his attorney told him funds might be available for the victim’s funeral
expenses.

        The Defendant gave a third post-arrest statement on November 16, 2010. The district
attorney stated at the beginning of the recording that defense counsel had called him and said
the Defendant wanted to “set things straight” because he had not been completely truthful
in the last statement, which the Defendant acknowledged.

        The Defendant stated that the idea for the homicide began when he and Mr. Cotham
both had a bad day and discussed the crisscross arrangement from the movie. He said Mr.
Cotham talked to him about it a couple of days later and was more serious. He told Mr.
Cotham he could not kill anyone. He saidtime. When asked
if he knew Mr. Cotham was “on go” at that time, the Defendant responded that he did. He
said everything happened quickly within a couple of weeks.

       Regarding the day of the homicide, the Defendant stated that he and Mr. Cotham had
a couple of telephone conversations. He said he met Mr. Cotham at a gas station near the
church. He said that in a telephone conversation, Mr. Cotham said he was nearby and that
he could see Mr. Cotham across the street. He said he and the victim exchanged the child.
A short time later, he received the call telling him “it was done.” He said that at one point,
Mr. Cotham told him to stop calling the victim’s cell phone because Mr. Cotham had