ron : `` no , i told him the whole story about the del monte catsup bottle that simmons said that dennis smith , holding up a del monte catsup bottle in his right hand on the witness stand , and ricky joe simmons saying he raped the decedent with a catsup bottle , i wrote to rene and told him that that 's the most shocking piece of evidence i 've ever seen in the forty-fouryears i 've been alive . ''