Newlywed Denies Pushing Husband Off Cliff

The trial of a newlywed accused of murdering her husband has heard she told the FBI: "I pushed him and I took off."

The statement from Montana woman Jordan Graham, 22, was taken from a recording made by an FBI agent in Kalispell, where the couple lived, days after her husband's body was found in Glacier National Park.

Graham is charged with both the first-degree murder and second-degree murder of her 25-year-old husband on July 7 this year. She is also accused of lying to authorities by originally saying Mr Johnson had driven off with friends.

His body was found in the park on July 11. He had an eight-inch fracture on his forehead and was not wearing a wedding ring.

Graham initially said Mr Johnson disappeared after leaving with friends.

She later told federal investigators they had argued and he accidentally fell off a cliff when she tried to remove his hand from her arm.

Prosecutors say Mr Johnson was head over heels in love with his new wife, but she was having second thoughts.

Jurors were shown dozens of text messages between Graham and her friend Kimberly Martinez that documented Graham's emotional spiral from excitement about her wedding to despair about being married.

Cody Johnson's body was found in Glacier National Park

Prosecutors say Graham knew where the body was because she deliberately pushed Mr Johnson during a row. Her lawyer maintains her husband's death was an accident.

He said Graham had lied about the accident because she thought nobody would believe her.

Friends of the accused revealed she showed little emotion when her husband's body was found.

Cecilia Lewellen said Graham had climbed a steep slope below the road from where her husband fell and called out that she had spotted his body in a ravine.

Another friend, Hannah Sherrill, said Graham remarked that now a funeral could be held and "the cops can be out of it".

Meanwhile, the defendant's teenage brother cried while in the witness box when asked to describe his feelings toward her.

Michael Rutledge said he was angry with his sister because she had lied about her husband's disappearance, and kept on lying to cover it up.

The 16-year-old was with her when she led police to Mr Johnson's body. He said his sister told him to say it had been discovered by park rangers.

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