By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com
Published: 21:52 GMT, 12 February 2019 | Updated: 23:51 GMT, 12 February 2019
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The harrowing 911 call of a husband who shot his wife dead in Maine in 2016 was played at his murder trial on Monday and reveals how he told operators that he thought she was an intruder.
Noah Gaston, 36, is on trial for the death of his wife Alicia, who he shot dead in their home in January 2016
He claims that he thought she was an intruder and that he had gone to check on his three children in their beds after waking up in his bedroom to the sound of what he thought were walkie-talkies.
Noah Gaston, 36, is on trial for the death of his wife Alicia, who he shot dead in their home in January 2016
Prosecutors say he killed her intentionally but they have not yet offered a motive.
The victim's sister testified that they were having financial troubles at the time of the killing and that her sister homeschooled her children and sold scarves to make extra money.
Her brother-in-law had recently left a cooking job at the time.
She was shot as she made her way up the stairs, he said, but it is not clear how