her body, so they know he done it."
Sexton averred that after he was released from prison in August 1999, he continued *915 to see defendant at a halfway house at meals. Sexton explained that defendant was released from prison before him, and that when Sexton went to live in the halfway house, defendant had already moved out, but that he continued to visit Sexton there. Sexton remained in the halfway house for about 3 ½ to 4 months. After that, he lived with defendant for a few weeks. According to Sexton, sometime in November or December of 1999, while living with defendant, Sexton had another "unusual conversation with defendant about a girl." Defendant and Sexton were in a bar on Milwaukee Avenue sometime before 10 p.m., reminiscing aboutdid not call the police when defendant told him this story. He averred that the first time he told anyone about what he had heard was when he was arrested by United States marshals in Indiana on August 22, 2000, for violation of his supervised release. Sexton admitted that he told the United States marshals what defendant had told him because he was angry at defendant. Sexton believed that defendant had told the United States marshals where Sexton was, and therefore, while riding in the car with the marshals he stated, "Imagine that a guy who goes around bragging about killing a girl is telling on me."
Sexton testified that he received no deals or promises for his testimony in the present case, but acknowledged that the Assistant State's