Suspect Arrested in Collection Agency Owner Murder Case

by Patrick Lunsford, CollectionIndustry.com

Timothy Boham, a 25 year-old sought in connection with the murder of collection agency chief J.P. Kelso, was arrested yesterday near the U.S.-Mexican border in Arizona.

Boham was approached by U.S. Customs officials as he was standing at a border crossing on the U.S. side. When questioned by the officers, he told them that he was wanted in Denver on a first-degree murder charge. The officers took Boham into custody where he is currently awaiting transport back to Colorado.

According to Kelso’s business associates at Professional Recovery Systems, Boham was recently employed at the collection agency, providing at least a preliminary connection to Kelso. Some media reports have said that Boham was being trained at PRS as a collector and that he had only worked at the company for a few days, leaving recently.

There are also several reports chronicling the sordid details of Boham’s life. Some that knew him have said that he was an avid gun collector and outspoken critic of homosexual lifestyles, but at the same time, he was a model and gay porn actor.

While police are working through the details of a personal connection to Kelso and motivation for Boham’s alleged shooting of the collection agency founder and president, Kelso’s friends and the ARM industry were remembering him.

A business partner of Kelso’s told the Rocky Mountain News that Kelso would be remembered for his generosity: "Kelso always tried to help anyone. He was generous to a fault."

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Resource Management Services, Inc., an industry operational consulting firm, issued the following statement highlighting Kelso’s generous nature: "The entire team at Resource Management Services, Inc. and The Debt Marketplace, Inc. are deeply saddened by the death of J. P. Kelso. He was responsible for generating more than $200,000 for Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) through his auction purchases and donations of auction and raffle items. He said he had been blessed in life and encouraged others to follow his lead in giving back. He was always willing to donate and helped promote the philanthropic aspect of our industry at our conferences."

Robbie Marks, an art dealer in Denver and friend of Kelso, told the Denver Post, "He (Kelso) was wonderful. He was one of those kind of souls people gravitated to."