IL Prison Guard Charged After Wife Records Fight, Fatal Fall

TAYLORVILLE, IL — A newlywed prison guard from Illinois is charged after his wife died in a fall from the seventh floor of a parking garage near St. Louis' Busch Stadium. Bradley Jenkins, 30, of Taylorville and his wife, 27-year-old Allissa Martin, had been married less than two weeks when she fell to her death after the couple attended a St. Louis Cardinals game.

Police told St. Louis' KMOV that they responded to the Stadium East parking garage after receiving an emergency call at around 1:45 a.m. Sunday to find Martin's body lying on the ramp. Officers saw Jenkins, who was covered in blood, straddling his wife's body.

Police said Martin had recorded an argument between herself and her husband prior to falling to her death. Her cellphone was found, still recording, on the seventh floor of the parking garage, where police believe she dropped it.

Charging documents obtained by NBC Chicago state that on the recording, Martin can be heard yelling at Jenkins to stop punching her face, then screaming as she fell.

Both Jenkins and Martin worked as prison guards for the Illinois Department of Corrections, according to NBC.

The couple married May 22 in Las Vegas, KMOV reported. Police said autopsy results will determine whether Jenkins will be charged with murder.

Jail record indicate Jenkins was arrested Sunday on a charge of third-degree domestic assault and remains in custody at the St. Louis City Justice Center. His bond was set at $100,000, and he was due in court Tuesday.