Third and Fourth Police Interviews

The authorities were faced with a dilemma on March 4th. Just four days after publicly claiming that Boney's story had checked out, his palm print was matched to the unknown palm print on the Bronco's left door jamb. On March 4th, however, they still didn't have anything to link Charles Boney with David Camm. That's not a good situation to be in, particularly after there has been four and a half years of public proclamations that David Camm acted alone, the treasury of Floyd County has been repeatedly diminished, David Camm's first conviction was thrown out by the Indiana Court of Appeals, and a second trial was forthcoming for Camm, the only one who had been charged with any crime in the murders of Kim, Brad and Jill.

No one had ever said that Boney and Camm were involved together. Indeed, the newly found prison informants who had provided the only "new" evidence against Camm, didn't say anything at all about Camm having a co-conspirator.

What happened to change that during the afternoon and evening of March 4th?

Boney was first interviewed on March 4th by Gilbert and Kessinger and he still tried to weasel around his foot and leg fetish, inferring that the questions previously posed to him weren't specific enough. He also responded in the following manner about his interview with the defense investigator on February 28th:

Gilbert: One of the other things I was telling you about, you remember when you spoke to Mr. Gary Dunn, I think it last Monday or so?

Boney: Yes.

Gilbert: About the 28th or so, I believe it was or about that time?

Boney: It was the 28th.

Gilbert: Okay, I sat in on the interview, I just kind of sat there I really didn't say anything.

Boney: That's correct.

Gilbert: Remember when you come back down to the office and then Mr. Kessinger and I spoke to you about something that I found a discrepancy, pertaining to the firearm, you remember that?

Boney: Yes, uh…the discrepancy was such that I made an account of uh…two particular took place in Bloomington, Indiana. I stated that one of those robberies I didn't have a loaded gun. And the truth of that is that that is true and I remember stating that on the other one that uh…the discrepancy was that I said also it was unloaded. But then I when questioned again when you guys brought it to my attention uh…I just spoke out of turn.

The fact that Boney lied about the nature and extent of his use of a loaded weapon in the robbery and abduction of the three women was to be expected and was known at the time by the defense investigator as a lie. Of equal or greater importance, however, is that this is yet another example of Boney being asked and then answering questions without any report being generated by the police. The defense will never be able to fully know of all of his stories because they weren't all reported. What wasn't reported that didn't support Boney's story or would enable the defense to discover what else he told and had been told? Like the evidence that was collected by the prosecutor's investigators at the crime scene, that information is also lost.

At least the investigators did press Boney somewhat on his claim that he had given up his sweatshirts. During their previous interview with Trevor Smith, Smith said that he saw Boney wearing a DOC (Department of Corrections) sweatshirt and quoted Boney as saying that the sweatshirt he was wearing was issued by the DOC…all at a time after the murders and therefore contradicted his previous assertions that he had given away his prison clothing.

They also told Boney that Smith had told them that he had repeatedly solicited Smith to build him a silencer for his gun (in order to kill Amber). Boney's response wasn't exactly a strong denial, "First and foremost a silencer is uh…federal uh…situation, to even talk about something like that shows that you have the intent to kill someone. I would never trust him, I don't trust him well enough to talk about things like that of that nature. And I didn't have anyone on my agenda to, to do something like that to."

It's rather obvious that the objective of having a silencer for a handgun is to muffle the sound of a weapon when it is fired. At the time Boney was soliciting his good friend to build him a silencer, a friend of his estranged wife overheard Smith cautioning Boney's wife. The conversation was that Boney was trying to get that silencer to "shoot her and get her out of his life" and further that he was going to "get rid of this bitch." The friend of Boney's wife was never interviewed by the police and they didn't press Boney, whom they believed to be the non-violent thief, about the silencer during that interview or at any other time.

Eventually, however, Gilbert read the results of the fingerprint examiner to Boney:

Gilbert: "The label lift 2A contains a palm print that is identified to the left palm of the palm print you submitted last night bearing the name Charles D. Boney."

