‘I’ve been beaten and my wife’s been shot,’ accused told 911 operator

CAMBRIDGE — Clark Sauve called 911 to report two intruders at 2:45 a.m. “I’ve been beaten and I think my wife’s been shot,” he said. “We need the police and ambulance … I’m lying on the floor.”

He couldn’t tell the 911 operator how the intruders got inside or who they were.

“It was dark out. They were both females. They had masks on their head, Halloween-type masks … All I know is I think they’re still there. I’m in a wheelchair … I’m trying not to talk too loud because they’re in the house and they’ll come back for me.”

Within 90 minutes Waterloo Regional Police arrested him for the murder of his wife Linda Sauve, 63.

Sauve, who ran a security alarm business, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. His judgeonly trial began Monday with the 911 call he made on Dec. 29, 2014, from the couple’s home at 66 Rouse Ave. in Cambridge.

Police rushed there. They found the victim lying dead on her back on an upstairs bed, partly naked, shot in the face, a Kitchener courtroom heard. She was propped up by pillows. Blood was pooled on the floor beside the bed and splattered on the ceiling and on the wall behind her. A shell casing was found on the floor.

Clark Sauve, then 60, was lying on the floor in a different bedroom, his wheelchair nearby.

Police testified they found nobody else in the house, no sign of a struggle, no sign of forced entry, and no visible injuries to Clark Sauve. They found a Mauser semi-automatic pistol under a bed.

While still inside the home, acting Sgt. Rob Grift accused Sauve: “You did this, didn’t you?”

“He looked at me without any emotion and did not state anything,” Grift testified.

The house has a gun cabinet. Sauve told police where they could find the keys to open it.

Const. John Foster testified that he heard Sauve say that the intruders came into his room to attack him.

“They were both wearing jeans. I can’t tell you. She hit me with a gun. Then the other one came in and turned off the lights. Then they were both on me,” Sauve said. Foster heard Sauve say that he grabbed for the gun.

Police took Sauve to Cambridge Memorial Hospital where they arrested him just after 4 a.m.

Sauve told police he did not need a lawyer. “What do I need a lawyer for? I would just like to meet up with the bitches that did this,” he told Foster. “You can take that firearm and run the numbers on it, and it’s nothing I ever had.”

Sauve, a balding man in a wheelchair, listened to the testimony while a tank at his feet fed him oxygen through tubes. He’s 62 now.

Family members attending the trial declined to comment. The trial continues.