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That day, Faucher was interviewed by Staff Sgt. Murray Chamberlin of the RCMP Major Crimes Unit. Their video-recorded interview was played in court on Wednesday.

Faucher told the officer that three days before — a Thursday — he and Littlecrow fell together on the stairs outside their home as they were taking out the garbage. He said it sounded like Littlecrow hit her head on a wooden post along the stairs, but he couldn’t see because of the way they fell. She was bleeding above the eye and his face was scratched, Faucher said.

Beeson said when he dealt with Littlecrow on Sunday, she had hematoma bruising around her right eye and a cut above the eye that wasn’t bleeding.

Littlecrow appeared fine on Friday but was tired and didn’t feel well on Saturday, Faucher told Chamberlin. He said he awoke to a bang early the next morning and felt the weight of Littlecrow’s body on top of him.

He figured she got up to get a drink and hit her head on the wall when she came back into the room, because there was a mark on the drywall, he said, adding that Littlecrow’s brain injury affected her balance.

When he turned the light on, his girlfriend was “out” and he immediately called for an ambulance, Faucher said.

The girl testified that she heard fighting and a bang before Faucher woke her up and said something was wrong. She said Faucher was lying when he told people that Littlecrow fell outside and hit her head on a pole.

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