ST. LOUIS — An Illinois man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after admitting to shoving his girlfriend off of a hotel balcony and leaving her in an alley back in 2021.
According to charging documents, EMS workers found the woman naked in an alley in the 1500 block of South Theresa Avenue on June 30, 2021. The EMS workers said she was unable to move and was incoherent. She was hospitalized with a broken neck, a crushed spine and multiple injuries to internal organs but survived the fall.
After recovering, the woman was able to tell police that she was with her boyfriend June 29-30, 2021, at the Holiday Inn – Forest Park, located about 3 miles away from where she was found. She said they got into an argument while in the room, so she went to the balcony to get some space. While on the balcony, he came out and pushed her off, causing her to fall from the seventh floor to the ground.
She told police he then came down, loaded her into his car and drove off. She said he asked him to drive her to the hospital, but he told her he could not. He then dumped her body in the alley where she was later found.
Police reviewed the security video, which showed the woman and a man checking into the hotel and getting onto an elevator together. Police said the man used an ID and credit card with the name Cameron Creamer to pay for the room.
Creamer, 32, pleaded guilty to first-degree domestic assault and first-degree kidnapping in connection to the incident ahead of a trial set for this week before St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Boyer.
Court documents said Creamer must serve 85% of his prison sentence before he is eligible for parole.
Creamer was previously convicted of domestic assault and domestic abuse in Hennepin County, Illinois, in 2014.
Resources for those experiencing domestic violence
If you or someone you know needs help, you can call the Safe Connections Crisis Helpline at 314-531-2003. You can also text that number from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, free of charge.
Alternatives to Living In Violent Environments also has a crisis line at 314-993-2777. ALIVE also has a hotline specifically for those in Franklin County at 800-941-9144.
The Women's Safe House can be reached 24 hours a day at 314-772-4535.
