Jurors on Monday night found Kenneth James Floyd guilty of running over his ex-wife in a Martin City alleyway in 2023.  

After deliberating for roughly six hours, the jury found the 40-yeard-old Floyd guilty on all three counts of negligent homicide, leaving the scene of a vehicle accident involving serious bodily injury or death and tampering with physical evidence.  

His weeklong trial began on Oct. 27 and wrapped up Monday. 

Judge Dan Wilson, who presided over the case, placed Floyd back into custody until his sentencing, which is scheduled for 9 a.m., Dec. 18.  

Floyd was accused of grievously injuring Kimberly Gilham with his truck as he drove out of the alley in the early morning hours of June 18, 2023. Gilham later succumbed to her wounds at Logan Health Medical Center. 

Jurors heard closing arguments from prosecutors and Floyd’s defense team on Nov. 3. Special Deputy County Attorney Eric Kitzmiller, who is prosecuting the case, replayed surveillance footage from the nearby Martin City Fire Hall that captured part of the alley between Third Street North and Fourth Street North where Floyd allegedly ran over Gilham. 

The video showed Chris Gilham, Kimberly Gilham’s husband, pulling into the alley from the east about 1 a.m. There, he allegedly found Kimberly Gilham in the passenger seat of Floyd’s truck, the two sharing a bottle of vodka. 

Prosecutors alleged that Kimberly exited the passenger side and crossed in front of the truck as Floyd shifted into gear and ran her over.  

Seconds after Chris arrived in the alley, the video showed Floyd’s truck heading east out of the alley, turning onto Fourth Street North and then onto Central Avenue. 

“He fled from the alley where he ran over Kimberly,” Kitzmiller said.  

Floyd testified on Friday that he did not run Kimberly over and even saw her standing as he left the alley. 

While Gilham was rushed to Kalispell, law enforcement personnel with the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office and Montana Highway Patrol unsuccessfully sought Floyd. Investigators testified last week that he fled to Browning after the fatal collision.  

Body camera footage from then-Deputy Nathan Trueblood was replayed for the jury. It showed Chris Gilham crouched over his wife, who had suffered an open fracture on her left leg, according to Trueblood.  

Kitzmiller recalled past testimony from medical professionals involved in the case who indicated that the blunt force injuries and multiple lacerations found on Kimberly’s body were consistent with being run over and dragged by a vehicle.  

When Floyd was called to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office for an interview later that day, prosecutors accused him of attempting to hide the truck from investigators by instructing his then-wife to drive it out of the Sheriff’s Office parking lot.   

“This reveals Mr. Floyd’s purpose was to impair the availability of that truck during the investigation of this matter,” Kitzmiller said.  

Floyd denied the allegation during his time on the witness stand. 

Kitzmiller described Floyd as someone who disregarded his ex-wife's health, referring to text messages revealing that he would buy her alcohol in exchange for sexual images despite Kimberly Gilham suffering from an alcohol-induced liver problem.    

His actions revealed “his gross disregard and indifference to the safety and wellbeing of Kimberly,” Kitzmiller said.  

THE DEFENSE denied that Floyd ran over Kimberly Gilham with his truck and instead accused Chris Gilham of backing over her with his Chevrolet Trailblazer.  

Attorney Jami Rebsom in her closing argument said that Kimberly Gilham's knee injury looked exactly like the trailer hitch jutting out the back of Chris’ SUV. 

“It wouldn’t be hard for [Chris] Gilham to just reverse and hit her,” Rebsom said. 

She also pointed out that experts determined that fiber found under Floyd’s truck were not consistent with any of Kimberly Gilham’s clothing and attempts to compare hair found in Floyd’s mudflap with Kimberly Gilham’s were inconclusive. 

Rebsom called law enforcement’s investigation completely negligent for failing to properly interview Chris Gilham or examine his vehicle for evidence.  

She pointed to body camera footage of a responding deputy showing Chris Gilham being uncooperative with officers and entering the crime scene.  

“Not one person on that scene, not fire, not ambulance, not the officers, asked Kimberly Gilham, ‘Which vehicle hit you?’” Rebsom said.  

Reporter Jack Underhill can be reached at 758-4407 and [email protected].