that he did not immediately go to the authorities when defendant first told him about the crime and that he waited until 2000 when he was arrested for his violation of probation, to tell Federal Marshal, John Ambrose. Sexton stated that he initially thought that he was arrested because defendant had "turned him in" and that Federal Marshal John Ambrose had led him to believe so. Sexton, however, testified that "regardless, after I found out that [defendant]  you know, I mean that he really did do this to the girl, that's when I decided to turn because I thought he was lying about it." When defense counsel asked Sexton who told him that defendant had "really done this," Sexton indicated that it was the police.
Michael Reinke nexttestified that in 1984 he was friends with Panisi, who then went by the name of "Gymshoe." Reinke explained that he and Panisi grew up in the same neighborhood around Chicago and Western Avenues. According to Reinke, sometime in February 1984, he had an unusual conversation with Panisi in the Ideal Liquors tavern on Chicago and Damen. Over defense counsel's renewed objection to this line of questioning Reinke was permitted to testify that on that night in the tavern, Panisi told him that he had seen a girl "tied up" to a radiator. Reinke also recalled that Panisi said something about a red sock in the girl's mouth. Reinke told Panisi to call the police if he wanted to and to stop talking about it. Reinke acknowledged that