he does in another statement.
I am more interested in the head position
So we have more than one officer indicating the head position was different when she was found - which could mean to take the photos they did move her body down . perhaps lifted the gun off to do so - and then put it back.
would that explain some of the ways the blood trails on her face flow?
if her head was up against the cupboard how did the blood flow from her nose to her eye?
It flowed from her nose to her eye because her head was back.

His account that her head was up in the air is at odds with the account of others who insist it was as is in this above photo when police found her.
It is easy to misrember things later when writing them down. There is no support that her head was moved by police prior to taking these photos. He took the gun off to clear it after this photo was taken.
Clearly if her head was propped up against the stand not just on the floor touching against it that presents even less ability for the blood to out of the sides of the mouth the way it did or to the eye.
That would be an even stronger indication she was murdered then moved and her head placed on the stand. But her head was on the floor.