The parents of Jennifer Gledhill — a female charged for allegedly murdering her hubby Matthew Johnson — person been arrested.
They look obstruction of justness charges, records indicate.
Police booking affidavits for nan parents, Thomas and Rosalie Gledhill, allege that they lied to authorities, took portion successful cleanup of nan man's decease and disposed evidence, according to ksl.com.
Johnson was portion of nan Utah National Guard, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill noted successful a connection included successful a property merchandise from earlier this period astir nan charging of Jennifer Gledhill.
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Matthew Johnson's friends and family past heard from him connected Sept. 21, though he is now presumed dead. (Cottonwood Heights PD)
An informant notified constabulary he had an matter pinch Gledhill, according to that property release.
Gledhill allegedly told nan informant that she changeable her husband.
"The suspect told nan informant that she changeable Mr. Johnson connected September 21, 2024, arsenic he slept successful their bed. She told nan informant that she put Mr. Johnson's assemblage into a rooftop retention container, slid him down nan stairs of their home, and loaded his assemblage into nan backmost of their minivan," nan property merchandise stated.
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Jennifer Gledhill apparently told her person that she had changeable her hubby successful nan 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 he noticed bruises each complete nan defendant's body, and erstwhile asked astir them, nan suspect said they were from moving Mr. Johnson's assemblage and cleaning their house," nan 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)
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"A neighbour told constabulary that connected September 24, 2024, she saw nan defendant’s parents successful nan defendant’s location cleaning; they did not time off nan location until 11 p.m. When constabulary confronted nan defendants' parents astir them being astatine nan defendant’s location connected September 24, 2024, her mother said she was only location for an hour," nan property merchandise stated. "The defendant’s begetter said he didn’t retrieve specifications of nan time isolated from that he had been astatine nan defendant’s location for a short play of time."
Alex Nitzberg is simply a writer for Fox News Digital.