Boney: "That's impossible."

Gilbert: "You've got some explaining to do here Charles. Your palm print is on that Bronco…you're there. Now this is the time, this is the place…this is your last stage that you're going to have to tell us what the hell happened there. This is it! We've been doing everything we can to see if we can eliminate you and every time we turn around we find something else. We found you in lies and now we're finding you evidence wise with both DNA and your fingerprints on the Bronco of where three people are murdered. Now you better tell us what the hell happened now cause this is it! This is it!"

I think that most people would agree with Detective Gilbert that the police had tried their best to eliminate Boney as a suspect but the evidence wouldn't cooperate with those efforts. When his palm print was matched they had to do something. After all, a week earlier the defense attorneys tried to get Judge Aylsworth in Warrick County to issue an arrest warrant based upon the evidence, plentiful as it was at that time, for Boney's arrest. The police and the prosecutor didn't want to arrest Boney but now they had to act. They absolutely had to do something.

During the continuing interrogation of Boney, Gilbert gave Boney a lot of things to hang his hat onto later:

Gilbert: "There's extensive evidence on you now Charles, extensive. And the best thing you can do for yourself is tell us the truth as to what happened. This is the time, this is the place this is your opportunity to tell us what happened out there. There might be some explanations for what took place but unless we hear it from you…it looks extremely grim, extremely grim, evidence wise for you. And there's nothing we're gonna be able to do to help you. So you need to tell us what happened out there."

Boney, the guy who will "tell you what you want to hear" also heard what meant the most to him: "There might be some explanations for what took place but unless we hear it from you...it looks extremely grim..."

Gilbert then followed up those comments with some additional words that Boney no doubt wanted to hear:

Gilbert: "Now the best we can do now is try and verify any explanation as to why you were there so then maybe we can support something that happened out there that you might have witnessed while you were there."

Gilbert also asked Boney, "What did Charles Boney see?" That question is more of a suggestion rather than a penetrating question, and allowed the man to understand that he could tailor his story that he was a witness rather than a perpetrator.

Most interrogators wouldn't agree that this was an unbiased interrogation that was searching for an independent story. Indeed, at this juncture, Boney has already been educated:

1. The investigators provided him with the terms of "dirty" or "untraceable" gun.
2. They told Boney that the gun which killed the family could have been wrapped in his sweatshirt, thus allowing him to explain his sweatshirt at the crime scene, but yet to distance himself from the crime.
3. He was told that if he was the perpetrator that he would face the death penalty.
4. They allowed him to explain how he, the sweatshirt, and Camm were connected…without questioning whether or not any connection even existed.
5. The prosecutors had already publicly announced their support of and belief in him.
6. They told him that they knew he lied about his previous stories but still offered him the opportunity to lie about any future story.
7. His failure of the stipulated polygraph, his sweatshirt and DNA at the crime scene, as well as his criminal signature being at the crime scene, didn't result in his arrest.
8. After all of this, he was told that he could still provide a story wherein he could tell them what he saw; i.e. he was a witness rather than a perpetrator.

Charles Darnell Boney is many things but he isn't a stupid person. He is a prolific and poor liar and he is a violent and bungling criminal but he surely isn't a stupid person. After being fully aware of all of the above, what was Boney's reaction? He simply said, "David did this."

After uttering those words, Boney then demanded an attorney and wanted to see, of all people, Stan Faith. That's right, he wanted to see Stan Faith. Gilbert and Kessinger kept prevailing on Boney, until Kessinger ended the statement at 3:14PM, telling Boney, "…we're going to see if we can get a hold of an attorney for you."

There was no other statement which was provided to the defense involving Boney, Kessinger and Gilbert from the termination of his interview at 3:14PM until 4:52PM, or more than an hour and a half. The tape of their next interview then started at 4:52PM.

Gilbert: "We're restarting the tape it's approximately 4:52 PM same date, March 4, 2005 on Friday. Uh…Charles you had earlier stated that you would like to consult with an attorney, is that correct?"

