Camm Family

Both David Camm and Kimberly Renn were born and raised in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana. New Albany has about 35,000 residents and is located on the Ohio River, just north of Louisville, Kentucky. While New Albany is essentially a river town, the remainder of Floyd County is semi-rural and has attracted a large number of individuals seeking escape from urban life.

Kim was born in 1964, the older of two daughters born to Janice and Frank Renn. From an early age she demonstrated the intelligence and work ethic that she maintained throughout her life. Although quiet and demure, she nonetheless was very goal-oriented and committed to the future.

After graduating from New Albany High School (NAHS) in 1983 Kim attended the local regional campus of Indiana University and majored in accounting. While attending school and achieving outstanding grades, she also worked and paid her way through school.

Kim's younger sister, Debbie, was also well-liked and respected at NAHS and she eventually married another local, Greg Karem. Karem's family had for years owned the very popular Karem's Meats on State Street in New Albany.

After graduating from Indiana University, Kim eventually secured a job in Louisville with Capital Holding Insurance Company which became Provident and which was later purchased by Aegon. Aegon is headquartered in the Netherlands and has over 29,000 employees worldwide and is one of the world's largest life insurance and pension companies. At the time of her death, Kim was a highly respected and well-paid financial analyst who had been with the company for over 13 years.

Kim met David, son of Don and Susie Camm and a 1982 NAHS graduate, almost two years after his first marriage to his high school sweetheart, Tamara Zimmerman, had resulted in divorce. Dave and Tammy had originally married in 1982 and had one daughter, Whitney. When they amicably divorced they were very civil about sharing custody of Whitney.

In high school David Camm was not nearly as engaged in his studies as was Kim but preferred to involve himself in more typical male endeavors. He enjoyed working with his hands and was somewhat of a perfectionist when it came to working on cars.

At the time that Kim met David he was working as a body man for a local Ford dealership. David had an excellent reputation as a body man and he also enjoyed working on older cars in his spare time. Dave also had another vocational interest, however, and the seeds of that interest were sown by his uncle Nelson, a career police officer with the Jefferson County (Louisville) Police Department. As a result of that interest, Dave initially became an auxiliary New Albany Police Officer and then in early 1989 applied to the Indiana State Police (ISP).

It was also in the spring of 1989, or over one year after they first met, that David and Kim were married by another uncle of David's, Pastor Leland Lockhart. Dave's mother Susie was but one of nine Lockhart siblings who were and remain very close with one another. Leland Lockhart was the pastor of a growing church in Georgetown, Indiana which is approximately 10 miles west of New Albany and also in Floyd County.

That church, the Georgetown Community Church, was very child oriented. A Family Life Center which had a full-length basketball court attracted many youngsters for their weekend games and it also hosted basketball games on Thursday nights for adult members and guests. Later, of course, it would be the location of the basketball games on the night that Kim and the children were murdered and also where eleven witnesses saw David throughout the evening, never leaving the church gym and of course, never returning.

In the fall of 1989 David was accepted into the Indiana State Police as a Trooper Recruit. After his training in Plainfield, Indiana and an initial and short assignment to the Scott County area approximately 35 miles north of Louisville, he was assigned to the Sellersburg post on I-65 just a few miles north of the Ohio River.

While Kim was impressive to others with her diligent and productive work ethic at Capital Holding, Dave was also making an impression with his ISP counterparts. Within a short period of time after arriving at Sellersburg, he was selected for the ISP's elite Emergency Response Team (ERT) which is another name for a SWAT team.

By all accounts, Dave was doing a great job and he was even selected as a Field Training Officer (FTO), a position which is normally reserved for Troopers with more than only two years experience. FTOs are responsible for the continued training of rookie Troopers in the field, or after they've left the safety of the academy.

In 1992 Kim found out that she was pregnant with their first child and Bradley Ray Camm was born on February 1, 1993. Both families were excited about his arrival and Brad became a lot like his mother. As he grew older, he was introspective, quiet yet determined, and sensitive to the needs of others.

After Brad was born, however, David began straying from his marriage vows. He had an affair with a local woman and he moved out of their Georgetown home and in with the woman. That lasted but a short period of time, however, and Dave and Kim reconciled and they moved on with their life together.

