury heard testimony from George Nichols II, the former chief medical examiner for the commonwealth of Kentucky.
Nichols, a defense witness, testified about the inconclusiveness of injuries discovered on the external genitals of five-year-old Jill Camm during her autopsy.
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4:05 PM Mon, Feb 20, 2006 | Permalink
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Another day brought another afternoon press conference when court was adjourned for lunch. Of particular interest was a concern lead defense attorney Katharine Liell expressed after the jury had left the courtroom.
Liell said that four courtroom observers who were in attendance this morning may have been jurors at the Charles Boney trial. She expressed her concern that their presence might be an attempt by the prosecution to influence ...
1:53 PM Mon, Feb 20, 2006 | Permalink
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Leland Lockhart -- another of David Camm's uncles -- took the stand Monday morning in his nephew's defense. Lockhart, the former pastor of Georgetown Community Church, spoke about the weekly basketball games that took place at his church's gym. He also recalled the last time he ever saw Bradley and Jill Camm alive.
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11:40 AM Mon, Feb 20, 2006 | Permalink
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The first witness the jury heard from today was William Cody, a convicted felon. Currently, Cody works as a truck driver, but at the time of the murders, he was a machine operator for Anderson Wood Manufacturing in Louisville.
Cody would testify about his relationship with two of his co-workers: Charles Boney and Victor Nugent.
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10:49 AM Mon, Feb 20, 2006 | Permalink
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Today marks the start of Week Six in the second David Camm triple murder trial.
David Ray Camm -- a former Indiana State Police trooper -- was originally charged with three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the shooting deaths of Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm, his wife and children.
On Feb. 13, Warrick County Superior Court Judge Robert Aylsworth issued a directed verdict agains...
10:15 PM Fri, Feb 17, 2006 | Permalink
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Karen Ancil was the next witness to take the stand for the defense. A resident of Indianapolis and mother of five, she testified about a telephone conversation she had with convicted killer Charles Boney early in the morning after Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm were murdered.
Ancil -- who had shared a sexual relationship with Boney -- was not present in the courtroom when she was called to the stand. She had to be retrieved by lead de...
9:02 PM Fri, Feb 17, 2006 | Permalink
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Friday afternoon, the jury heard very brief testimony from John Galloway, a Georgetown, Ind. resident who has lived on Alonzo Smith Road for several years.
Alonzo Smith Road is in the same neighborhood as Lockhart Road, the street where the Camm family was living at the time of the murders.
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8:51 PM Fri, Feb 17, 2006 | Permalink
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Shortly after lunch, lead defense attorney Katharine Liell surprised the court by asking Judge Robert Aylsworth to grant a mistrial.
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8:40 PM Fri, Feb 17, 2006 | Permalink
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During Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson's lengthy cross-examination of defense witness Bart Epstein, Judge Robert Aylsworth adjourned court for lunch and the attorneys from both sides met with the media outside the courtroom for a brief press conference.
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1:29 PM Fri, Feb 17, 2006 | Permalink
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This morning was Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson's chance to cross-examine Bart Epstein -- a blood spatter expert who testified yesterday for the defense that there is no high-velocity blood spatter on any of the clothing David Camm wore on the night of the murders.
The rigorous cross examination would result in a battle between Henderson and defense attorney Stacy Uliana over whether statements made by Epstein's partner in the...
11:29 PM Thu, Feb 16, 2006 | Permalink
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Towards the end of the afternoon, Bart Epstein took the stand. A blood stain pattern analyst at the state crime laboratory in Minnesota, Epstein would also testify that there are no high-velocity impact spatters on the t-shirt David Camm wore the night of the murders.
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3:23 PM Thu, Feb 16, 2006 | Permalink
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The daily afternoon press conference brought with it a fresh wave of reaction from Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson and defense attorney Stacy Uliana.
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9:46 AM Thu, Feb 16, 2006 | Permalink
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Blood stains, peer review and book deals -- these were all topics of discussion Thursday as Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson began his lengthy cross-examination of Paul Kish, a blood spatter expert and defense witness who testified yesterday that there are no high-velocity impact spatter stains on David Camm's t-shirt.
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11:15 PM Wed, Feb 15, 2006 | Permalink
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As the day drew to a close, Paul Kish, a bloodstain pattern analysis expert from Corning, NY, took the stand for David Camm's defense. His testimony would blatantly contradict the previous testimony of the prosecution's bloodstain analysts.
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10:29 PM Wed, Feb 15, 2006 | Permalink
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After lunch, the jury in the second David Camm triple murder case heard testimony from Rick Walter Staub, the senior manager of forensics and the laboratory director at Orchid Cellmark, a Dallas-based forensic DNA testing company.
