LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Stan Faith, an attorney best known for serving as the prosecutor in the triple murder trial of a former Indiana State Trooper, has died.
Close friends confirmed that Faith died Monday night after a short illness. He was 74.
Friends are remembering Faith as a man who stood up for people, causes and his beliefs.
"He prosecuted one of my older brothers...and gave him, my brother got 90-years in prison; he's still in prison right now," said Indiana attorney Gordon Ingle.
Ingle might have been the last person anyone expected to be hired during Faith's first term as Floyd County prosecutor.
Ingle explained, "He was talking to all of his staff and advisers about whether or not he should hire me, everyone said no."
Despite the no votes, Faith hired Ingle as a deputy prosecutor and the two became lifelong friends.
"Stan was a man of principle and knowing him made me a better man and a better person and a better lawyer," said Ingle.
And that's why Ingle spent Monday at Faith's bedside.
"I had left for a short period of time, and I got a call from Judge Orth, they called Judy, his wife back there."
Ingle said he rushed back to the hospital to be by his friend's side.
"And I got there at about 7:30 and he passed somewhere between 7:45 and 7:50."
Faith was best known for prosecuting the first triple murder case against David Camm. Camm was convicted in March 2002 of killing his wife, Kim, and their two children, Brad and Jill, in the garage of their home in Georgetown, Indiana, on Sept. 28, 2000.
Camm's conviction was reversed in 2003, after an appeals court determined some of the testimony inadmissible. Camm was convicted of the same charges in a second trial in 2006, but those convictions were again reversed.
He was acquitted in a third trial in 2013.
"One of the things I respected about him is he was stern in his beliefs,” said current Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson.
”And even if those beliefs were polar opposite of mine, he didn’t do it to, either for political correctness or to impress anyone, those were his true values, that’s what he believed.”
Henderson defeated Faith after four terms. Henderson said despite any differences, he considered Faith a confidant and even reached out to his predecessor when the Camm convictions were overturned.
"We sat in this room on several occasions and I talked to him about the prosecution and different things that had come up that I had questions for him, and he always obliged. I thought it was neat that we could share that relationship after our election and continue that on.”
After serving as Floyd County's prosecutor, Faith continued to practice law at his firm, Stan Faith Law in New Albany, focusing on family law, criminal defense, estate planning and personal injury. According to its website, Faith received a B.A. from Indiana University Southeast, and a law degree from Indiana University.
The firm's website says Faith enjoyed spending time with his wife, Judy, on their farm in English, Indiana, and that volunteered his time to assist the Navajo Nation. The website describes Faith as "a lifelong, passionate advocate for civil rights and the U.S. Constitution."
Faith was vice president of the Crawford County Historical & Genealogical Society. A post on that organization's Facebook page late Monday night announced Faith's death.
Visitation and funeral arrangements are as follows:
Visitation:
Friday, March 22, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Gehlbach & Royse Funeral Home
7420 IN-64
Georgetown, Indiana 47122
Visitation, funeral and burial:
Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Tunnel Hill Free Methodist Church
2171 West State Road 64
English, Indiana 47118
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