The Camm Family Murders: A Conversation with Investigator Gary Dunn on the Probable Cause Affidavit for the Arrest of David Camm
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🗓️ 23 January 2024
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Summary
On September 28, 2000, former Indiana State trooper David Camm returned to his Floyd County, Indiana home to find his wife and children murdered. After three trials and thirteen years in prison, he was acquitted. Camm's case remains known as one of the most egregious wrongful convictions in Indiana's recent history. So what did happen to the Camm family? Why did investigators hone in on Camm despite the fact a violent felon's DNA was found at the murder scene? What was the real story of all the blood evidence used to arrest and convict Camm?
Retired Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Gary Dunn was kind enough to share with us a copy of the probable cause affidavit in Camm's case. Dunn investigated Camm's case for the defense, and chronicled his experience in the book Their Bloody Lies and Persecution of David Camm: Part One. It's a great book that delves deeply into the crime. He is working on part two.
In this episode, we will go through the entire PCA with Gary, and he will explain the weaknesses and fabrications in the case.
By Gary's detailed book on the case: Their Bloody Lies and Persecution of David Camm
Also, check out Gary's website on the case, to read the first chapter for free: https://www.theirbloodylies.com/
A report from the News and Tribune on the day of the Camm family murders: https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/local_news/normal-day-ended-in-murder-for-camm-family/article_27335bd2-cdaf-5cfc-bb31-e104409b464d.html
A WAVE report on the 2006 trial: https://www.wave3.com/story/4488420/february-9-2006-day-24-pieces-to-the-puzzle/
A WAVE report on the 2006 conviction: https://www.wave3.com/story/4600249/camm-jurors-say-they-were-swayed-by-medical-evidence/
A News and Tribune report on the case: https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/local_news/judge-drops-conspiracy-charge-against-david-camm/article_30761d6b-85e4-5d1f-86c2-750c089e9b0c.html
A post from Officer.com on the Camm case: https://www.officer.com/home/article/10250471/murder-on-lockhart-road
A WDRB report on Donald Forrester's role in the Camm case: https://www.wdrb.com/news/david-camm-blog-jailhouse-informants/article_23d3b6e8-8a19-5cba-98e3-1aecaa2c410f.html
A report from WAVE on the third and final trial in the Camm case: https://www.wave3.com/story/23652064/camm-trial-109-prosecutors-smack-touch-dna-favorable-to-camm-as-unreliable/
A WAVE report on calls relevant to the Camm case: https://www.wave3.com/story/23394189/camm-trial-827-camm-called-investigator-wifes-employer-before-arrest/
A WDRB report on Janice Renn's testimony: https://www.wdrb.com/news/david-camm-blog-janice-renn-testifies/article_9f6128c6-d70d-5bbe-971e-8b86c87f545c.html
Another book by John Glatt on the case: One Deadly Night: A State Trooper, Triple Homicide, and a Search for Justice
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| 0:00.0 | Content Warning. |
| 0:03.0 | This episode contains discussion of the murder of children, murder in general, sexual abuse, and |
| 0:10.7 | the sexual abuse of children. |
| 0:13.0 | The afternoon of Thursday, September 28, 2000 was a busy one for the Cams. |
| 0:19.2 | As a family of four living in Indiana's Floyd County, busy was routine. |
| 0:24.0 | Five-year-old Jill and seven-year-old Bradley or Brad |
| 0:28.2 | were bright active kids attending Graceland Christian School. |
| 0:33.0 | Kimberly or Kim, who is 35, worked at Aagon Investments. |
| 0:39.0 | An Investments and Insurance Firm. |
| 0:41.0 | David or Dave Cam, the 36-year-old father and husband, had previously worked as an |
| 0:47.2 | Indiana State Trooper. He had left the State Police, however, to work for his |
| 0:51.5 | uncle Sam Lockhart's Foundation repair company |
| 0:54.2 | United Dynamics. On that day and early fall everything seemed normal for the |
| 0:59.2 | CAMs. Kim and David had had their struggles though. For a time, David's infidelity had strained their marriage to the point it nearly snapped. |
| 1:07.9 | Still, they reconciled and continued to build their lives together. |
| 1:12.1 | In the weeks before September 28th, continue to build their lives together. |
| 1:12.9 | In the weeks before September 28, 2000, Kim made mention to people of the sorts of things |
| 1:18.4 | she planned to do with David, from the mundane, such as redecorating their bedroom, to the life altering, such as having another baby together. |
| 1:26.5 | To help deal with the hubbub of September 28th, Kim's mother, Janice Wren, stepped in to help out. |
| 1:33.1 | Jill and Brad were her only grandchildren, and she was very involved in their lives. |
| 1:37.8 | That afternoon, Wren picked up Brad from school to take him to his allergy shot at 4 p.m. then they went to her house for a snack and to grab |
| 1:45.6 | his change of clothes for swim practice. Meanwhile Kim took Jill to dance class. |
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