A prison guard recorded a fight with her husband before his fatal fall from a parking garage

A newly-married prison guard was charged with assault after his wife, also a correctional officer, recorded a fight that resulted in her dead discovery at the bottom of a garage near the stadium where gamblers play. Cardinals of St. Louis. Bradley Jenkins, 30, a lieutenant of the Illinois Penitentiary Department, is sentenced to a $ 100,000 jail sentence, for the third degree charge of assault. No lawyer is listed for him in the online court record.

After his wife, 27-year-old Allissa Martin, was found dead over the weekend, police found her mobile phone on the seventh floor of the garage, whose camera was still recording, the St. Louis daily reported. post-Dispatch.

"The recording showed her pointing the camera at herself," Detective Mark West wrote in a probable cause statement. "She then turned the camera towards the accused and showed it to the camera, they were arguing."

One can hear on Martin's recording screaming at Jenkins to stop hitting him in the face, according to court documents. She then dropped the phone. "Shortly after, you hear her screaming when she falls," West wrote.

Bradley Jenkins, on the left, and Allissa Martin, on the right

KMOV

When the police arrived, Jenkins rode Martin's body and "appeared to be intoxicated," according to court documents. He was covered in blood, reported CBS affiliate KMOV.

Jenkins, who hails from Taylorville, Illinois, told police that he and Martin were married on May 22 in Las Vegas, according to charges. He told the police that their colleagues had accompanied them to the Cardinals-Cubs match at Busch Stadium where they had a fight. West, the detective, said Jenkins "told me several lies," including stating that he had not been on the rooftop of the garage with Martin and that they were not in trouble. had not become physical. The video would refute these statements.

Police said she was continuing to investigate Martin's death. Police said they ordered an autopsy and determined whether Jenkins should be charged with murder, KMOV reported.

The authorities confirmed at the station that Jenkins and Martin both worked for the Illinois Department of Corrections. Jenkins was hired in 2010 and Martin in 2017.