Boney: "That is correct."

Gilbert: "Since that time at approximately 4:44 PM uh…you actually a little bit before that time you advised that you no longer wanted an attorney and that you requested to speak with us again, is that true?"

Boney: "That is correct."

Gilbert: "You were readvised of your rights just a few minutes ago and also given a waiver of rights where it states that you no longer wanted an attorney you were initiating a conversation with us and that keeping your rights in mind you are willing to speak to us that this time. Is that correct?"

Boney: "That is correct."

Gilbert: "And you waiver those rights and you're willing to talk to us now."

Boney: "This is correct."

Gilbert: "And I believe you stated that you would rather make notes, write out what took place and then talk with us about it or words to that effect, is that true?"

Boney: "That is correct."

Gilbert: "Okay. We're going to stop the tape for Mr. Boney to uh...start on his uh…written statement it's approximately 5:54 PM...I'm sorry 4:54 PM."

Whatever happened during the hour and thirty-eight minute interlude to convince Boney to drop his demand to see Stan Faith and to allow him to write out, rather than be subjected to a hard interrogation, is anybody's guess. Gilbert's report, however, stated that Boney "asked to be alone to write it out because Kessinger and I were making him nervous."

The prolific liar, who knew that he needed to give the police and the prosecutors David Camm, was allowed to collect his thoughts and to do so by simply writing those thoughts on paper. What happened after they broke at 4:54PM? Incredibly enough, the next interrogation, if one can describe it as that, began at 8:45PM, or almost four hours later:

Gilbert: "If you don't mind Mr. Boney uh...would you mind reading us what you've written up to this point?"

Boney: "Okay. It begins by saying um, I first met David Camm July 2000 at Community Park. We played ball against one another and I lost that game. I remember bragging about how I just got out of prison. And it was you know great to have to get fresh air and have a hot summer to enjoy. David Camm told me that he was a former State of Indiana Police Officer and asked me what I had done. I told him very little about my crimes but I did state that it was Armed Robbery. David Camm talked to me about Jesus and church. Mr. Camm told me that Christ could put me back on track if I put Jesus first. He told me about church gymnasiums and fellowship but I was not that interested. I was more interested in work and my girlfriend at the time. Mr. Camm was sincere, but not too trusting of me as a felon. My second encounter with David Camm was in September of 2000 I met Mr. Camm at Better Way Food Mart on State Street, New Albany. I spoke with him briefly and I asked for a rematch of basketball. He told me that he was up for it but didn't know when. Mr. Camm seemed to distracted and kept looking at the next building over, which was Karem's Meat Market. I was not able to admit that I knew David Camm for fear that a triple Murder would be placed on my head. I was not able to discuss the connection due to my insight of a possible set-up. David Camm couldn't say anything about knowing me or else his case is completely ruined. David Camm has a great chance in Court so long as no one uncovers the one person that can land him in jail...Charles Boney. When I discussed the purchasing of a handgun to David Camm I was in his Bronco. David Camm paid me two hundred fifty dollars for a 300 or for a 380 uh...caliber weapon. I will not tell where I got the weapon but I did sell it to David Camm. When I met with David Camm to receive payment for the weapon, a 38-caliber handgun, 380. I didn't have anything to wrap or place the weapon in so I used my sweatshirt. I had already sent many things to the Salvation Army so I knew that one of the sweatshirts would surface in the thrift store. David Camm knew my name and where I did time so he could have easily looked into my history. My case is based is on selling an illegal handgun to a person who eventually used it to murder his own family. He was molesting his, allegedly molesting, his daughter, cheating on his wife and it came crashing down when his family had enough. The truth of his affairs and the secrets of what he was doing to his daughter was about to be told, so he shut em up for good. I guy fresh out of prison is a perfect fall guy for the crimes. My fingerprints, my sweatshirt and my past are perfect ingredients to set Charles Boney up. David Camm knew that I couldn't tell anyone or anything or I'd go straight to jail. The polygraph showed deception on the weapon and the lack of deception as to whether I was there specifically Georgetown, Indiana. I am wrong for providing a weapon but I am not responsible for the murders. I am wrong for knowing about evidence against David Camm but that doesn't make me a murderer. David Camm has blood spatter and brain matter on his sweatshirt, none was found on the sweatshirt, on my sweatshirt, just my DNA and unknown female DNA that could have belonged to the helper of the Camm murders. David Camm never did say that he was, what he was gonna do with the gun and as a convict I didn't ask. If David Camm had used me in the actual crime he would have killed me too. This would have been perfect, former State Trooper comes home and discovers his family slaying with a black male wondering around so he gets shot and the authorities see Camm as protecting his household. Why would David Camm let me live to tell on him? He could have killed his wife the daughter and me then allow his son to live and keep quiet about it. How could I be thought of as more, being more, significant than his only son…yet I was allowed to walk away from the crime scene, no David Camm knew that he was using me from the second time he had met me. The polygraph shows that I was not at the Camm house but I could not get past the fact that I knew about the weapon. My alibis are still intact because during the actual murders I was in the presence of at least six people. And I have a timeline that begins at 2PM and doesn't end until around 11PM on September the 28th, 2000."

