The parents of Jennifer Gledhill — a pistillate charged for allegedly murdering her hubby Matthew Johnson — person been arrested.
They look obstruction of justness charges, records indicate.
Police booking affidavits for the parents, Thomas and Rosalie Gledhill, allege that they lied to authorities, took portion successful cleanup of the man's decease and disposed evidence, according to ksl.com.
Johnson was portion of the Utah National Guard, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill noted successful a connection included successful a property merchandise from earlier this period astir the charging of Jennifer Gledhill.
Matthew Johnson's friends and household past heard from him connected Sept. 21, though helium is present presumed dead. (Cottonwood Heights PD)
An informant notified constabulary he had an matter with Gledhill, according to that property release.
Gledhill allegedly told the informant that she changeable her husband.
"The suspect told the informant that she changeable Mr. Johnson connected September 21, 2024, arsenic helium slept successful their bed. She told the informant that she enactment Mr. Johnson's assemblage into a rooftop retention container, slid him down the stairs of their home, and loaded his assemblage into the backmost of their minivan," the property merchandise stated.
Jennifer Gledhill seemingly told her person that she had changeable her hubby successful the head. (FOX 13 Salt Lake City)
"The suspect said she smashed Mr. Johnson's telephone and hid his motortruck successful a adjacent neighborhood. The suspect said she past took her husband's assemblage north, dug a hole, and buried him successful a shallow grave. The informant said that helium noticed bruises each implicit the defendant's body, and erstwhile asked astir them, the suspect said they were from moving Mr. Johnson's assemblage and cleaning their house," the merchandise indicated.
The property merchandise stated that a neighbour informed constabulary she saw Gledhill's parents cleaning.
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Jennifer Gledhill had previously, and unsuccessfully, tried to get a restraining bid against Matthew Johnson. (FOX 13 Salt Lake City)
"A neighbour told constabulary that connected September 24, 2024, she saw the defendant’s parents successful the defendant’s location cleaning; they did not permission the location until 11 p.m. When constabulary confronted the defendants' parents astir them being astatine the defendant’s location connected September 24, 2024, her parent said she was lone determination for an hour," the property merchandise stated. "The defendant’s begetter said helium didn’t retrieve details of the time but that helium had been astatine the defendant’s location for a abbreviated play of time."
Alex Nitzberg is simply a writer for Fox News Digital.