Opinion ID: 2997555
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Heading: Evidence Linking Re to Calabrese

Text: Between April 22 and April 30, 1997, telephone records show thirteen communications between Re and Calabrese, his co-defendant. No communications occurred between May 1 and May 4. Re and Calabrese both resided near Chicago, Illinois. However, on the day of Leach’s beating, both had traveled to Florida. Re had flown to Florida to attend his father-inlaw’s funeral on the morning of May 3. Calabrese was visiting Florida with a friend. He rented a car on May 2 in an area near Leach’s warehouse. On May 3, Calabrese, accompanied by Robert Buckley, visited Dennis Kowalski. Approximately one hour after their arrival, Calabrese and Buckley exited Kowalski’s home through a door next to which Kowalski kept a silver aluminum baseball bat, stating that they would return. The two returned one to two hours later. The next day, Calabrese gave Kowalski a gun and told Kowalski to “keep it or get rid of it.” Kowalski kept the gun until September 1999, when he gave it to Jeff Cox. Cox stored the gun in his attic. In April 2000, Cox sold his home to Randy Bergman. Shortly after moving in, Bergman discovered the gun in the attic and took it to a Florida Sheriff’s office. It was turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A search of the National Crime Information Database revealed that the serial numNos. 03-2089 & 03-2129 5 ber on the gun discovered by Bergman matched the number of Leach’s gun, which was taken from him during the May 3, 1997, attack.