Jake Randolph in "The Eternal Night" Pt. 283

"And Gertie and her bunch helped you cover it up, didn't they?" I asked.

She nodded, still with that determined look on her face.

That was why they were all freaked out by hearing her name. They were accomplices after the fact.

"They didn't have time to dispose of the body because that damned vice cop showed up. But they helped me get rid of the gun and kept it quiet. They even managed to throw some false leads at the cops. Pretty clever, huh? They were my true friends, not like that backstabber Sandy."

Yeah, they were true friends...