Staub said that, at the request of Camm's defense team, his company tested several items of clothing found at the crime scene -- including the infamous "Backbone" sweatshirt and Kimberly Camm's panties.
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10:04 PM Wed, Feb 15, 2006 | Permalink
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Wednesday afternoon, the jury saw a familiar face on the witness stand: Indiana State Police forensic scientist Lynn Scamahorn.
On Jan. 31, Scamahorn testified for the prosecution. Today she was called by the defense for very brief testimony.
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9:03 PM Wed, Feb 15, 2006 | Permalink
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Rebecca Balmer, the Floyd County Coroner, was next on the defense's list of witnesses. Balmer testified about her experiences in providing death notifications to family members who have lost loved ones.
Her testimony would end in a brief confrontation between her and Floyd County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Steve Owen.
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2:43 PM Wed, Feb 15, 2006 | Permalink
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After lead defense attorney Katharine Liell questioned Debbie TerVree, David Camm's aunt, Floyd County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Steve Owen rose for a prickly cross-examination.
In it, he questioned TerVree's ability to testify objectively.
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9:54 AM Wed, Feb 15, 2006 | Permalink
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On Wednesday morning, the David Camm jury heard testimony from Debbie TerVree, Amos Lockhart's daughter and David Camm's aunt. Fighting back tears, an emotional TerVree told the jury about a treehouse that Amos Lockhart dedicated for the TerVree and Camm children the Saturday before the murders.
She would also accuse former lead detective Sean Clemons of lying about statements she made after the murders.
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11:26 PM Tue, Feb 14, 2006 | Permalink
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The last witness to testify on Tuesday was Kyle Brewer, the forensic program coordinator for Floyd Memorial Hospital in Floyd County, Ind. As an evidence technician with 25 years of experience with the New Albany Police Department, Brewer also responded to the scene of Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm's murders.
Brewer would testify about a bare footprint that was lifted from the crime scene. According to Brewer, that print was accident...
11:12 PM Tue, Feb 14, 2006 | Permalink
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Tuesday afternoon, the jury in the David Camm trial heard testimony from Sgt. Gregory Oeth, a crime scene investigator with the Indiana State Police who responded to the crime scene hours after the murders.
He was the fourth witness to testify for the defense.
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10:48 PM Tue, Feb 14, 2006 | Permalink
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Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson and David Camm's lead defense attorney Katharine Liell both commented on the case today during a press conference that occurred after court was adjourned for lunch.
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10:40 PM Tue, Feb 14, 2006 | Permalink
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Nelson Lockhart -- David Camm's uncle and the defense team's third witness -- was recalled to the stand briefly to answer a number of questions from the jury.
Those questions are listed below, along with Lockhart's responses.
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10:12 PM Tue, Feb 14, 2006 | Permalink
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After the jury returned from lunch -- it was pizza today -- Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson cross-examined Nelson Lockhart, David Camm's uncle and the third witness to take the stand for the defense.
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1:42 PM Tue, Feb 14, 2006 | Permalink
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Nelson Lockhart, the uncle of defendant David Camm, was the third defense witness to take the stand. Througout the morning, a tearful Lockhart would describe what he witnessed at the crime scene on the evening of Sept. 28, 2000. He would also testify about his years of law enforcement training and the affect they had on his actions that evening.
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12:18 PM Tue, Feb 14, 2006 | Permalink
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Earlier this morning, the jury in the David Camm triple murder trial heard testimony from the second defense witness: Karla Farnsley, a New Albany resident and first cousin to David Camm who said that -- through sheer fate -- she visited with the Camm family the day before Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm were murdered.
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10:08 AM Tue, Feb 14, 2006 | Permalink
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Warrick County Superior Court was called into session shortly after 8:30 CST this morning as David Camm's defense team began making their case for Camm's innocence.
The prosecution rested late yesterday afternoon.
The first defese witness was Jan Poyser, a self-employed painter and wallpaperer and a resident of Georgetown, Ind.
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4:42 PM Mon, Feb 13, 2006 | Permalink
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Moments ago, Judge Robert Aylsworth granted a directed verdict and ruled that one of the charges against defendant David Camm should be dropped.
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4:38 PM Mon, Feb 13, 2006 | Permalink
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Following the testimony of Janice Renn, Kimberly Camm's mother, Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson rested the state's case against David Camm.
The state called just under 50 witnesses over the past four weeks in an effort to prove that Camm is guilty of three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the deaths of Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm -- his wife and children.
Tomorrow, Ca...
