From www.denverpost.com- Accused killer Timothy Boham took the witness stand this morning and told a Denver District Court jury that his former boss, businessman J.P. Kelso, committed suicide in November 2006.

Boham, 28, is charged with first-degree murder after deliberation, felony murder and aggravated robbery. His trial is expected to conclude Friday.

Today, Boham said he befriended Kelso and worked several times at Kelso’s collection agency, Professional Recovery Systems. He said Kelso was becoming depressed over failed relationships and was drinking heavily.

The two discussed Kelso’s suicide plans many times, Boham said, even how to make it look like a robbery so that Kelso’s family could collect proceeds from his life-insurance policy, which excluded payouts for suicide.

However, Boham, who was featured in gay-porn magazines, confessed to police days after Kelso’s death that he killed him in a botched attempt to steal $100,000, which he believed was in Kelso’s safe in the man’s home at 3601 E. Seventh Ave.

He told police he had worked as a sexual escort for Kelso and wanted the money to take his pregnant girlfriend to some area with a beach. Boham eventually opened the safe and found only several car titles.

Kelso’s mother has sat through the trial every day.