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Montana newlywed 'shoved husband' to death off cliff | Montana newlywed 'shoved husband' to death off cliff |
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A Montana newlywed has been charged with murder after admitting she shoved her husband off a cliff eight days into their marriage, authorities say. | A Montana newlywed has been charged with murder after admitting she shoved her husband off a cliff eight days into their marriage, authorities say. |
Jordan Linn Graham, 22, appeared in a federal court on Monday charged with Cody Johnson's death on 7 July. | Jordan Linn Graham, 22, appeared in a federal court on Monday charged with Cody Johnson's death on 7 July. |
Police say Ms Graham initially lied about what happened that evening. She reported her 25-year-old husband missing the next day. | Police say Ms Graham initially lied about what happened that evening. She reported her 25-year-old husband missing the next day. |
Her lawyer declined to comment to the Associated Press news agency. | Her lawyer declined to comment to the Associated Press news agency. |
Johnson's family had called for an investigation after his body was recovered by helicopter below a steep viewpoint known as the Loop, in Glacier National Park on 12 July. | |
'Fell face first' | 'Fell face first' |
According to an FBI affidavit, in an initial interview on 9 July Ms Graham told police she had received a text from her husband that he was going for a drive with a friend. | According to an FBI affidavit, in an initial interview on 9 July Ms Graham told police she had received a text from her husband that he was going for a drive with a friend. |
But, she said, both her and her husband usually deleted their texts, and so she could not show police the message in question. | But, she said, both her and her husband usually deleted their texts, and so she could not show police the message in question. |
Two days later she was the first to report finding her husband's dead body. | Two days later she was the first to report finding her husband's dead body. |
A park ranger told her it was unusual that she had found the body, according to the affidavit. | A park ranger told her it was unusual that she had found the body, according to the affidavit. |
"It was a place he wanted to see before he died," she allegedly replied. | "It was a place he wanted to see before he died," she allegedly replied. |
According to the sworn statement, a copy of which was reproduced in the Missoulian newspaper, on 16 July she admitted having lied to police about her husband's death. | |
She is said to have told investigators that the couple had been arguing when they agreed to go to the hiking trial at the Loop, where their bickering worsened. | She is said to have told investigators that the couple had been arguing when they agreed to go to the hiking trial at the Loop, where their bickering worsened. |
Johnson grabbed her arm before she removed his hand, and "due to her anger, she pushed Johnson with both hands in the back, and as a result, he fell face first off the cliff", says the affidavit. | Johnson grabbed her arm before she removed his hand, and "due to her anger, she pushed Johnson with both hands in the back, and as a result, he fell face first off the cliff", says the affidavit. |
The accused had doubts about her week-old marriage, according to text messages she allegedly sent to a friend on the night Johnson died. | The accused had doubts about her week-old marriage, according to text messages she allegedly sent to a friend on the night Johnson died. |
She wrote that she was "having second thoughts about having been married", the FBI said. | She wrote that she was "having second thoughts about having been married", the FBI said. |
That night, she texted the friend that she was about to talk to her husband. | That night, she texted the friend that she was about to talk to her husband. |
"But dead serious if u don't hear from me at all again tonight, something happened," Ms Graham wrote, according to the affidavit. | "But dead serious if u don't hear from me at all again tonight, something happened," Ms Graham wrote, according to the affidavit. |