A Wisconsin man was arrested last week for killing his mother.
Cheryl Jenkins’ fiancé called Milwaukee police on February 24, claiming he discovered the 66-year-old lying facedown on the floor in the guest room. The fiancé also stated that her son, Hayward Jenkins, 38, was there the night before, but he was missing the next morning, according to WDJT.
Cheryl Jenkins was reportedly found with a injury to the back of her head and a bloody baseball bat on her body. The coroner confirmed she died of various blunt force trauma, including skull fractures and brain hemorrhaging, according to the Journal Sentinel.
Heyward Jenkins was allegedly staying in the guest room when his mother’s fiancé heard a noise in the middle of the night. Believing it was the upstairs neighbors, the fiancé went back to sleep. The next morning, Cheryl Jenkins did not respond to her fiancé’s calls or knocks on the locked guest room door. The fiancé eventually accessed the guest room via a bathroom door and discovered her body.
Detectives reviewed surveillance footage reportedly showing Heyward Jenkins running between apartment buildings before boarding a bus. Officers apprehended him six hours later at Potawatomi Casino, wearing the same clothes seen in the earlier video, according to the Journal Sentinel.
Heyward Jenkins allegedly confessed to bludgeoning his mother during an argument over silver coins and money. He told investigators that the attack also stemmed from her not listening to him while he expressed himself, WITI reported.
While Heyward Jenkins said he beat his mother as she sat in a chair, he claimed he believed she was holding scissors and would attack him. He went on to admit that he was “wrong for murdering my mother,” authorities wrote.
Heyward Jenkins is charged with first-degree intentional homicide. His bond was set at $300,000.
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[Feature Photo: Milwaukee county jail]