Timothy J. Boham

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Timothy John Boham also known as Marcus Allen (born May 1981), former adult-film star,^[1] charged with the first-degree shooting death of 43-year-old Denver businessman John Paul "J P" Kelso, is pleading insanity.^[2] While unknown to the mainstream media, "Marcus Allen" was considered a "fairly big star" in the gay porn world.

1 Biography
2 Porn career as "Marcus Allen"
3 Downward spiral and the Murder of Kelso
4 Murder of Kelso
5 See also
6 Footnotes
7 References
8 Further Reading

[edit] Biography

He was born in 1981 as he is described as 25 in an article at TheDenverChannel.com.^[3] Boham, as "Marcus Allen," was a porn star from at least 2002 until 2005^{[citation needed]}. "Court documents claim that Boham had bipolar disorder and was prone to fits of rage..."^[2] Boham worked as a model the past three years for Denver's Maximum Talent Agency, said Rob Lail, agency co-owner^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Porn career as "Marcus Allen"

Marcus Allen

In November 2002, Boham appeared on the cover of Freshmen magazine (considered to be the best '18-25' magazine of young gay, but not twinkish, men). In the annual survey in 2003, Marcus Allen was voted "Freshman of the Year" by a wide margin, and again appeared on the cover (June 2003). This led to opportunities such as with Falcon studios.^[4]

With Falcon Entertainment, Boham appeared in a dozen adult movies under the name "Marcus Allen" in 2004 and 2005.^[1] As Marcus Allen, Boham was on the cover of Mandate magazine^[5] in July 2006, apparently for All World's Video. Boham also appeared on the cover of Playgirl Magazine's "campus hunks" issue (November 2006) (and ironically is advertised as "John" of Denver, Colorado, as having a "smooth body and SOFTER side", p. 32-34), perhaps an attempt to move into 'straight' porn.

[edit] Downward spiral and the Murder of Kelso

Boham had the right look but not the right attitude for modeling work, Lail said. "He didn't like people telling him what to do. He seemed like an angry person. His opportunities were tapering off."

Lara Holland, who lived in a Denver mansion on High Street in an apartment a floor below Boham, gave an interview. "Boham has an explosive temper and owned a large collection of guns, including a rifle with a silencer and a scope", Holland said. Boham, who has a 5-year-old daughter, also picked fights over petty disputes with friends, she said^{[citation needed]}. "He got into bloody fistfights," Holland said. "He just had anger issues." Boham told Lara Holland, that he "sanitized" his apartment by thoroughly scrubbing it because a gay man had lived there previously, she said. "He hated (gays)," she said. "He hated their lifestyle."^{[citation needed]}

The Advocate reported that Boham left porn about a year ago and went to live in Denver, eventually working for John Paul "J P" Kelso but only for about 10 days before failing to show up for his job. Kelso was co-owner of a Denver debt recovery business called Professional Recovery Systems; he was a philanthropist "... giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities around the world...."^[1] and was openly gay. Co-workers at the debt recovery business described Tim as "... bright and ... [that] it seemed like he had his mind on something else."

In March of 2007, Boham's legal advocate and legal researcher, Donna Thomas appeared on the PBS progran, 'Colorado Outspoken'. Appearing with Ms. Thomas, was Mr. Boham's mother Susan Strong. Ms. Thomas stated on the program, that what has been reported in the media has been a distortion of the truth and outright lies." She was asked by the moderator of the program Daryl Jones, "It's been implied in the media that Timothy had recently left the porn industry, however you say that's not true. Care to comment?" Thomas responded,"The last time Tim was on an adult film set was in July of 2004, he was arrested in November of 2006, so that's well over 2 years since he's worked in the industry. To someone 40 that may not seem like a long time, but to someone 25 it is a long time." Boham's mother, Mrs. Strong stated on the same program that Boham was physically and mentally abused by his father as a child. She went on to say that" all the things being stated in the media about Tim hating gay people are complete lies." Both Strong and Thomas, spoke about Bohams upbringing in a small town in Nebraska. Thomas said" My chief concern as Tim's legal advocate is his ability to receive a fair trial in lieu of all the lies that are being said about him."

It should be noted that scenes filmed for gay porn often aren't used until a year or two later. New material for "Marcus Allen" had come out on video as recently as up until the murder allegations in 2006.

[edit] Murder of Kelso

A housekeeper found Kelso, 43, shot to death in the bathtub of his upscale Congress Park home on November 13.^[6] The police named Boham as a suspect in the slaying. Kelso, reportedly often hired the services of male dancers/escorts.^{[citation needed]} Boham was arrested on November 16 at the U.S.-Mexico border in Lukeville, Arizona, after identifying himself as the subject of a murder warrant to Customs and Border officers.^[7] He was extradited to Colorado and is being held without bond^{[citation needed]}. Boham had previously been arrested for alleged assault and making threats, but the charges were dismissed^{[citation needed]}.

"During [Boham's preliminary hearing], Denver Detective Aaron Lopez testified that in a jailhouse interview in Arizona, where Boham was arrested Nov. 16, Boham said Kelso had asked him to go into the master bedroom to cuddle. But Boham, who said he needed money for his girlfriend, had other plans, Lopez testified. Boham also cut open the safe and found no money in it, the detective said."^[8]

According to the Denver Post, Boham told his family that he killed Kelso because he believed that Kelso kept $100,000 to $400,000 in his household safe.^{[citation needed]} The Post reported that court documents said Boham planned to use the money to go to South America with his girlfriend, he told his mother and sister shortly after the shooting, the records allege^{[citation needed]}. But Boham said his plan went awry when Kelso refused to open the safe, and there was a brief struggle during which he accidentally shot Kelso, according to the Post. Boham told his family that when he cut the safe open, it was empty and "so he had done this for nothing," according to a police affidavit^{[citation needed]}.