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History of abuse: Former St Louis police officer pleads guilty in Russian roulette killing of fellow cop

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Pictured, Nathaniel Hendren St Louis cop and St Louis Police Officer Katlyn Alix
Nathaniel Hendren St Louis cop
Pictured, Nathaniel Hendren St Louis cop and St Louis Police Officer Katlyn Alix

Nathaniel Hendren pleads guilty: St Louis Police Officer Katlyn Alix killed by fellow cop in drunken game of Russian roulette gone bad. History of psychological terror. 

A former St Louis police officer pleaded guilty Friday to killing a fellow cop during a ‘drunken’ game of Russian roulette and was sentenced to seven years in prison according to a report. 

Nathaniel Hendren, 30, initially pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter for the January 24, 2019, shooting death of Katlyn Alix, 24, at Hendren’s home. In an about face, Hendren pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

A disciplinary document obtained by the Post-Dispatch said that both Hendren and his partner Patrick Riordan, who was present when the shooting took place, had been drinking despite both being on-duty. Alix, a rookie cop, was off-duty at the time.

Riordan, who has not been charged, and Hendren reportedly skipped taking a call — passing it off to other officers — to hang out with Alix at Hendren’s home.

The plea agreement called for Henden’s seven-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter and three-year sentence for armed criminal action to be served concurrently.

Pictured, Nathaniel Hendren St Louis cop.
Pictured, Nathaniel Hendren St Louis cop and St Louis Police Officer Katlyn Alix.

Hendren forced other girlfriends to play similar games and had serious psychiatric issues:

Authorities said that on the day of the shooting, Alix having gone to the Carondolet home Hendren after midnight and began drinking alcohol with the officer whom she was by now having an affair with, despite being newly married for a second time at age, 24, the dailymail reports.

At some point, Hendren took all the bullets out of a gun, put one back in, then spun the cylinder. Hendren then pointed the gun away and pulled the trigger. Alix then took the weapon, pointed it at Hendren and pulled the trigger. There was no bullet in the chamber either of those times, but the third time the trigger was pulled — with Hendren pointing the gun at Alix — it fired, striking her in the chest.

‘I don’t intend to try and explain anyone else’s hurt or make this day any more about me than it already is,’ Hendren said in court on Friday. ‘I simply wish to express my sincere remorse to this court and to the family of Katlyn Alix, a wonderful woman full of tenacity and self-determination.’

Alix was a US Army reservist deployed to Guantanamo Bay as a prison guard before joining the St Louis Police Department, the Post Dispatch reported. Hendren is a former Marine.

Additionally, Alix’s mother, Aimee L Wahlers, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit saying that Hendren forced other girlfriends to play similar games and had serious psychiatric issues the St Louis Police Department should have known about, the St Louis Post-Dispatch previously reported. The lawsuit names Hendren and Riordan, their sergeant Gary Foster, and the city of St Louis.

Hendren’s trial had been scheduled to begin next month prior to Hendren opting for a plea deal. 

 St Louis Police Officer Katlyn Alix.
St Louis Police Officer Katlyn Alix.
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