Nikki Alcaraz and boyfriend Steven Tyler Stratton set off on a cross-country road trip in her Jeep Wrangler, made it out West and reportedly got into a public fight, although police split the couple up and made no arrests.
Then, she went missing – although police say they spotted her over the weekend at a California Walmart, according to local reports.
According to an incident report obtained by Fox News Digital, a witness told a deputy he saw Stratton punch Alcaraz in the face on the side of Interstate 40 on May 4. Authorities were already on the way to the scene after dispatch received a call from a screaming woman who abruptly stopped responding.
They arrived to find her covered in bruises – but Stratton was also bleeding from the face so badly that there was blood running down the side of the car. Deputies determined them to be “mutual combatants.”
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“Mr. Hamilton (the witness) stated that as he was driving by when he noticed the female sitting on the ground with the male over her and he punched her in the face,” the responding officer wrote.
But as he took Stratton into custody, he found him bleeding from his face.
The duo told police they had dropped off a friend in Amarillo, Texas, as they were headed toward California.Â
Both of them appeared to have been drinking, according to the report – but each denied having been behind the wheel.
“It was determined that both parties were mutual combatants while traveling down the interstate,” the responding deputy wrote. “The bruise on Ms. Alcaraz’s arms came from Mr. Stratton holding her down to avoid being hit.”
Police split them up, and the following day, Alcaraz showed up to retrieve her vehicle in the company of another man, according to the incident report.
Alcaraz, also known as Nikki Cunningham, last spoke with family via text on May 8, according to the Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office.
The couple was headed from Ashland City to…
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