Hours before Lloyd EdgiSA国际影视传媒檚 lifeless body was found in the side yard of a Fort Good Hope residence on a cold fall morning two years ago, simmering tensions and accusations of infidelity boiled over at a party hosted by Colten McNeely, the man at the centre of a second-degree murder trial, a Yellowknife court heard Tuesday.

Fighting back tears, Jeanette Kakfwi, EdgiSA国际影视传媒檚 common-law partner of eight years, testified she was in the midst of a fight with the father of her two young children when she attended a party thrown by McNeely, who sheSA国际影视传媒檚 known for two decades, in the early morning hours of Sept. 3, 2017.

The court heard Kakfwi was involved in an extramarital relationship with McNeely in the summer of 2016.

Edgi, 28, knew about the affair.

Kakfwi and Edgi exchanged heated text messages SA国际影视传媒� read aloud in court SA国际影视传媒� leading up to the party. The back-and-forth began on the morning of Sept. 2, 2017, when Edgi, at home with their children, asked his partner to come home after questioning her about her whereabouts. She told him she had been drinking with friends and that there was nothing to worry about.

The conversation quickly turned into an argument between the two.

Edgi accused her of cheating. Kakfwi threatened to end the relationship over EdgiSA国际影视传媒檚 drinking.

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She said she walked to a nearby house with McNeely to get a drink of water. Kakfwi said she was about to head back to the shack when she heard EdgiSA国际影视传媒檚 angered voice from outside.

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Scared, Kakfwi, said she grabbed her shoes and exited the front door of the house, leaving the party. She told the court she and McNeely agreed to meet up later, but that the plan didnSA国际影视传媒檛 pan out.

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EdgiSA国际影视传媒檚 cousin, Janelle Pierrot, testified Tuesday.

Pierrot said she was driving around and drinking with Edgi and a group of friends in the hours leading up to his death.

Edgi, who was looking for Kakfwi, was in good spirits, Pierrot said.
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She said that changed suddenly when the group ended up at McNeelySA国际影视传媒檚 shack.
Edgi was told by party goers that Kakfwi had left with McNeely.

SA国际影视传媒淗e got really mad. He started freaking out,SA国际影视传媒� Pierrot testified. She recalled trying to calm Edgi after he began pushing people at the party.

Pierrot said she then went back to her vehicle with friends, parting ways with Edgi, who stayed by the shack with two other women.

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Corra Rabesca was one of the two party goers that stayed with Edgi. She testified Friday.
Rabesca said she and her friend followed Edgi, who was looking to Kakfwi, to McNeelySA国际影视传媒檚 nearby house. McNeely came out and told Edgi that Kakfwi had already left.

ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 when Edgi began pushing and hitting McNeely, causing him to bleed, said Rabesca.

Rabesca said she and her friend broke up the fight before Edgi left the area. The two women, with McNeely following behind them, walked back to the shack, she said. When she looked around, McNeely was gone.

Minutes later, Rabesca heard a SA国际影视传媒渃ry for help.SA国际影视传媒� The two women ran to the source of the yell, where they found Edgi laying on the ground with a stab wound to the chest.

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By the time officers arrived at the scene around 4 a.m., it was too late.

Edgi was pronounced dead 15 minutes later.

A knife, buried blade-first in the ground, was recovered about 10 feet away, Const. Brandon Barton and Const. Christopher Prospero SA国际影视传媒� the first to arrive at the scene SA国际影视传媒� testified at the beginning of the trial.

Prosecutors intend to prove Edgi died from a stab wound to the heart inflicted by McNeely following a violent altercation between the two.