Published Oct 2, 2020
Court documents detail the tumultuous relationship between Julie and her husband. According to a probable cause statement included in court documents, he told investigators the relationship was "tumultuous" and they had previously discussed a separation and divorce. Investigators learned that he told a family member that a divorce would be financially damaging to him.
He told police he last saw her the night her car was found, but said he wasn't in town at the time as he was in Payson following an argument over vacation plans. The police quickly found flaws with his story. Camera footage showed his car parked in the driveway in the early morning hours of Sept. 5 — long after he told police he had already left for Payson.
Julie confided in friends that she suspected her husband of more than 30 years cheated on her, the report detailed.
During a search of the home, investigators discovered that it appeared to have been sanitized and that there were several areas where there had been blood "from a significant injury" before cleaning. DNA testing was used to determine that the blood matched Julie.
Nearby CCTV showed a subject walking away from the burning car with an unknown object in hand, but there wasn't enough information to identify a suspect. After reviewing surveillance footage of him leaving Fry's grocery store the same night, police confirmed that his hat, jeans, shirt and shoes matched the clothing worn by the suspect caught walking away from the burning car.
After reviewing his phone records, police found he was having frequent communication with a woman who lived in Payson, and later determined he was having an affair with her. He described himself as "almost divorced," and claimed his ex-wife was "a drug addict," police said in the report. They also learned he was visiting this woman on Sept. 5 instead of camping.
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