From www.examiner.com- The murder trial of Timothy Boham, a.k.a. “Marcus Allen” started today with jury selection in Denver. Boham is accused of the 2006 killing of his former boss, Jon Kelso. Denver Police at the time said Boham intended to rob Kelso, but ended up fatally shooting him.

According to The Denver Post, Boham told his family that he killed Kelso because he believed that Kelso kept a lot of money in his household safe. Boham, who is straight but worked “gay for pay”, was allegedly robbing Kelso for cash to support his pregnant girlfriend when he accidentally shot him.

Boham said his plan to rob Kelso went awry when Kelso refused to open his safe, and there was a brief struggle during which he shot Kelso. Boham apparently confessed the murder to both his sister and mother before attempting to flee to South America. Prior to leaving, he repeatedly returned to Kelso’s home to clean it up, in hopes that his fingerprints and DNA wouldn’t be discovered.

Boham fled for Mexico, but gave himself up to authorities at the border crossing in Arizona.

In November 2002, Boham appeared on the cover of Freshmen magazine. He was voted “Freshman of the Year” in 2003. Between 2004-2005, Boham made a dozen movies as Marcus Allen with Falcon Entertainment, He was also in “Never Been Touched” by Chi Chi LaRue. In 2006 Boham appeared on the cover of Playgirl Magazine’s “campus hunks” issue, advertising himself as “John” of Denver.

Ironically enough, an acquaintence of Boham’s said he “hated gays and their lifestyle.”

Kelso, who was openly gay, was a philanthropist who gave away hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities across the world. He co-owned a Denver debt recovery business called Professional Recovery Systems, where Boham briefly worked.

Court documents claim that Boham had bipolar disorder and was prone to fits of rage. He has pleaded insanity.