Opinion ID: 4569249
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Heading: Froman’s phone conversations with David Clark

Text: {¶ 13} David Clark was a good friend of Froman and he knew Thomas and Eli. Around 4:45 a.m. on September 12, Clark received five or six phone calls from Froman, but he did not answer them. Clark testified that when he called Froman back, Froman said that he “wanted to thank me for being a good friend. And then he told me he    killed someone.” According to Clark, Froman did not immediately say who he had killed. But Froman said that he had “done it with [Froman’s] gun, so it was going to come back to him.” Froman later told Clark that he had killed Eli. Froman said that he was “a couple of hours away,” but he would not disclose his location. {¶ 14} Clark drove to another friend’s home and encountered Froman’s daughter, Alexis Froman (“Alexis”). Alexis was attempting to call her father. Clark called Froman on his phone, and Alexis talked with Froman. She was crying and asked Froman to “let Kim go.” {¶ 15} After hearing that conversation, Clark, who was a police informant, called his point of contact, Officer Jason Montgomery, at the Paducah Police Department. Montgomery and Clark met in person about ten minutes later and then went to the Paducah police station together. {¶ 16} Montgomery took Clark to an interview room. Clark had several phone conversations with Froman on speakerphone, which were videotaped. 4 January Term, 2020 During the calls, Froman explained what had happened earlier that morning when he shot Eli: [Clark]: Did    he get in the way or something? [Froman]: Yeah. I    got her out of the room, and tried to    get her to walk out the door and she started screaming his name. And he ran up on me. That was it.