I'm coming in at this case not knowing anything about it until today. I read Camm's account and I read Boney's testimony. Also read about various pieces of physical evidence and the debate between "experts".
First, we all know that if Camm didn't have financial support, wasn't previously a State Trooper, etc... he would still be rotting in prison.
Rarely does the average person have the chance at 3 Trials to get out... how many convicted felons do you think would be in Prison if they all were able to do that?
It cost a lot of money to do that.
My first impression of Camm is that he is sociopathic and there is something going on with him. My impression of Boney is that he is a liar, and obviously a criminal. These are things however that Camm may have counted on. For example if Camm hired Boney to do the hit and stage it as a surprise during a burglary, he may also have figured that if Boney screwed it up, he would go down as the patsy. A State Trooper is smart enough to know how higher eschelon criminals use others for their dirty work and assume the risks.
The key for me is if there could be any connection proven between the 2 men.
Boney said he was there to sell Camm a gun. So, how did he meet Camm? Any record of phone calls? Camm should have been smart enough to try to prevent any possible connection that could be traced. But maybe he wasn't. What I haven't seen is Boney's explanation of how he met or knows Camm. I don't believe for a moment that Boney was there to sell a gun. But something tells me these guys did know each other and that there is a connection. If that can be proven, then Camm is more guilty than Boney, because he would have planned everything. Any provable connection and Camm is guilty.
I found out about this case because of government officials complaining about the COST of the case. So, should we stop at justice now that Camm is out and Boney is in? Boney doesn't have the financial backers to get 3 trials, he's black, he's a criminal, and so who cares right?
Another compelling thing is the "timing" of events.
Boney claims to show up right when Camm is supposedly at Basketball.
Not having followed this case, it seems that if Camm has an iron clad alibi for being at basketball at 7:00 then Boney must be lying about Camm being there.
But... he still could have been working for Camm and Camm may have let him in.
Shortly after that Boney said the family came home and into the Garage.
Then he says Camm shot them.
Witnesses hearing shots place them some 2 hours later when Camm could have been home.
For me this is a huge time gap. Forensic experts and the coroner should be able to determine if these people were shot at 7ish vs. 9ish. Not that it helps point the finger.
I see 3 very similar scenarios all involving both Camm and Boney:
Camm knows of Boney, approaches him and offers him a substantial amount of cash to help him carry out the crime based on Life Insurance.
Scenario 1: Camm lets Boney into his Garage / Home prior to 7:00.
The wife and children come home as Boney describes. Camm shoots them as Boney describes. Camm then goes to basketball so he will have what he thinks to be a clear alibi.
Boney would be here to make the crime look like a burglary, etc... so that when Camm comes back 2 hrs later he can come home and appear all surprised and call 911.
My problem with this scenario is neighbor hearing shots 9ish instead of 7ish.
Scenario 2: Same as #1 except Boney does the shooting while Camm is gone.
Senario 3:
Boney keeps toying with them in the car for up to 2 hrs before shooting them.
Boney has said they met playing basketball. If I am remembering correctly, they also went to the same high school for a time? (Could be wrong about that! But I'm remembering some connection to New Albany High School.) Though, Boney's girlfriend said she never knew Boney to own a pair of sneakers... I do believe that Camm was counting on Boney being a bumbling idiot. In early police interviews, Camm kept insisting that police test the backbone (Boney's) sweatshirt found at the scene. He was fixated on it. Honestly, my husband wouldn't know whether half the clothes in this house belonged here or not. I think Camm figured they would run dna on the sweatshirt, find Boney, and be done with it. But that didn't happen...
Kim and the kids were supposed to have arrived home around 7:30. That time fits with when she and the kids left Brad's practice after talking to another parent in the parking lot and taking into account her time to drive home. Supposedly, she told the other parent they were going home to meet David. (Which, if true, is odd, because it was routine for Camm to play basketball on Thursday night, so why would Kim say they were meeting him if she knew he would be at basketball until after 9pm?)
I read one theory on another board (can't remember where) that maybe Boney picked Camm up from the church gym. That way, Camm knew his truck would be there the entire time, no one would see it on the road, and no one would notice it missing from the church parking lot. (Obviously, there is no evidence of that, just someone's theory.)
(I do believe Camm was there when the murders happened.)
No one has mentioned the Camm's dog. Supposedly, it roamed freely through the neighborhood most of the time. I can understand the dog not being there (and barking) when the murders occurred if it was out roaming. However, wouldn't the smell of blood brought it home? Dogs are attracted to blood and can smell it from far, far away. The dog was there after the cops arrived, because they were concerned with the dog messing up the crime scene. So, where was the dog for over 1.5 hours?? (I believe locked in the house and only let out after Camm arrived home.)
I don't remember hearing anything about witnesses hearing shots around 9pm. The way in which the blood was already separating and drying proves to me that the shootings were done earlier than when Camm arrived home after playing ball. They lived kind of in the country. It's not that unusual to hear gunshots in the area from hunters or rednecks.
The crime scene didn't look like a burglary though, not even a staged one. There is no proof that Boney was ever in the house, and it was locked when Camm arrived home. Camm said that even though all the doors were locked, they never locked their doors (not unusual - I know of other people in that area who never lock their doors either). However, Boney's fingerprints weren't on the door locks, yet they were on the side of the Bronco. Was he wearing gloves and then took them off? Why did he go into the house if it wasn't for a robbery? One thing that is odd is that Camm smeared Jill's blood on the door leading from the garage into the house, even though he said he never touched Jill and only touched Brad. (The blood on the door hadn't dried yet when police arrived, so Boney couldn't have done it.)
I saw a local news interview of one of the jurors from Boney's trial. She was the youngest juror and the last holdout to find Boney guilty. She said that all twelve of Boney's jurors also believed that Camm was guilty too. She was being interview because she was furious over Camm's not-guilty verdict. So, 36 jurors believe Camm guilty and only 12 have believe him innocent.
Sorry if my thoughts were rambling!