End of Statement

Charles Boney."

That was a statement that didn't have a lot of detail but did have a lot of finger-pointing and an exclusionary statement on the part of Boney. His confession in a nutshell: Camm did it and I merely provided the gun wrapped in the sweatshirt. Boney was very quick to point out the allegation of molestation and Camm's secret being exposed as an integral part of his story although he was merely parroting the prosecution's previous allegations. Indeed, in Stan Faith's closing arguments in the first trial, he used the term crashing on two occasions. Boney used that same term in his statement.

What did Boney allege about David Camm in that written statement? Let's examine his specific allegations:

1) He met David Camm at Community Park in July, 2000 where they played (basket) ball with one another.

Boney, the self-proclaimed "terrible athlete" later contended that it was five on five, full-court basketball and that there were others on the sideline watching. That means at least eight other players plus the spectators would have been involved and seen the two playing. New Albany is not a large city and Community Park is well-known and frequented by many basketball players. No one has ever come forward, nor could Boney ever identify anyone, who saw Camm and Boney together. No one saw them together at Community Park or at any other location where Boney claimed they met.

Another major issue with Boney's story is that no one ever saw him play competitive basketball. As noted, he was a poor athlete and weighed 275 pounds upon his release from prison and his poor skills and weight didn't lend itself to playing full court five on five basketball. Simply put, he would have been chump change playing full court five on five basketball.

2) Boney claimed that he told Dave of his criminal past and that Dave said that he was a former State Police Officer and that he talked about Jesus, church, church gymnasiums and fellowship.

The fact that Dave was formerly with the State Police and had been playing basketball at his church gymnasium with others at the time of the murders was very well known to all people. Spinning a story that Dave talked to him about the church and the church gym wasn't difficult for Boney to manufacture, although there were no basketball games played at the Church gym in the summer months when Boney claimed that Dave told him about those games.

3) Boney claimed that the second encounter occurred in September, 2000 and occurred at the Better Way Food Mart in New Albany and that he was "distracted."

Boney, of course, knew that the Better Way (Better Buy in above photo) was immediately next door to Karem's Meats, which was owned by Kim's sister and brother-in-law. He later added to that contention that they spent about 10 minutes in the same parking lot that serviced Karem's. That doesn't support his original contention that Dave was "distracted." If Dave was concerned about someone seeing him with Boney, he surely wouldn't spend ten minutes in an area where he was very recognizable.

His later interrogation with Detective Wilkerson also shed a great deal of light as to why he would have picked Better Way. Detective Gilbert had previously been told by the defense investigator that Dave's uncle lived near Boney's mother. Boney even acknowledged to Wilkerson, "And just now recently I learned that he had an uncle that was just right around the block…I never knew him." Once again, Boney was the one who was being given additional information by the investigators.

