A missing Tennessee mom was heard screaming during a 911 call after an argument with her boyfriend, which left her with a black eye and spattered their car with blood, according to a police report.
Nikki Alcaraz, 33, and Tyler Stratton, 33, disappeared three weeks ago while on a road trip in their black Jeep Wrangler from Nashville to Orange County, California.
Now, police have revealed that a passerby called 911 after seeing them arguing on May 4 while in Torrance County, New Mexico.
In the call, the woman, later identified as Alcaraz, could be heard screaming in the background. The police report stated that the man, Stratton, “stood over her” before “punching her in the face.”
Nikki Alcaraz, who disappeared just days after getting into a ‘drunken dispute’ with her boyfriend, was heard ‘screaming on a 911’ call by a bystander
Alcaraz, 33, was traveling in her black 2013 Jeep Wrangler with Steven Tyler Stratton, 33, when both disappeared on May 4 following a drunken altercation in Moriarty, New Mexico.
According to the Torrance County Sheriff’s Office report obtained by DailyMail.com, both Alcaraz and Stratton are “intoxicated.”
The responding officer said he saw the 2013 Jeep in a small rest area and noticed red marks on Alcaraz’s face and fingerprints on both of her arms.
He also noted that Stratton had “blood coming out of his mouth and nose.”
The responding officer said Alcaraz said they dropped off a friend in Amarillo, Texas before picking up a bottle of Fire Ball that she and Stratton both drank.
Alcaraz claimed that Stratton “started beating 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 bruises on her chest and 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 also hit him, allegedly slapping him on the mouth for “for no reason” and that she continued to hit him while they were traveling.
Alcaraz was seen on a surveillance camera on Saturday, May 27, trying to sell her phone at an ecoATM in Redding, California
The pair set out from Tennessee in early May in this black Jeep, which has yet to be found. The car belongs to Alcaraz and was last found by a license plate reader in Arizona on May 8
He stated that “Nikki blacks out after drinking liquor,” but that he “didn’t want her to go to jail.”
A blood spatter on the passenger door and blood on the “running board” had been observed by the deputy sheriff and both disputed driving the vehicle. Neither of them has filed a report.
Police in the Moriarty and Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office launched a missing persons call saying Alcaraz is in ‘danger’ due to a ‘history of domestic violence’ – although there is no evidence that either is dead.
Cheatham DA Ray Crouch is reportedly seeking a nationwide extradition warrant for Stratton on an unrelated arrest warrant.
His office also released an image of Alcaraz trying to sell her phone at an ecoATM in Redding, California, on Saturday, May 27, according to WKN.
No other information has been released about her disappearance, but her family told GMA they are “afraid after not hearing from her for three weeks.”
Despite the grim parallels to Gabby Petito’s case, Toni hopes her sister is still alive
Alcaraz, Stratton and their dog set off on a road trip from Nashville to Southern California and got into a fight 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.
Daily Mail.com has reached out to Torrance County Sheriff’s Department, Moriarty Police Department, Redding Police Department and Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office for comment.
DA Ray Crouch did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Both were then given a ride by the responding police, with Nikki being dropped off in Moriarty where she called her sister Toni, and a friend met her to spend the night at a motel.
But the next day, Alcaraz insisted she must find Stratton, who has not been seen since the violent incident.
His family has not reported him missing, but he is mentioned in the official calls to find Alcaraz.
Alcaraz left the Super 8 motel in Moriarty, a town about 40 miles east of Albuquerque, around 7 a.m. May 6 and has not been seen since.
Her jeep was located by a license plate reader near Flagstaff, Arizona, on May 8, while Alcaraz messaged her sister to say she intended to complete her journey.
She didn’t say if she was alone or had rejoined Stratton with her dog. Her family has not heard from her since then.
Speaking to WKRN, Toni said, “I’m afraid something happened to them, whether they got into another fight or they crashed her jeep somewhere.
“I talk to her almost every day, so I’m afraid something happened to them. It’s a journey she’s made hundreds of times.’
Authorities are still looking for clues to find Alcaraz and Stratton, with the missing mother’s relatives urging witnesses to come forward.
Federal officials have yet to interfere in the search, which so far has turned up no leads.
Stratton is wanted for failing to appear on a probation violation stemming from an unrelated charge of theft.
Speaking to WKRN, Toni said: ‘I’m afraid something happened to them, whether they got into another fight or they crashed her jeep somewhere’
Despite the grim foreshadowing of the headline case surrounding Petito, who was found dead two months after her fight with Laundrie, Toni said she hopes her sister is still alive
Officials have yet to provide any evidence that indicates Alcaraz is dead – and her case is currently being treated as that of a missing person.
Despite the grim parallels to Gabby Petito’s case, Toni hopes her sister is still alive.
“I don’t think she’s dead in there anywhere, but it’s all a possibility right now, and I’m really scared about that, but I’m praying that’s not the case,” she said.
On the similarities to the Petito case, she further noted, “All the stories that seem to happen and seem to happen more often make it more terrifying.”