In the quiet town of Georgetown, Indiana, a horrific scene unfolded on the evening of September 28, 2000, forever altering the lives of a local family. On that day, 35-year-old Kimberly Camm, along with her two young children, seven-year-old Bradley and five-year-old Jill, were found shot to death in the garage of their home. The gruesome discovery was made by Kimberly's husband and the children's father, David Camm, a former Indiana State Police trooper, upon his return from a basketball
game.
The initial investigation quickly focused on David Camm as the primary suspect. Prosecutors theorized that he had briefly left his basketball game, committed the murders, and then returned. A central piece of evidence against him was the presence of tiny bloodstains on the t-shirt he was wearing that night, which crime scene experts testified placed him in close proximity to his daughter when she was shot. Camm was arrested, tried, and convicted of the murders, receiving a lengthy prison sentence. However, this conviction was later overturned on appeal, with the court ruling that testimony about Camm's extramarital affairs had unfairly prejudiced the jury.
A significant breakthrough in the case came in 2005 when DNA from a sweatshirt found at the crime scene was matched to a man named Charles Boney, a convicted felon. Boney's palm print was also discovered on the family's vehicle. This new evidence led to a second trial for David Camm, where he and Boney were charged as co-conspirators. Boney was convicted and sentenced to 225 years in prison. Camm was also convicted for a second time and sentenced to life in prison.
Despite the two convictions, David Camm continued to maintain his innocence. His defense team argued that Boney was the sole perpetrator of the heinous crimes and that the blood on Camm's shirt was the result of him attempting to render aid to his children when he found them. After another successful appeal, Camm was granted a third trial. In a dramatic conclusion to the long and complex legal saga, a jury acquitted David Camm of all charges in 2013, after he had spent 13 years behind bars. Charles Boney remains incarcerated for the murders of Kimberly, Bradley, and Jill Camm.
