that on the morning of August 25, 1990, after the buses began to run, Crenshaw and two others approached Bethel coming from the direction of Osco. Bethel had been at his sister's residence, only blocks from the store. Crenshaw related to Bethel that "he had just got some money and some people got hurt and got killed in it, and he couldn't tell me everything. He had to talk to me later on." Appellant's App. p. 2884. After Bethel had heard of the Osco murders on the television news, Crenshaw told him at some point during the evening of August 25, that the situation had "gone bad" and "three people ended up dead because of the robbery, and they didn't really need to end up dead." Tr. p.621.
Bethel also acknowledged that on the evening of August 25, Crenshaw paid cash for rooms at a South Bend hotel where he and Bethel stayed with three women. Tr. p. 618. Crenshaw also showed Bethel a handgun that resembled a .44 Charter Arms Bulldog. Crenshaw refused to sell it to Bethel, telling him that it was "dirty," meaning it had "a body attached to it, or bodies." Appellant's App. p. 2887, 2889. Bethel then testified that he saw Crenshaw toss the gun into the river. Appellant's App. p. 2887, 2889.
During the course of a statement that Bethel had given to Detective Swanson on December 9, 1991, Bethel informed him of other crimes that had occurred in Bloomington. This information was confirmed by Swanson to be accurate. Appellant's App.