Porn star may use insanity plea
Sue Lindsay, Rocky Mountain News
Published May 10, 2007 at midnight
Defense attorneys for a gay porn star charged in the death of a Congress Park resident may plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
Timothy Boham is charged with first-degree murder of John Paul Kelso, 43, who was found dead Nov. 13 in the bathtub of his Congress Park home.
Boham, 25, was scheduled for arraignment in Denver today, but the hearing was postponed to July 12 after the defense said it needed more time to investigate what his plea should be.
Boham, who had worked briefly for Kelso, was arrested near the U.S.-Mexico border after police said he confessed to his mother and sister.
Boham decided to rob Kelso, the owner of a debt collection company, because he knew there was a safe in the house, police said.
During a preliminary hearing, police said Boham told them he was planning to steal $40,000 he thought was in the safe because his girlfriend was pregnant and he needed cash.
He wound up, however, with only some jewelry and other items that he dumped before fleeing the state.
Boham appeared in several gay porn movies in 2004 and 2005 under the name Marcus Allen.
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