4:16 PM Mon, Feb 13, 2006 | Permalink
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Moments ago the jury heard testimony from Janice Renn, Kimberly Camm's mother.
She would be the last witness to be brought by the prosecution.
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2:38 PM Mon, Feb 13, 2006 | Permalink
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After lunch, the jury heard tesimony from another pediatrician: Dr. Phillip Merk, a professor of clinical pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
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2:09 PM Mon, Feb 13, 2006 | Permalink
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As has become the habit, attorneys on both sides of the David Camm trial gathered outside the courtroom during the lunch break for a brief press conference.
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11:07 AM Mon, Feb 13, 2006 | Permalink
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After being ushered into the courtroom this morning, the jury in the second David Camm triple murder trial heard testimony from Dr. Betty Spivak, a forensic pediatrician who works for Dr. Tracy Corey, the chief medical examiner of Kentucky.
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10:05 AM Mon, Feb 13, 2006 | Permalink
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It is the fifth week of the David Camm trial. If all goes as planned, the prosecution will rest its case this afternoon.
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1:04 PM Fri, Feb 10, 2006 | Permalink
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Court was adjourned for the day at 12:05 CST after jurors watched a brief video shot from the dash cam of a police vehicle. The video depicted the trip from the gym at the Georgetown Community Church at 6614 Lockhart Road to what was once the Camm residence at 7513 Lockhart Road.
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11:26 AM Fri, Feb 10, 2006 | Permalink
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In a surprising twist, the prosecution called Allen Scott Schrank -- a witness Camm's defense initially claimed as one of their own -- to the stand. Schrank was one of the 11 basketball players who was expected to testify for the defense that Camm was playing basketball at Georgetown Community Church's gymnasium when Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm were murdered.
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10:30 AM Fri, Feb 10, 2006 | Permalink
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Shortly before 9:30 CST, the jury was ushered into the Warrick County Superior Court -- Judge Robert Aylsworth presiding -- to hear further testimony in the second David Camm triple murder trial.
Sgt. Charlie McDaniel was called to the stand to testify about the layout of gymnasium at Georgetown Community Church, where David Camm claims he was playing basketball when his wife and children were murdered.
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10:08 AM Fri, Feb 10, 2006 | Permalink
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Just before the jury was ushered into the courtroom Friday morning, a brief hearing was held before Judge Robert Aylsworth regarding the possible testimony of two of Kimberly Camm's friends: Cristi Donastorg and Marcy McLeod.
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11:59 PM Thu, Feb 09, 2006 | Permalink
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Proving their stamina, the jury elected to stay late on Thursday afternoon to hear testimony from one more witness: Damon Lettich -- a trace analyst and forensic scientist asigned to the Indiana State Police crime lab in Indianapolis.
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11:59 PM Thu, Feb 09, 2006 | Permalink
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Late Thursday afternoon, the jury heard brief testimony from Sgt. Richard L. Hammer of the Indiana State Police. Hammer, who is assigned tothe ISP crime lab in Indianapolis, testified about a bloody half-shoe print that was found at the crime scene where Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm were murdered.
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11:55 PM Thu, Feb 09, 2006 | Permalink
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Brandon Bevin, a 21-year-old National Guard recruit, briefly took the stand in the David Camm triple murder trial in Warrick County Thursday afternoon. The Georgetown resident currently lives with his mother on Lockhart road a few houses away from the home where Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm were murdered on Sept. 28, 2000.
Bevin testified about a suspicious vehicle he saw in the neighborhood that afternoon.
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11:34 PM Thu, Feb 09, 2006 | Permalink
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Shortly after 4:00 CST on Thursday afternoon, the jury returned to the courtroom after a much needed recess and defense attorney Stacy Uliana began her cross-examination of forensic pathologist Tracy Corey.
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2:28 PM Thu, Feb 09, 2006 | Permalink
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Dr. Tracy Corey took the stand Thursday afternoon. Corey, another forensic pathologist, conducted the autopsies on Bradley and Jill Camm.
Like Dr. Donna Hunsaker who testified earlier today, Corey's testimony was accompanied by gruesome photographs that caused many in the courtroom to avert their eyes. Several family members on both the Renn and Lockhart sides of the courtroom -- as well as courtroom observers -- were moved to tears as...
2:13 PM Thu, Feb 09, 2006 | Permalink
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In a brief press conference during the lunch break, Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson and defense attorney Stacy Uliana provided their insight on the testimonies of medical examiners heard earlier today.
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11:46 AM Thu, Feb 09, 2006 | Permalink
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After a brief recess, the jury returned to hear defense attorney Stacy Uliana's cross examination of Donna Hunsaker, a forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy of Kimberly Camm.
