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One Deadly Night (St. Martin's True Crime Library) |
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<div><div>On September 28, 2000, former Indiana State Trooper David Camm made a frantic call to his former colleagues in the state troopers office: He'd just walked into his garage, and found lying on the floor the bodies of his 35-year-old wife, Kim, and their two children, Brad and Jill, ages 7 and 5.
This was the kind of crime that could tear the heart out of a community. The Camm's lived the American Dream. They had what seemed like a loving marriage, a nice little house with a white picket fence, and two adorable children. To top it all off, David Camm was a pillar of the community who had dedicated his career to the enforcement of the law and the sanctity of human life. Then, this happened.
Three days later, it got worse when police arrested David Camm for the triple murder. Soon, new stories started emerging: stories about mistresses and violent bursts of temper. And as the ugly truth about the Camms' marriage got uglier and the evidence against David started piling up, two families-and the community at large-took positions at opposite sides of a yawning and bitter divide.
Was David Camm a dedicated, conscientious public servant-the victim of unspeakable tragedy, railroaded by an unfair system? Or was he a cold-hearted murderer who earned his three murder convictions and every one of the 195 years behind bars to which he was sentenced?
Investigative journalist John Glatt finds out in this gripping new book.
I could not put this down. It is unnerving the twists and turns of this real case in Indiana and on some level, it looks like the suspect/husband (of course) has an almost perfect alibis. But who else could have done it? Who else would have wanted to do it?
What this case really shows is how much depends on the justice system. I mean, how much depends on who the prosecutors were, how well they handled the case which was tricky to begin with. I'll try to avoid spoilers, but the case is still (2008) in appeal mode primarily on procedural issues.
To me, a very interesting question is to what degree should the husband be considered the suspect when there just are not any reasons for anyone else to have committed the crime. Obviously, that's not the whole issue in this very complex case which seems so unlikely that you think it's a script for a movie.
A great page turner and you will probably find yourself taking sides as the story progresses. One of the things that we've seen in Chicago, which I think casts a lot of light on this Indiana case, is how much evidence or things that would cause problems for the husband/defendant can get completely swept under the rug when the suspect is himself a longtime cop. Things are not what they seem...especially when a man in blue is accused of murdering his wife. Very troubling as well as intriguing.
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