her to give him the gun. She placed the cooler
containing the gun in the back of her van, and she noticed it was missing on July 27. She
said Mr. Cotham unloaded her groceries from the back of the van on multiple occasions.

       Ms. Addington testified that after meeting with the detective, Mr. Cotham asked her
to search the internet for “dirt” on the detectives and for information about their families.
She said he told her to clear her computer after performing the searches. She said Mr.
Cotham told her that he and the Defendant were going to Barbados and invited her to join
them. She said that after the homicide, she initially provided Mr. Cotham’s alibi, but he later
threatened her, and she was afraid of him.A search warrant was executed on her house, and
she was named in the warrant as an accessory after the fact. She learned that her then-
husband had been interviewed by the police. She decided to cooperate with the authorities
to assure her safety.

      Jeffrey Walters, Ms. Addington’s former husband, testified that he owned a Hi-Point
nine-millimeter handgun that disappeared around July 10, 2010. He suspected Ms.
Addington had taken it, and he reported it stolen. He did not know any reason Ms.
Addington would fear his using the gun on her. He had fired the weapon on his property in
Lawrence County, and he helped police look for and recover shell casings there.

       Jonathan Schmahl, a former neighbor of Mr. Cotham’s, testified that