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9:52 AM Thu, Feb 09, 2006 | Permalink
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As the prosecution prepares to conclude their case against David Camm, the jury heard testimony this morning from medical examiners that were present during the autopsies of Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm. It was grisly testimony that would have a dramatic emotional effect on both the Renn and the Lockhart families.
Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson says that he expects the state to rest its case tomorrow morning.
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10:02 PM Wed, Feb 08, 2006 | Permalink
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Late Wednesday afternoon, the jury heard testimony from Mala Singh Mattingly, a resident of Trinidad and the ex-girlfriend of Charles Darnell Boney.
Boney - David Camm's alleged co-conspirator - has been convicted of three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy in connection with the deaths of Kimberly, Bradley and Jill Camm.
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9:23 PM Wed, Feb 08, 2006 | Permalink
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The third -- and last -- prison inmate to testify against David Camm today was Jeremy Bullock, a tattoo artist that claimed Camm privately confessed to the murders during regular tattoo sessions. He also claimed Camm explained how he was able to fool 11 witnesses into testifying that he was playing basketball at the time of the murders.
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8:54 PM Wed, Feb 08, 2006 | Permalink
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Wednesday afternoon, the jury in the David Camm triple murder case heard testimony from another convicted felon -- James Hatton. Hatton, an admitted drug user who mounted a failed attempt to escape from prison, testified that Camm privately confessed to the murders of his wife and children during the time that he was incarcerated.
There was also a brief moment of humor when one individuals in the courtroom was referred to as a "b...
2:39 PM Wed, Feb 08, 2006 | Permalink
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Early in the afternoon, the prosecution in the David Camm murder trial began calling a series of unlikely witnesses: prison inmates that served time alongside Camm while Camm was serving out his original 195-year sentence for his original conviction.
The first witness was Donald Ray Forrester, an inmate with terminal cancer.
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11:08 AM Wed, Feb 08, 2006 | Permalink
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Debra Aven, a housewife and acquaintance of Kimberly Camm's, was second in a rapid-fire stream of prosucutorial witnesses that the jury will hear from this morning.
Aven testified to Kimberly Camm's demeanor on the last day of her life.
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10:20 AM Wed, Feb 08, 2006 | Permalink
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Shortly after 9:00 CST, the jury in the David Camm triple murder trial heard testimony from Karla Heinz, a mother of three children and Jill Camm's kindergarten teacher at the time of the murders.
Just before the jury was ushered into the courtroom, Camm was brought in. He paused briefly to hug lead defense attorney Katharine Liell as his uncle, Sam Lockart, and his aging father, Donnie Camm, looked on from the front row.
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11:01 PM Tue, Feb 07, 2006 | Permalink
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Vicki Yates, the daycare director at Graceland Baptist Church, took the stand late Tuesday afternoon to offer her testimony for the prosecution.
She would offer very brief testimony about David Camm's involvement in the lives of his children, Bradley and Jill.
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10:51 PM Tue, Feb 07, 2006 | Permalink
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Late Tuesday afternoon, Margy Blair -- Jill Camm's dance teacher at the Rainbow Dance Academy -- took the stand.
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10:32 PM Tue, Feb 07, 2006 | Permalink
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Tuesday afternoon, the jurors in the David Camm trial heard testimony from Cindy Mattingly, a parent whose daughter attended dance classes with Jill Camm.
It was the first witness in seveal days that did not testify to issues related to forensic science.
Mattingly, a Floyd County resident, testified that she saw Kim and Jill Camm only hours before they were murdered.
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3:59 PM Tue, Feb 07, 2006 | Permalink
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After lunch, the jurors in the second David Camm triple murder trial listened as defense attorney Stacy Uliana cross-examined Bill Chapin, a tissue expert for the prosecution. Uliana attempted to show that much of Chapin's testimony was speculation.
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2:33 PM Tue, Feb 07, 2006 | Permalink
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The lengthy lunch break this afternoon brought with it the usual daily press conference in which attorneys from both sides of the David Camm case sound off on the events of the day.
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9:46 AM Tue, Feb 07, 2006 | Permalink
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Tissue was the topic of the day when Warrick County Superior Court was called into session Tuesday morning. Bill Chapin is a senior research microscopist for McCrone Associates, a private Chicago-based laboratory that identifies materials on a microscopic scale for industrial clients. Chapin was called to the stand by the prosecution to testify about tiny tissue samples that were found on David Camm's t-shirt.
