Bodycam shows missing Tennessee mom's bruises after drunken fight

EXCLUSIVE: Shocking new bodycam footage shows missing Tennessee mom’s bruises after drunken fight with bloodied boyfriend on road trip – as she insists on pressing charges to ‘see his a** in jail’ before cops let them BOTH go

• Torrance County Attorney’s Office has released new bodycam footage in connection to a ‘domestic’ between Nikki Alcaraz and Steven Tyler Stratton
• Alcaraz , 33, and Stratton, 33, vanished three weeks ago after a road trip in their black Jeep Wrangler from Nashville to Orange County, California
• The footage shows Alcaraz in the moments after a ‘drunken’ brawl in which the pair were both left bloodied and bruised after a bystander called police May 4

Shocking new bodycam footage shows a missing Tennessee mom showing police multiple bruises after a drunken fight with her boyfriend telling cops she wants to see his ‘a** in jail.’

Nikki Alcaraz and Steven Tyler Stratton, both 33, vanished three weeks ago while road tripping in their black Jeep Wrangler from Nashville to Orange County, California.

Torrance County Attorney’s Office in New Mexico released 10 bodycam videos in the immediate aftermath of the vicious brawl.

Video shows that Alcaraz was heavily bruised with marks on her arms and face while Stratton was covered in blood streaming from his nose and mouth. 

Following questioning, police released the pair with no charges after separating them and taking them to different locations. 

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Shocking new bodycam footage shows a missing Tennessee mom showing police multiple bruises after a drunken fight with her boyfriend telling cops she wants to see his ‘a** in jail’

Nikki Alcaraz and Steven Tyler Stratton, both 33, vanished three weeks ago while road tripping in their black Jeep Wrangler from Nashville to Orange County, California 

In one of the videos a noticeably distraught Alcaraz is seen standing next to the bystander who called police after he saw the 33-year-old mother-of-two being ‘slapped’ and ‘punched in the face.’ 

‘I’m a truck driver, as I was driving by I seen her on the ground and I see that dude over there slap her and punch her in the face,’ said the bystander. 

‘He punched me in the eye,’ Alcaraz adds. 

‘How is he related to you,’ the responding officer is heard asking Alcaraz who responds ‘We’ve been together 16 years… we’re boyfriend/girlfriend.’

When asked if she wants to press charges, Alcaraz nods and answers: ‘Yeah’ before revealing that she would like to see his ‘a** in jail’ while holding back tears. 

‘I just wanted to make sure she was ok,’ the bystander is heard saying. 

Responding officers then ask if the man she is with, later identified as Stratton, is ‘on anything’ to which Alcaraz responds ‘not that I know of no.’

‘But I’m done, I want his a** to go to jail, I’m over it,’ she repeats. 

Torrence County Sheriff’s office earlier released an incident report in which it was revealed that Alcaraz could be heard screaming in the background of a 911 call to police during the May 4 incident.

Torrance County Attorney’s Office in New Mexico released 10 bodycam videos in the immediate aftermath of the vicious brawl

In one of the videos a noticeably distraught Alcaraz is seen standing next to the bystander who called police after he saw the 33-year-old mother-of-two being ‘slapped’ and ‘punched in the face’

Video shows that Alcaraz was heavily bruised with marks on her arms and face while Stratton was covered in blood streaming from his nose and mouth

Following questioning, police released the pair with no charges after separating them and taking them to different locations

In the call the woman, later identified as Alcaraz, could be heard screaming in the background. The police report stated that the male, Stratton, was ‘standing over her’ before he ‘punched her in the face.’ 

According to the report by Torrance County Sheriff’s Office obtained by DailyMail.com both Alcaraz and Stratton had been ‘intoxicated.’ 

The responding officer said he saw the 2013 Jeep in a small rest area and he noticed red marks on Alcaraz’s face and fingerprint marks on both of her arms. 

He also observed that Stratton had ‘blood coming from his mouth and nose area.’

The responding officer said that Alcaraz had said they’d dropped off a friend in Amarillo, Texas, before picking up a bottle of Fireball whisky, which she and Stratton both drank. 

Alcaraz claimed that Stratton had ‘started to hit her for no reason’ and when they got to the rest area she jumped out of the vehicle but he ‘caught her.’ 

She also claimed to have a bruise on her chest and her back.

The report identified the alleged assailant as ‘Thomas,’ but the sheriff’s office confirmed with DailyMail.com that it meant Stratton.

Stratton claimed that Alcaraz had also hit him, allegedly striking him to the mouth ‘for no reason’ and that she continued to hit him while they were traveling.

