Interviews of Steven H. Downs by police were played to the jury on Day 13 of his trial Wednesday in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Steven H. Downs is on trial for the murder and sexual assault of an Alaska woman in 1993.

Steven H. Downs of Auburn is on trial for the 1993 murder and sexual assault of an Alaska woman.

Steven H. Downs is accused of sexually assaulting and murdering an Alaska woman while he was a student there 29 years ago.

Steven H. Downs of Auburn, Maine, is charged with murder and sexual assault in the death of Sophie Sergie, 20, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1993.

Steven H. Downs is on trial for the 1993 murder and sexual assault of a woman in Fairbanks, Alaska.