custody issues. He acknowledged that Mr. Cotham
followed up on the conversation by following the victim twice. He said Mr. Cotham claimed
he had committed two previous murders.

        The Defendant said Mr. Cotham knew where to find the victim on August 29 because
the Defendant had previously pointed out the church and the school. He said he told Mr.
Cotham that morning he was going to pick up the child. He claimed he never saw Mr.
Cotham when he was picking up the child. He said, though, that he had seen Mr. Cotham
earlier in the morning, that they chatted about Mr. Cotham’s girlfriends, and that Mr. Cotham
was driving Ms. Addington’s van. He eventually admitted that when he saw Mr. Cotham on
August 29, he “had a feeling”about what was about to happen but also thought Mr. Cotham
would not follow through because Mr. Cotham had followed the victim but not harmed her
on previous occasions. He denied that he needed to know when Mr. Cotham was going to
commit the crime because he needed to establish an alibi. He said that when Mr. Cotham
told him the victim tried to run, he told Mr. Cotham he did not want to know anything about



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the shooting. He later said he told Mr. Cotham “in the