Camm Crime Scene Prints Scrutinized

NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- David Camm's lawyer is trying to prove that there's evidence of someone else in the garage where his family was killed.

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Camm, a former Indiana State Police trooper, is charged with killing his wife, Kimberly, and his two children, Bradley and Jill, in their Georgetown, Ind., house in September 2000.

NewsChannel 32's Abby Miller reported that defense lawyer Mike McDaniel is trying to prove that the intruder was the one who committed the triple murder.

The jury heard testimony about human hair and fingerprints found at the murder scene that has been labeled as unidentified, Miller reported.

"State didn't put them in their case," McDaniel said. "They must mean something."

McDaniel pointed to a series of fingerprints collected from outside the Camm's family Ford Bronco shortly after the murders.

But proving anything has been difficult because of the quality of the prints, Miller reported.

"They had maybe three readable prints from Brad and a few readable prints from Jill. They just didn't do a very good job gettting fingerprints," McDaniel said.

Miller reported that a fingerprint expert told the jury that four different prints were found on the Bronco.

But lawyers on both sides disagree as to exactly where the prints were found.

Miller reported that the lawyers consider the placement of the prints crucial.

McDaniel claimed that the prints were lifted from the roof of the Bronco, near Kimberly Camm's shoes.

"I don't believe they're on the door post. I think they're higher up than that. They aren't David's prints, they're somebody else's prints," McDaniel said.

Lead prosecutor Stan Faith placed them by the door, in a high traffic area.

"There's no fingerprints anywhere within 2 feet of the shoes, there's no fingerprints, unknown or otherwise found," Faith said.

McDaniel called one of the prosecutions witnesses, DNA expert Lynn Scamahorn, back to the stand Friday.

Scamahorn told jurors that she found unknown human and animal hairs at the crime scene, and around the body of Kimberly Camm.

Because complete fingerpring cards weren't taken from the Camm family, none could be excluded from leaving some of those unknown prints, Miller reported.