4) "When I discussed the purchasing of a handgun to David Camm I was in his Bronco."

Boney had to explain his palm print in some manner. How else can you explain your palm print on the passenger side of the Bronco? He knew that he couldn't get out from under that print being exactly matched to him.

Another issue about that contention, however, is that the Bronco was Kim's vehicle. Dave rarely ever drove the Bronco and when he did, such as to church, the family was with him. Dave had the company pickup truck which he always drove.

Later, Kessinger even commented about that fact, "You know what, that was Kim's car. He never drove the Bronco, that's a problem with me." It wasn't a problem for long, however, since Boney was allowed to stick with that story.

The rest of the written statement is a combination of self-serving comments and allegations against Dave. That statement provided no other specific allegations against David Camm other than Boney's contention that they met twice; at the Community Park and at Better Way.

Boney did incorporate his assertion that he gave Dave the gun (which he made clear he wouldn't provide the identity of the source) wrapped in his "BACKBONE" sweatshirt, which followed the seed originally planted by Kessinger in an earlier interview. That also allowed Boney to maintain his distance from the crime scene.

In short, poor Mr. Boney's only involvement in the crime was that he sold a gun to Camm not knowing what Camm was going to do with the gun. As Boney said, "My case is based on selling an illegal handgun."

Boney recited the litany of allegations that the police had originally used against Dave in an attempt to further isolate himself from the crime. The issues of molestation and cheating on his wife were all recited by Boney who was going to be set up by Camm. Boney repeated the blood spatter mantra and even claimed that the unknown female DNA "could have belonged to the helper of the Camm murders." Although Boney, as noted, was previously probably engaging the investigators in a game of wits with that comment, he would soon try and connect the unknown female DNA with a former fellow trooper who served with Camm.

Boney speculated that if Camm had used him in the actual crime that "he would have killed me too." He then laid the foundation of the race card, saying that would have been perfect to have found a black male at the crime scene in order to pin it on him.

Boney also made the claim that his alibis were still intact for September 28th by claiming, "I was in the presence of at least six people. And I have a timeline that begins at 2PM and doesn't end until around 11PM on September the 28th, 2000." That wasn't the case but incredibly enough, even after knowing of his supposed alibis for days the investigators hadn't even attempted to verify most of them. Indeed, as noted earlier that day, Kessinger admitted that he hadn't contacted or interviewed all of Boney's alleged alibi witnesses.

One would think that verifying Boney's alibis would rate a high enough priority that any verification would be done immediately and would entail speaking with every person identified as an alibi witness. If investigators can't respond to claims made by the suspect, such as having alibi witnesses, the chances for a successful interrogation are diminished.

After thinking for almost six hours as to how he was going to incriminate David Camm, Charles Boney was able to write 853 words which claimed that he had met Camm at a Community Park basketball game and later met him at the Better Way where he sold him a gun, wrapped, naturally, in his sweatshirt. Boney's story enabled him to explain away his sweatshirt and palm print and to further allow him to paint himself as the victim of a diabolical David Camm.

Charles Boney, the victim in all of this, was only guilty of selling a gun to a man he trusted.

During the ensuing interrogation Boney made reference to a question previously posed to him by Kessinger. According to Boney, Kessinger had asked him if he had ever been pulled over by Camm and if Camm had confiscated a weapon from him. Nowhere in any report is Kessinger's question or Boney's response noted. Once again, an interview between the police and Boney wasn't contained in a report. Of more significance, however, is the possibility that after Boney asked for Stan Faith, he was again provided some seeds in order to spin his story; i.e. Camm pulling over Boney and confiscating a gun. What else he was told that enabled the police to again question him is unknown.

