The parents of a Utah woman accused of killing her husband have been arrested for allegedly cleaning up the crime scene, according to Salt Lake City jail records.
Thomas Ray Gledhill, 71, and Rosalie Christianson Gledhill, 67, were arrested Thursday. Both were booked into the Salt Lake County Jail, according to inmate records, on charges of obstruction of justice.
Their daughter Jennifer Gledhill, 41, of Cottonwood Heights, was arrested earlier this month after telling a police informant that she shot her husband on the bed, buried his body, removed items from the house and destroyed them to cover up the crime. She is being held in prison on murder and various other charges.
Investigators found a blood stain on the carpet under the bed and blood on the bed frame. CBS affiliate KUTV reported that investigators said, “Extensive cleaning took place after this crime, including whitewashing walls and using carpet cleaning products.” »
Investigators said in a probable cause statement that the mother purchased the mattress to replace the one they believed her husband was killed on, KUTV reported.
They also said Gledhill called her father as she prepared to bury the body. The father told police he was at the home for less than an hour, but neighbors said they saw him there for more than five hours.
Gledhill and her husband, former National Guardsman Matthew Johnson, 51, were in a divorce and custody dispute over their three children, according to court records, the Associated Press reported.
