Defendant made various statements to the police officer and detectives at the hotel Chelsea.

To the first police officer he said in substance that:

He did not know what happened-he wasn't there

He discovered the body at about 10:00 a.m.

And wished that they would shoot him or kill him

He also identified himself and the deceased

To the detectives he said in substance that:

He and the deceased had taking tuinal that night and he went to sleep about

1 a.m. Nancy was in the bed with him when he went to sleep. Nancy was

Sitting on the edge of the bed flicking a knife. They had a argument.

He claimed that when he woke up in the morning it was wet with blood.

He thought he had "peo'd" himself. He found the deceased in the

Bathroom sitting on the floor. (same position has found by police.)

She was breathing. She had a stabbed wound in her stomach.

He left her and went out to get her methadone-at Lafayette street.

When he returned she was full of blood. He washed off the knife

And attempted to wash her off. When he could not wash the

Blood off her he called for help. He did not know what happened

To her he slept the entire night through. At various times he stated

"My baby is dead" or words to that affect. He denied stabbing her

(Various times.)

He also stated he did not know what their fight was about and that

She had hit him and that he had hit her in the head and knocked her

Onto the bead-but did not knock her unconsciousness. He "said I

Stabbed her but I did not mean to kill her. I loved her but she

Treated me like shit."

At other times he said the deceased must have fallen on the knife and

That she must have dragged herself into the bathroom.

When detectives asked why he left the deceased to go get his methadone

He stated that "Oh! I am a dog." or words similar to that.