Witness testifies accused argued with Tina Fontaine a few weeks before death
WINNIPEG — A witness told a Winnipeg murder trial he saw the man accused in the death of Tina Fontaine fighting with the 15-year-old a few weeks before her body was found.
Raymond Cormier, who is 55, is on trial for second-degree murder in the death of the Indigenous girl whose body was found wrapped in a duvet filled with rocks in the Red River on Aug. 17, 2014.
Tyrell Morrison, who is 30, told court Friday he and his girlfriend were renting a townhouse that summer and Cormier, who was homeless, would frequently stay over. Morrison testified that Cormier, who he knew as Frenchy, started coming to the house daily and they would do drugs, including methamphetamine and crack cocaine.
Morrison told court he met Tina when Cormier brought her and her boyfriend around.