A Utah mother allegedly shot and killed her husband in his bed in September, an alleged lover claims. My husband has been missing since last month.
Jennifer Gledhill, 41, told police she met her estranged husband for a discussion on Sept. 20 and “started drinking whiskey,” according to an arrest report.
The mother of three is said to have told her boyfriend that she had taken her husband's body “to the north, dug a hole and buried it in a shallow grave.”
Ms Gledhill and her husband Matthew Johnson, 51, are said to have agreed to have sex that night.
“Jennifer informed me. [the officer] “Due to her intoxication from the whiskey, she had difficulty remembering the events that occurred after she and Matthew had sex,” the warrant states. KSTU-TV.
Johnson, a member of the Utah National Guard, was reported missing on September 23.
The next day, Gledhill reportedly She contacted the Cottonwood Heights Police Department and filed a report of a domestic violence incident against her husband.
She reportedly told the officer that she had bruises all over her body and asked to be photographed for evidence.
The warrant states that officers noticed several bruises on Gledhill's arms, hands and legs, as well as a bruise under his left eye.
Gledhill claimed Johnson was “upset,” but couldn't remember why, according to the warrant.
“Jennifer told me that she remembered Matthew being on top of her and punching her several times with his fist,” Gledhill told police.
But the informant told investigators a different story.
According to the report, an unnamed man who claimed to have had an affair with Gledhill told police that Gledhill had caused bruises and bruises because he was “moving Matthew around and cleaning up messes in the house.” He reportedly told the police that he had incurred the debt.
“I washed and vacuumed everything and it's fine now.”
The alleged lover also made another explosive statement.
fox news The report said Gledhill told investigators that Gledhill came to her home on Sept. 22 and told her he was “probably going to be away for a long time.”
Police said the informant claimed Gledhill told him that he got into a fight with Johnson on September 20 because he knew she was sleeping with another man.
The informant allegedly told police that Gledhill confessed to shooting Johnson in the head with a 9mm Glock while she was sleeping in the bed they shared.
According to court documents, Gledhill told her boyfriend that she loaded Matthew's body into a storage container on the roof, slid it down the stairs by herself, and placed it in the back of a minivan.
The document added that the mother of three allegedly told her boyfriend that she had taken her husband's body “to the north, dug a hole and buried it in a shallow grave.”
The probable cause affidavit says Gledhill sent the informant text messages and WhatsApp messages, including one saying, “I washed and vacuumed everything and it's all good now.” It is believed that it was included.
According to court documents, Gledhill told the informant that if he heard a story like the one she told him, he would “take it to his grave.”
A neighbor reportedly told police that on September 24, she saw Gledhill's parents inside the house “cleaning out” the garage and “moving things around.” The suspect's mother reportedly admitted to investigators that she was at her daughter's home on September 24th.
Johnson has not yet been found.
“Take it to the grave.”
Detectives found a cell phone in Johnson's truck and inside the vehicle, less than a mile from Johnson's home.
While serving a search warrant at the Gledhill residence, detectives allegedly noted that the mattress in the master bedroom “looked like new.”
The prosecution argued, “The evidence that the defendant obstructed the investigation by removing the mattress he confessed to was important.'' [the] The informant said she shot Matthew while he was sleeping and replaced him with a new mattress a few days later. ”
Gledhill's mother allegedly told detectives that she bought a new mattress from Amazon at Gledhill's request.
“Additionally, the entire wall behind the master bed appeared to have fresh cleaning marks,” court documents state. “There were some reddish-brown spots on the walls, bed frame, and blinds in the master bedroom. Detectives noticed that the wall behind the master bed had been covered in bleach.”
Police noted a “strong odor of chlorine in the basement” and bleach stains on “several staircases” with black carpet.
Upon searching the suspect's vehicle, detectives found bags of what appeared to be narcotics packaged for “personal sale” and approximately $200 in cash.
Citing cell phone records, prosecutors said Gledhill “at no time” made any attempt to contact Johnson after Sept. 21.
When investigators asked the suspect's father if he had recently entered the master bedroom, he replied, “I have not entered the area where the incident occurred.”
According to police records, Gledhill previously “attempted unsuccessfully to obtain a non-disclosure order against Matthew during their marriage, and was described in court as an instigator and someone who forced answers to keep Matthew in a corner.” '', the prosecution argued.
On October 2, Gledhill was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, five counts of obstruction of justice, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, abuse of a person, and witness tampering.
In her first court appearance Monday, 3rd District Judge Todd Olsen ordered her to have no in-person or electronic contact with her three young children, ages 11, 7 and 5.
KSL-TV When the judge issued the order, Gledhill reported, “I wiped the tears from my face.”
“I think this is a heavy-handed tactic by the state to put undue pressure on her,” Gledhill's lawyer, Jeremy Deus, said in a statement.
Deus added: “I can't imagine what it feels like for a mother to tell her children she can't see her, and in effect tell her children they can't see their mother. They are not victims in this case. ” he added. We see no basis for an order of protection prohibiting contact with the mother in any form or manner. ”
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