Teen Charged In Homicide of Mother and father, 3 Siblings Tried Blaming Useless Brother and ‘Staged’ Scene: Police

Johnson was reported lacking by his spouse, 41-year-old Jennifer Gledhill, on September 28; she claimed she hadn’t seen or spoken with him since they’d a battle on September 20. On the time, per police, she stated he informed her he’d be gone for per week and to not name him. She, nevertheless, was arrested after an informant claiming to have had an affair with Gledhill informed police she confessed to killing him, earlier than burying him in a “shallow grave.”

On Thursday, Gledhill’s mother and father — Thomas Gledhill, 71, and Rosalie Gledhill, 67 — had been arrested on suspicion of obstructing justice. Per arrest affidavits, by way of KSL, the 2 are accused of serving to their daughter clear up after Matthew’s homicide and disposing of proof.

Salt Lake County District Lawyer Sim Gill beforehand spoke about Gledhill’s mother and father whereas saying the fees in opposition to her in a press launch on October 15.

On the time, Gill stated a neighbor informed police she noticed the pair at their daughter’s house cleansing, saying they did not depart the house till 11pm; per the affidavit, the neighbor stated they had been there for greater than 5 hours. “When police confronted the defendants’ mother and father about them being on the defendant’s house on September 24, 2024, her mom stated she was solely there for an hour. She additionally informed police she had bought a mattress from Amazon on the request of the defendant,” stated the press launch.

“The defendant’s father stated he did not bear in mind particulars of the day besides that he had been on the defendant’s home for a brief time period,” the discharge continued. “Detectives confronted the defendant’s father about how lengthy he was on the home and if he went into the main bedroom, and he responded, ‘I didn’t go in the place the incident occurred.’”

Per the affidavit, Rosalie’s telephone had been reset with all the info erased, whereas information allegedly confirmed Jennifer referred to as her father earlier than and after her telephone was turned off whereas, as police put it, “she was up north disposing of the sufferer’s physique in a shallow grave.”

As for why the mattress element is vital, per the DA, detectives seen the mattress in the primary bed room of Gledhill’s house was new, whereas a stain on the carpet under the mattress examined constructive for human blood. “There have been a number of reddish-brown spots on the wall, mattress body, and blinds of the main bedroom,” added the DA, who stated the wall behind the mattress was additionally “lined in bleach.”

Police imagine he was murdered on the mattress, attributable to allegations from the informant.

Whereas executing a search warrant on the mother and father’ house, police say additionally they discovered a plastic tote close to the bed room the place Jennifer allegedly slept whereas staying there. In it, they discovered a Glock 19x gun field wrapped in a toddler’s onesie. The container, per the DA, is “in line with the gun mannequin and shade which she had proven to the informant, loaded, on September 19, 2024.”

The person claiming he had an affair with Gledhill informed police that on September 22, she went to his house.

He stated she informed him that on the evening of September 20, her husband got here house and “yelled at her as a result of he knew she had been sleeping with another person.” She additionally allegedly confessed to taking pictures her husband “as he slept of their mattress” on September 22.

“She informed the informant that she put Mr. Johnson’s physique right into a rooftop storage container, slid him down the steps of their house, and loaded his physique into the again of their minivan,” stated the DA. “The defendant stated she smashed Mr. Johnson’s telephone and hid his truck in a close-by neighborhood. The defendant stated she then took her husband’s physique north, dug a gap, and buried him in a shallow grave.”

The informant additionally allegedly stated he seen Gledhill had bruises throughout her physique — however, “when requested about them, the defendant stated they had been from transferring Mr. Johnson’s physique and cleansing their home.”

In the identical launch, the DA stated GPS knowledge from her telephone confirmed that on the day she allegedly stated she killed her husband, she “traveled to the place her husband’s truck was later discovered at round 6 am.”

“That afternoon, GPS knowledge put her in Davis County till her telephone was turned off at round 2:37 p.m.; the telephone was turned on round 5 p.m. as she was touring eastbound on the West Davis Hall,” the discharge continued, including that her automobile was caught on digicam at a Vacation Oil in Salt Lake County, the place she allegedly cleaned the automotive.

She then allegedly went to the informant’s house.

Previous to her arrest for allegedly murdering her husband, Gledhill had filed for divorce from Johnson in July, as reported by KSL. On August 21, she filed for a short lived protecting order, which was rejected.

After a listening to on the matter, third District Commissioner Russell Minas concluded there was no “abuse,” per courtroom paperwork seen by the outlet. “There was no intentional inflicting or making an attempt to trigger bodily hurt,” he dominated.

“Whereas (Johnson’s) conduct in some cases approaches the road of putting (Gledhill) in cheap concern of imminent bodily hurt, from the proof offered he doesn’t cross that line,” continued the September 16 doc.

He decided that Gledhil appeared “unafraid” in submitted movies as proof, in addition to stating she gave the impression to be “equally confrontational towards him.” The ruling additionally states that textual content messages from Gledhill to Johnson had been “repeatedly berating, belittling and demeaning … if not outright making an attempt to goad him right into a violent response.”

“The conduct of the events over the previous a number of months is consultant of a extremely dysfunctional marriage bringing out the worst within the events,” Minas said in his ruling, “clearly suggestive that an motion for divorce ought to have been filed lengthy earlier than reaching the present state of affairs.”

Gledhill and Johnson are the mother and father of three youngsters, ages 11, 7, and 5, per police. Since her arrest for homicide, she has been quickly barred from talking together with her youngsters.

Johnson’s physique nonetheless hasn’t been positioned. Gledhill has been charged with one rely of first-degree felony homicide, 5 counts of second-degree felony obstruction of justice, one rely of second-degree felony possession with intent to distribute, one rely of third-degree felony desecration of a human physique, and one rely of third-degree felony witness tampering.

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