The pair departed Tennessee in early May in this black Jeep, which has yet to be located. The car belongs to Alcaraz, and was last located by a license plate reader in Arizona on May 8

Alcaraz, who vanished just days after getting into a ‘drunken dispute’ with her boyfriend was also heard ‘screaming on a 911’ call made by a bystander 

Alcaraz was seen on a surveillance camera on Saturday, May 27, trying to sell her phone at an ecoATM in Redding, California

He stated that, ‘Nikki does blackout after drinking liquor’ but he ‘did not want her to go to jail.’

A blood spatter on the passenger side door and blood on the ‘running board’ had been observed by the deputy and both disputed they’d been driving the vehicle. Neither one pressed charges.

Police in Moriarty and Cheatham County Sheriff’s office launched a missing person appeal saying Alcaraz is in ‘danger’ because of a ‘history of domestic assault’- though there is no evidence that either is dead.

Cheatham DA Ray Crouch is reportedly seeking a nationwide extradition order for Stratton on an unrelated arrest warrant.

His office also released an image of Alcaraz on Saturday, May 27, trying to sell her phone at an ecoATM in Redding, California, according to WKRN.

No other information has been released regarding her disappearance, but her family told GMA that they are ‘scared after not hearing from her for three weeks.’

Despite the grim parallels with the case of Gabby Petito, Toni is hopeful her sister is still alive. Alcarez is referred to as Cunningham which is her ex-partner’s last name

Alcaraz, Stratton and their dog set out on a road trip from Nashville to Southern California and were in an altercation in New Mexico on May 4.

A police report filed by Torrance County Sheriff’s Department shows the mother-of-two with a black eye after witnesses said they saw Stratton punch her in the face.

Timeline of Alcaraz and Stratton vanishing 

Early May: The pair set off from Nashville to drive to Southern California in her black 2013 Jeep Wrangler, with her dog.

May 4: Police in Moriarty, New Mexico, are called to reports of a fight in a vehicle. A truck driver says he had to pull Stratton away from Alcaraz. Stratton is dropped off several junctions away. Alcaraz spends the next two nights in a motel with a friend, who was called to assist.

May 6: Alcaraz leaves the Super 8 motel early in the morning, saying she wants to find Stratton.

May 8: Alcaraz texts her sister Toni to say she is in Arizona. It is unclear if Stratton and the dog are with her. Her Jeep is recorded on cameras near Flagstaff. There is no further sighting of the vehicle, Alcaraz, Stratton or the dog. 

Daily Mail.com has contacted Torrance County Sheriff’s Department, Moriarty Police Department, Redding Police Department and Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office for a comment.

DA Ray Crouch did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Both were then given rides by responding police, with Nikki dropped off in Moriarty, where she called her sister Toni, and a friend met her to stay the night in a motel.

But the following day, Alcaraz insisted that she needed to find Stratton, who has not been seen since the violent incident.

His family have not filed a missing persons report for him, but he is mentioned in the official appeals to find Alcaraz.

Alcaraz – who is referred to as Nikki Cunningham in a missing poster – left the Super 8 motel in Moriarty, a town about 40 miles east of Albuquerque, around 7am on May 6 and has not been seen since.

Her jeep was located by a license plate reader near Flagstaff, Arizona, on May 8, with Alcaraz messaging her sister to say she was planning to complete her trip.

She did not say if she was alone or had re-joined Stratton with her dog. Her family has not heard from her since.

Speaking to WKRN, Toni said: ‘I am scared something happened to them, whether they got in another fight or if they crashed her Jeep somewhere.

‘I talk to her almost every day, so I am scared something happened to them. It’s a trip she’s done hundreds of times.’

Authorities are still searching for leads to find Alcaraz and Stratton, with the missing mom’s family members urging witnesses to come forward.

Federal officials have yet to involve themselves in the search, which has so far failed to turn up any leads.

Stratton is wanted for failure to appear on a probation violation stemming over an unrelated theft charge.

Speaking to WKRN, Toni said: ‘I am scared something happened to them, whether they got in another fight or if they crashed her Jeep somewhere’

Despite the grim precursor provided by the headline-case surrounding Petito, who was found dead two months after her fight with Laundrie, Toni said she is hopeful her sister is still alive 

Officials have yet to produce any evidence that indicates Alcaraz is dead – with her case currently being treated like that of a missing person. 

Despite the grim parallels with the case of Gabby Petito, Toni is hopeful her sister is still alive.

‘I don’t think she is dead out there somewhere, but it’s all a possibility at this point, and I am really scared of that, but I’m praying that’s not the case,’ she said.

Of the similarities to the Petito case, she further remarked: ‘All the stories like that that seem to happen and seem to happen more often make it more terrifying.’

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