Jury hears 9-1-1 call at end of Crown’s case

Defence lawyer Bob Hrycan wrapped up nearly three days of cross examination Tuesday with Amanda Trevors, but not before suggesting again that Trevors framed Adam Riley Cyr in the death of her daughter.

“You will never admit that you framed Adam Cyr, will you?” asked Hrycan in the Regina Court of Queen’s Bench during Cyr’s seconddegree murder trial.

“I didn’t frame Adam Cyr,” replied Trevors, whose twoyear-old daughter Natalia Shingoose was found murdered in the family home on the 600 block of Garnet Street on June 21, 2012. Cyr, now 34, was Trevors’ boyfriend at the time and lived in the home. He babysat Natalia the day before her body was discovered.

Hrycan continued his earlier argument that Matthew Bennett killed Natalia and Trevors helped cover up the crime for her longtime friend.

Hrycan asked Trevors if she was involved in dealing OxyContin. She denied the accusation.

Hrycan then showed the jury a transcript of text messages from Trevors’ phone on June 13, 2012 — about a week before Natalia’s death.

Of note were texts from Bennett to Trevors and a group of recipients that appear to discuss a drug deal involving $100 worth OxyContin. Hrycan said a response from Trevors’ phone indicates 60 pieces of “z” at $40 a piece.

Trevors replied that she doesn’t know anything about pills; so she doesn’t know how they were sold. She added that she wasn’t sure if it was her phone sending the texts because she doesn’t recognize some of the phone numbers.

But Hrycan disagreed, suggesting that she sold prescription drugs in June 2012 to customers at “various hours of the day” as well as selling half-an-ounce of cocaine per week. The drugs were kept in a small backpack that was shown to the jury earlier in the trial.

Trevors again denied the accusations.

On redirect from Crown prosecutor James FitzGerald, Trevors added that Cyr used her phone as well. Asked by Fitz-Gerald if she sent and received texts regarding OxyContin, Trevors said she didn’t recall.

Fitz-Gerald then played the jury a six-minute 9-1-1 audio recording from Trevors on June 21, 2012, after discovering her daughter’s body. At the beginning, the 9-1-1 operator repeatedly says she is having difficulty understanding Trevors, who is screaming at times on the recording.

Trevors told the operator that Natalia fell off her bed and she was fine afterwards. Trevors then breaks down on the phone, saying “she’s frozen” and not breathing.

The operator then instructs Trevors as she performs CPR on Natalia.

When the recording finishes, Justice Fred Kovach instructed the jury that the recording was not played to establish the truth of what Trevors said that morning but rather to help the jury assess her credibility by watching her demeanour.

Trevors looked upset and tearful while listening to the recording.

The Crown prosecution rested its case. The trial, now in its third week, resumes this morning.