STORY: "Camm trial 9/11: Expert says murder scene was staged," by reporter Gordon Boyd, published by Wave 3 News on September 11, 2013. (Follow the link below for updates);
GIST: "An
analyst whom prosecutors recognize as their lead specialist in blood
patterns said the size of the stains and the direction of flow show that
David Camm's wife, Kimberly, and their five-year-old daughter, Jill,
were both shot at close range and that Camm himself had to be the
shooter. Rod Englert's investigative firm has been involved in the
investigation since September 29, 2000, one day after the bodies of Kim,
Jill and 7-year-old son Bradley were found inside the garage of their
Georgetown, IN home. "I looked at all the evidence that was possible to look at," Englert told jurors hearing Camm's third trial Wednesday. Englert was not on the scene to view the bodies before investigators
removed them, but he determined that "it was a posed and staged scene"
after viewing photographs of Camm's wife and son on the garage floor. "The position of her (Kim Camm's hair) is abnormal," Englert
testified. "She had to have been laying on her side, but she was moved
onto her back." Englert based his conclusion in part, after finding an abnormal mark
on her left index finger, that wouldn't be there had she fallen backward
after being shot. Kim Camm's left hand had been resting on her pants, which had been
removed. Englert told the jury the pants and Bradley Camm's left shoe
covered blood patterns that otherwise wouldn't have been there. "It's in elongated streaks coming from an energized source," Englert said. A photograph also reveals much smaller stains near the energized stain. "The tinier the stands, the less distance the blood traveled," Englert explained."The blood coming from Kim Camm's head is flowing toward the back of
the garage (the closed overhead door)," Englert said. "The blood is
flowing toward where the shooter stood." Englert referred jurors to a photograph which he maintains shows "a
multitude of stains going toward the back corner of the garage.".........Englert drew defense objections when he conceded that he has no way
to measure blood spatter's exact speed, only the distance it travels to
create certain stain patterns. Special Judge Jon Dartt overruled the
objection, but cautioned Englert to "testify to only what you do know." Jill Camm was still buckled into the right rear bench seat of the
Bronco when her body was found. Englert said blood found on the Bronco's
headliner, rollbar, and back of the right front passenger seat also
shows a spatter pattern. That evidence leads him to conclude that her
shooter was no further that four feet away, and the blood evidence
points to David Camm. Camm's defense team has called Englert's findings "junk science,"
protesting Wednesday's testimony and Tuesday's demonstrations involving
spray bottles and stage blood. After the lunch break, jurors will view Kim Camm's Ford Bronco and may question Englert while doing so."
http://www.wave3.com/story/23404616/camm-trial-911-expert-says-murder-scene-was-staged
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