Opinion ID: 2148857
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Heading: Clark's Recorded Statements

Text: St. Paul Police Sergeant Steven Frazer, the primary investigator on Foster's case, testified regarding three interviews he conducted with Clark after Clark was arrested two on July 26 and one on August 3. Frazer said that he conducted the interviews together with Minneapolis Police Officer Michael Doran, for whom Clark had worked as a paid informant. The state played for the jury an audiotape of the first interview and videotapes of the second and third interviews. During the first interview, Clark showed surprise on learning that Foster was dead. Clark acknowledged that he was in Foster's apartment with several other persons on the night Foster was murdered, but he vehemently denied that he assaulted Foster or that he witnessed any assault against Foster. Clark asserted that he did not have sex with B.B. that night, and that he had not driven Foster's truck after Foster died. During the second interview, Clark told the officers that he saw a mutual acquaintance snap during an argument with Foster and choke Foster to death. He said he did not know that Foster had been tied up. He admitted driving Foster's truck away from the apartment after the murder but denied that Foster's body was in the truck. During the third interview, Clark ultimately admitted that he tied up and gagged Foster and tied up B.B. in order to rob Foster of his drugs. Clark denied intending to kill Foster and said that Foster died accidentally from a heart attack or drug overdose after Clark gagged him. Clark said that he placed a plastic bag over Foster's head after he knew that Foster had died. Later in the interview, Clark stated that the plastic bag was inadvertently caught up with Foster's body when it was wrapped in a laundry bag. Clark said that a person named Boo [3] and other persons disposed of Foster's body. He said he did not know where Foster's body was taken. He again denied having sex with B.B. or placing a bag over her head. Finally, he admitted leaving the apartment in Foster's truck.