Martinsville police are searching for a 24-year-old man they call armed and dangerous after a homicide late Saturday night, and they are asking anyone who spots him to call 911 rather than approach him. The man, identified as Levi Camplin, has been labeled a person of interest in the case, not a formally charged suspect. Investigators say he may be driving a yellow pickup truck with a black tailgate.
According to Fox 59, the Martinsville Police Department began working the homicide case on Saturday night and has since released a photo of Camplin while continuing to withhold most details about the killing itself. The department has not called Camplin a suspect in its release, and it has not disclosed the victim's identity, the location of the killing, or the specific circumstances surrounding it. Police say they will share more information about the incident at a later time.
The search for Camplin is being conducted jointly by the Martinsville Police Department and the Morgan County Major Crimes Task Force, according to WTHR. Morgan County deploys joint task forces for major violent crimes that require combined resources across agencies, and both the task force and the Morgan County Sheriff's Office are accepting tips on Camplin's whereabouts. Law enforcement has urged anyone who locates him to avoid approaching him and to call 911 immediately if they come into direct contact with him.
A Familiar Name to Central Indiana Investigators
This is not the first time Camplin's name has surfaced in a Central Indiana violent crime investigation. In February 2021, Bargersville Police identified him, then 18 years old, as a person of interest in an unsolved Christmas Eve 2020 gas station triple shooting that left two teenagers dead and one wounded, per the same WTHR report. Camplin reportedly did not provide information to police during that 2021 inquiry, and the Bargersville case remains unsolved.
Camplin also has a prior arrest on record in Morgan County. He was taken into custody there in May 2018 during a joint traffic stop by Morgan County deputies and Martinsville police, facing charges of methamphetamine possession, dealing marijuana, and possessing a stolen vehicle, according to the Morgan County Sheriff's Office.
How to Report Information
Anyone with information about Camplin's location can contact Morgan County Dispatch at (765) 342-5544 or call 911. Police have stressed that Camplin should be considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached under any circumstances.
Morgan County has maintained a multi-agency Death Investigation Team since 1995 specifically to handle homicide cases, drawing on detectives from local police departments, county sheriffs, state police, and prosecutors. The county reports an official historical solve rate of about 90 percent for that team, per Morgan County government records.
Rare Violence in a Small County Seat
Martinsville, the county seat and only incorporated city in Morgan County, is home to an estimated 12,141 residents within a county of nearly 75,000, according to STATS Indiana. Homicides remain uncommon there: low-level offenses make up roughly 79 percent of arrests by the Martinsville Police Department, while violent crime accounts for approximately 5 percent, per Police Scorecard data.
Should Camplin be arrested and convicted of murder, Indiana law sets a sentencing range of 45 to 65 years in prison, with the possibility of life without parole or the death penalty if aggravating factors are proven, according to Eskew Law. No charges have been filed against Camplin in connection with the August 29 homicide as of this report, and police have not disclosed whether a warrant has been issued.
The homicide investigation comes weeks after other disruptions to Martinsville's justice system. In courts closed after carbon monoxide scare, 61 county workers reported illnesses tied to a suspected leak at the Morgan County Judicial Campus, with at least 12 employees requiring emergency room visits. Police have not indicated any connection between that incident and the current homicide investigation.
