Johnson was reported missing by his partner, 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 acknowledged he knowledgeable her he’d be gone for per week and to not title him. She, however, was arrested after an informant claiming to have had an affair with Gledhill knowledgeable police she confessed to killing him, earlier than burying him in a “shallow grave.”

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

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

On the time, Gill acknowledged a neighbor knowledgeable police she seen the pair at their daughter’s home cleaning, saying they didn’t depart the home until 11pm; per the affidavit, the neighbor acknowledged they’d been there for higher 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,” acknowledged 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 phone had been reset with all the data erased, whereas data allegedly confirmed Jennifer known as her father earlier than and after her phone 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 ingredient is significant, per the DA, detectives seen the mattress within the main mattress room of Gledhill’s home was new, whereas a stain on the carpet underneath 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 acknowledged the wall behind the mattress was moreover “lined in bleach.”

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

Whereas executing a search warrant on the mom and father’ home, police say moreover they found a plastic tote near the mattress room the place Jennifer allegedly slept whereas staying there. In it, they found a Glock 19x gun discipline 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 particular person claiming he had an affair with Gledhill knowledgeable police that on September 22, she went to his home.

He acknowledged she knowledgeable him that on the night of September 20, her husband obtained right here home and “yelled at her as a result of he knew she had been sleeping with another person.” She moreover allegedly confessed to taking photos 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,” acknowledged 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 moreover allegedly acknowledged he seen Gledhill had bruises all through her physique — nevertheless, “when requested about them, the defendant stated they had been from transferring Mr. Johnson’s physique and cleansing their home.”

In the an identical launch, the DA acknowledged GPS data from her phone confirmed that on the day she allegedly acknowledged 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, together with that her vehicle 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 home.

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 quick lived defending 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 determined that Gledhil appeared “unafraid” in submitted motion pictures as proof, along with stating she looked to be “equally confrontational towards him.” The ruling moreover states that textual content material 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 stated 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 mom and father of three children, ages 11, 7, and 5, per police. Since her arrest for murder, she has been rapidly barred from speaking collectively together with her children.

Johnson’s physique nonetheless hasn’t been positioned. Gledhill has been charged with one rely of first-degree felony murder, 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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