Overview
- Cheryl Jenkins, 66, was found unresponsive on Feb. 24 in a West Milwaukee home near 44th and Mitchell after her fiancé called police around 8:07 a.m.
- Officers discovered a wooden baseball bat with blood at the scene, and the medical examiner concluded she died of blunt-force injuries from multiple strikes.
- Security footage showed a man running and boarding an MCTS bus before police arrested 38-year-old Hayward Allen Jenkins at Potawatomi Casino.
- According to the criminal complaint, Jenkins admitted striking his mother after an argument over silver coins and money, telling police he "flipped out" and mentioning she had scissors.
- Jenkins is jailed on $300,000 bond on a first-degree intentional homicide charge, with a preliminary hearing set for March 10.