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5:16 PM Mon, Feb 06, 2006 | Permalink
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Late in the afternoon, the jury heard brief testimony from Dean Marks, an Indiana State Police crime scene technician who examined the controvesial Area 30 on the t-shirt Camm was wearing on the night of the murders.
Marks's testimony would corroborate the findings of blood analysts Rod Englert and Tom Bevel.
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1:53 PM Mon, Feb 06, 2006 | Permalink
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During the lunch break at an impromptu press conference, attorneys from both sides of the David Camm case offered brief comments on the events that have occurred thus far.
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11:38 AM Mon, Feb 06, 2006 | Permalink
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It's Monday and nationally-reknown blood spatter expert Rod Englert is once again on the stand as lead defense attorney Katharine Liell continues her cross-examination. Last week, Englert testified that four microscopic blood stains on Camm's t-shirt were examples of high-velocity impact spatter, leading him to conclude that Camm was standing within four feet of his daughter Jill when she was shot.
This morning, Liell continued her att...
11:33 AM Mon, Feb 06, 2006 | Permalink
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It is the fourth week of the David Camm trial.
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4:18 PM Fri, Feb 03, 2006 | Permalink
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College grades and Bernoulli's Equation were both unexpected topics of discussion during lead defense attorney Katharine "Kitty" Liell's prickly cross examination of Rod Englert, a nationally-known crime scene reconstructionist and blood analysis expert.
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12:15 PM Fri, Feb 03, 2006 | Permalink
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Shortly after lunch, the jury in the second David Camm triple murder trial returned to the courtroom to hear further testimony from Rod Englert, a nationally-known forensic blood analyst who was involved in such high-profile cases as the Robert Blake and O.J. Simpson trials.
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9:52 AM Fri, Feb 03, 2006 | Permalink
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Shortly after 9:00 EST this morning, the jury in the second David Camm triple murder trial was ushered into Warrick County Superior Court in Boonville, Ind. Rod Englert, a nationally-known crime reconstructionist and blood spatter expert once again took the stand to resume his testimony about his involvement with the investigation.
Lead defense attorney Katharine Liell objected several times throughout the testimony.
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5:28 PM Thu, Feb 02, 2006 | Permalink
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Late Thursday afternoon, the jury in the David Camm murder trial heard testimony and viewed a demonstration by Rod Englert. Englert -- a nationally-known crime scene reconstructionist and blood analysis expert -- has been involved with such high-profile cases as the O.J. Simpson and Robert Blake trials.
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3:05 PM Thu, Feb 02, 2006 | Permalink
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Following Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson's highly technical direct examination of Tom Bevel in the David Camm triple murder trial Thursday morning, defense attorney Stacy Uliana challenged his findings in a -- sometimes testy -- cross examination.
Uliana used high-magnification photographs and even Bevel's own book, "Bloodstain Pattern Analysis", in an attempt to discredit his findings of high-velocity impact spatter on Camm's...
10:01 AM Thu, Feb 02, 2006 | Permalink
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It's Thursday morning and the jury in the David Camm trial continues to hear testimony from blood spatter expert Tom Bevel. Yesterday, Bevel would testify about high-velocity impact spatters found near the hem of Camm's t-shirt. He would also note that the shirt would have had to have been within four feet of Jill Camm when the spatters were made, most likely by a gunshot.
His testimony would bring with it grisly photographs and lurid...
10:26 PM Wed, Feb 01, 2006 | Permalink
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After returning from an extended lunch break, the jury in the second David Camm triple murder trial heard testimony from Tom Bevel. Bevel, a blood spatter expert and the owner of a forensic education and consulting company called TBI, LLC, testified about what he said were high-velocity blood spatters he identified on the t-shirt David Camm wore on the night of the murders.
He would also provide disturbing testimony about the pat...
11:57 AM Wed, Feb 01, 2006 | Permalink
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After a brief recess, Stacy Uliana, one of Camm's defense attorneys, began a cross-examination of Wayne D. Niemeyer. Niemeyer, a senior research scientist for McCrone Associates who testified earlier today about gunshot residue particles, brass shavings and particles of lead that were identified on the clothes David Camm was wearing on the night of the murders.
Throughout her cross examination of Niemeyer, Uliana attempted to cast dou...
9:49 AM Wed, Feb 01, 2006 | Permalink
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Court was called into session shortly after 8:30 CST Wednesday morning as the jury heard testimony from Wayne Niemeyer, a research scientist with degrees in both mathematics and chemistry. Niemeyer, an expert in gunshot residue, works for McCrone Associates -- a private Chicago laboratory that identifies materials on a microscopic scale for industrial clients. Today Niemeyer testified about an analysis he conducted of Camm's clothes that teste...