Nonetheless, it didn't take long for Boney to alter his story. Only minutes after reading his statement to the investigators, Boney then claimed during that ensuing interrogation that he met Camm, after the meeting at Better Way, in the parking lot of the nearby Floyd County Hospital. Boney leaving the Better Buy lot and finding a gun to buy wasn't included in his written statement, apparently because he needed more than six hours to be able to remember those points when preparing and writing his statement.

Boney said that he was driving his dark blue Cadillac when they met at the hospital. He said that after the deal was conducted, at about 6:00PM in the Bronco, that the two left the hospital parking lot in their own vehicles and that he never again met with Camm. Boney claimed that they met between the 15th and 20th of September, or at least a week prior to the murders.

Gilbert questioned Boney about why he would agree to sell Camm a "dirty gun" (Gilbert's words and not Boney's; Gilbert and Kessinger kept referring to the gun as "dirty" even though Boney didn't use that term) after having only talked with Camm for a few minutes. Indeed, according to Boney, he and Camm only met briefly at Better Buy and then Boney was off buying a gun for Camm after they haggled briefly over the price. Why take such a chance with a person you knew to be a former police officer? Wouldn't you think that Boney would have been very cautious about selling a gun to a man that he knew was a former cop? What was Boney's response? According to Boney, "There was just something about him. I took the chance."

Gilbert then told Boney that a dark blue Cadillac was sighted on Lockhart Road on September 28th. Rather than denying that his car was the one that was seen, Boney offered this unique response, "I don't believe it. Because I know where my alibis see me as..."

Gilbert didn't pursue Boney's non-denial about his car being seen on Lockhart Road. Two different witnesses saw a car that was strikingly similar to Boney's car just hours prior to the murders and one of those witnesses noticed that there was also a person in the front passenger seat. The time of the sightings was when Camm was elsewhere, engaged in company business.

By this time in the interview both Gilbert and Kessinger were exasperated, so much so that Gilbert offered the following:

"Charles...I don't buy your story...I'm sorry. I think it's a story of convenience. You asked to be alone in here and I think the reason you asked to be alone here so you could think up something that would be plausible enough...palatable enough...believable enough that we would buy it. And you had to think of a way that you could integrate both your sweatshirt and the gun and your DNA and your palm prints all into that crime scene without you being there. And when you can't come with this guy, whoever it is, which I don't even think fucking exists, that tells me really...I think you were there Charles. I think you were there when David shot his family. I think you were there, I don't know if you helped him…I don't know if you just watched...I don't know if maybe you removed some clothing from somebody…but you were there. This bullshit over here never even fucking happened. You never fucking met him in a parking lot, you never got the fucking gun for him like this...you were there with David Camm. I don't know whether you planned it beforehand, where you met him there, where he picked you up, whether you picked him up but you were, you saw what happened. You got to see those people getting shot."

Was Gilbert maintaining an independent mind when he told Boney that he thought that Boney was present "when David shot his family?" The basis for that has to be Gilbert's belief in the prosecution's blood spatter "experts." Remove them from the equation and that's all that's left in the way of "evidence" that Camm was present at the crime scene. Once again, the deciphering of blood stains is an opinion, not a hard science, and other very qualified and reputable experts vehemently disagreed with the state's witnesses. Indeed, given the evidence of a person's DNA, palm print, property, and criminal signature at a crime scene against the varied thoughts of "opinion experts," most investigators wouldn't hesitate about which evidence they would rather have.

Gilbert also offered Boney the chance to explain another previously unexplained mystery when he told Boney, "...maybe you removed some clothing from somebody." Boney later used that lifeline when he gave the unbelievable story about placing Kim's shoes on top of the Bronco.

Kessinger told Boney that he, too, didn't buy his story, but he was somewhat more direct than Gilbert when he told Boney, "Your story is a crock of shit..."