In 1995 Jill was born and later that year Kim and Dave began construction of a home on Lockhart Road. The lot was one of several on approximately 40 acres of land located between Georgetown and Greenville. Amos and Daisy Lockhart, Dave's maternal grandparents, built the first house on the land in 1968 and Dave and Kim began construction of their home across the gravel road from the aged couple.

Amos had worked for the Kentucky and Indiana (K&I) Railroad for almost four decades until his retirement and Daisy maintained a simple but faith-filled home for their nine children. They would have stayed in Central Kentucky but in the mid-1950's Amos was called by work to the Louisville area where the K&I operated a railroad bridge between Louisville and New Albany, a bridge that is still in use after having been built in 1906.

The children of Amos and Daisy are Carlin (Buddy), Susie, Leland, Nelson, Gloria, Sam, Phyllis, Kathy, and the youngest is Debbie.

Debbie and her husband Bob Ter Vree also built their home on the same acreage originally purchased by Amos and Daisy and in the woods behind the Camm residence. They shared a common driveway with the Camms.

After completing construction of their home in 1995, the Camm family settled in to relatively normal lives. David continued his work as a Trooper and Kim continued to receive promotions and financial awards at her work. David never made nearly as much as Kim and in 1999 she earned almost $70,000 in salary and bonuses. By contrast, David was making about half that amount as a Trooper.

As Brad got older he tried several different sports. He wasn't that interested in the sports he tried until he discovered swimming in the summer of 2000. His angular slim body was a natural for swimming and he pursued it with vigor previously unknown to him. Literally within an hour prior to his murder, he was swimming at Hazelwood Junior High School, involved in his newfound passion.

Jill wasn't as nearly demure or as quiet as her mother and brother. She was energized about literally everything and would involve herself in any sport or activity. She wouldn't back down from any challenge or refrain from trying any sport. Baseball, basketball, golf, dance or whatever, Jill was up to the challenge and she was as good as any five year old in her athletic exploits.

Both Brad and Jill were excellent students and well-liked by their teachers at Graceland School, a private Christian school affiliated with Graceland Baptist Church. They were also very active in Sunday School and Wednesday night activities at the Georgetown Community Church where their mother was also the Church Treasurer. Both Brad and Jill loved their grandparents on each side of the family as well as their many aunts, uncles and cousins. They, in turn, were lovable and greatly loved by their entire family.

One of David's uncles is Sam Lockhart. Although not the oldest of the Lockhart siblings, he nonetheless has been the go-to guy for his brothers and sisters in many family endeavors. Sam, a natural leader, also graduated from NAHS. He then joined the U.S. Navy in the mid 1960's, serving on an aircraft carrier in the Vietnam War.

After Sam's release from active duty, he was involved in a myriad of ventures and eventually opened his own basement water-proofing business in the late 1970's. In the late 1990's, his business had grown to the point wherein he employed over 40 employees, including several family members as full and part-time employees. His brother-in-law, Don Camm, has worked for Sam for several years and his nephew Jeff was a minority owner of the business.

Dave had previously worked part-time with Sam and Dave promoted the business and the products well. Sam offered Dave a full-time job and in March, 2000 Dave gave his notice to the ISP and joined his uncle in a full-time capacity. At that time he had been with the ISP for ten years.

In the summer of 2000 Dave also became a volunteer coach for Jill's T-Ball team, something that he had wanted to do before but because of the ever-changing hours and shifts with the ISP was never able to pursue. As a result of that very positive experience, he promised both Brad and Jill that he would be more engaged in their future athletic endeavors.

In September, 2000, or after only six months of working for Sam, Dave had generated approximately $35,000 in commissions, or almost an entire year's salary with the ISP. He was happy, his family was very pleased that he was home on nights and weekends, and he was on track to make a lot more money than he had ever made in his life.

Kim was continuing to do well at Aegon and was able to make her own hours while still taking care of the kids with the help of her mother. She was not only a working mother but also the Church Treasurer and an instrumental part of both the Renn and Camm/Lockhart families.

Brad and Jill were doing well in school, were incredibly happy, engaged in sports and church and most importantly were greatly loved by their families. These typical tykes lived in a neighborhood where they played with their cousin Hannah and would and could run back and forth throughout the neighborhood without any fear whatsoever.

David Camm knew that he was a very blessed husband and father. His children were "angels" and his wife loved him "unconditionally, truly unconditionally." His perfect life, however, was going to radically change. His American Dream would soon become a nightmare beyond comprehension for anyone.