$35,000 because it was
10% of the $350,000 required life insurance policy. He said Mr. Cotham did not threaten
him after asking for money. He said, though, he had not told Detective Crumby previously
what he knew because he was afraid of Mr. Cotham and his friends.

        Regarding the victim, the Defendant stated that she meant everything to him and that
he loved her but that nothing he did was good enough for her. He said when he caught her
having an affair, she told him that the courts were on her side, that he would receive nothing,
and that he would never see their son. He said, though, they worked through the issues. He
said he had wanted something to happen to the victim in order forhim to be with his son, but
he did not want someone to kill her. Referring to an alleged marital impropriety earlier in
the marriage, he said that if he had been able to kill someone, he would have killed her the
second time he discovered she was having an affair. He said that the victim had prolonged
the divorce but that he thought they were at the point of resolving it. He said, though, that
the victim lied to him even when they were getting along. He said he could never “get past
it.” He said he had a new girlfriend. He also said he wanted to move on with his life like the
victim.

        The Defendant denied that before the crime, he and Mr. Cotham had