Neither investigator stopped berating or pleading with Boney to give up the name of the guy who provided the gun, however, and Gilbert continued with his own lecture, "You know the story and you can fill in those missing jigsaw puzzle parts for us. And frankly I think we would have a better case with David Camm as well. But you're the one that has to make the decision whether or not you want to divulge the information to us. You're are the keeper of that key bit of information…that could certainly be motivating factor in what happens with you…and also what happens in the future of this trial that's going to be coming up for David Camm. Time is running out here…you need to let us know."

If there was any doubt that they needed Boney to "have a better case with David Camm" and that it was Boney who was important in the impending trial of Camm, it was dispelled by those very direct comments by Gilbert. Boney's sweatshirt, DNA, palm print, and criminal signature complicated the case against Dave. They needed Boney to help them explain how he fit in with Camm. Not once during any interview did they even remotely suggest to Boney that Camm might not have been involved.

After continuing to refuse to identify the provider of the gun, Boney went off on another tangent when he mimicked the story about the sweatshirt being staged at the crime scene. He even commented, "Even Prosecutor Henderson said it looked like it's staged." Boney was doing his best to parrot the police and the prosecutor's theories about molestation, infidelity, and even their belief that the crime scene had been staged.

After much pleading by Gilbert and Kessinger, Boney finally gave them the name of a guy who he said provided the gun. He said it was Larry Gerkin, aka "Slim." Gerkin, an African-American, was 5'11" tall, 150 pounds, had allegedly hung out at a car wash in Louisville for years and was involved in selling guns and narcotics. Boney didn't know where he lived, didn't currently have a telephone number for him but nonetheless called him after he met with Camm and within five minutes had purchased a gun, chosen from several located in the trunk of Gerkin's car.

(Note: Boney gave the investigators a lot more specific information about Gerkin than he did about his supposed relationship with David Camm, although the police were never able to verify that Gerkin even existed; Kessinger, who spent more than 30 years with the Louisville Metro Police, used his extensive contacts to try and identify Gerkin, a drug dealer and seller of guns, without success.)

Boney said that the gun Gerkin gave him was in a plastic bag and rather than keep it in the bag, Boney transferred it to his "BACKBONE" sweatshirt. He didn't want his fingerprints on the plastic bag but apparently decided to have his nickname and DNA on his sweatshirt accompany the gun.

After getting the information about Gerkin, the interrogation was abruptly terminated at 10:52PM even though Boney had only provided the name of the alleged provider of the gun. At that time, Kessinger had pronounced Boney's story as a "crock of shit" and Gilbert had labeled it as "a story of convenience."

(Note: Of additional interest is the fact that Boney had also scribbled through several lines of his statement. Neither investigator, however, questioned Boney as to what he had written and it would take over six months, and only after the defense made the request, before Gilbert asked the ISP Questioned Documents Section to decipher what Boney had written and then had scribbled over. The Lab Report which contained Boney's scribbled words was dated November 7, 2005 or over eight months after Boney had written his statement.

Here were Boney's additional words:

"David Camm asked me to Follow him to a secluded area. He wanted to talk to me about something that could help me Financially, he said. I followed him From Betterway Foodmart to the parking Lot of Target. David Camm and I ___________ discussing"

Boney's story that he met Dave in the hospital parking lot was therefore the third rendition of him meeting with Dave. It's anybody's guess as to why Boney decided that it would be better for him to eventually spin the story that they met at the hospital parking lot rather than the Target parking lot (across the street from Better Way) and that he later met Dave rather than followed him to a different parking lot. Certainly, neither of the parking lots was "secluded.")

Nonetheless, after almost eight hours of being interrogated, writing his own statement and breaks in-between, Charles Boney's "independent" story about David Camm was that he had originally met him at Community Park in New Albany where they played full court five on five basketball, that they accidently met two months later at the Better Way store and shortly thereafter in the hospital parking lot where Boney sold him a .380 handgun for $250 that he had purchased from Larry Gerkin.

The police were left with, in their own words, a "story of convenience" and a "crock of shit" that Friday evening. Nonetheless, they were going to be busy during the weekend and their efforts were going to be paid off with another story spun by Boney on Monday, March 7th.