Deceased/Not Found UT - Matthew Johnson, 51, Utah Ntl Guard member, missed work, car found a block from home, Cottonwood Heights, 20 Sept 2024 *Arrest*

[imstilla.grandma]

Cottonwood Heights police spokesman Sgt. Gary Young told the outlet that a group of 70 law enforcement officers and Utah National Guard soldiers searched near the Utah-Idaho border for Johnson’s body on the weekend of Feb. 1-2.

“It’s a needle in a haystack and we don’t have specific information, but we’re hoping to get lucky and we’re hoping to get lucky in the right area,” Young told KSL-TV

Utah Mom Accused of Fatally Shooting Husband in His Sleep After Her Alleged Affair Pleads Not Guilty: Reports

Jennifer Gledhill appeared at the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 13, in connection with the September 2024 death of her husband Matthew Johnson. The Utah mom of three pleaded not guilty to murder through her attorney and waived her right to a preliminary hearing...

people.com

 

[Spyderlady]

Jennifer Gledhill denied bail, to remain in jail on murder charges​

Jennifer Gledhill denied bail, to remain in jail on murder charges

Saying there is a "substantial danger" to the community, a judge denied bail for accused murderer Jennifer Gledhill who will remain in jail for the alleged death of her husband

www.fox13now.com

 

[Knox]

Jennifer Gledhill denied bail, to remain in jail on murder charges​

Jennifer Gledhill denied bail, to remain in jail on murder charges

Saying there is a "substantial danger" to the community, a judge denied bail for accused murderer Jennifer Gledhill who will remain in jail for the alleged death of her husband

www.fox13now.com

That's a GOOD thing!! What about her parents, where are they now?

 

[iusedtofloat]

This has been my thought from the beginning. She doesn't seem like the digging type, and "shallow grave" could just as easily refer to shallow (boggy) water as dirt.

there's not a ton of water in the area, really. she'd have to make a drive to get to anywhere secluded + deep enough to hide a body.
there is however lots of rural land.

 

[wnk]

there's not a ton of water in the area, really. she'd have to make a drive to get to anywhere secluded + deep enough to hide a body.
there is however lots of rural land.

I'm local to the area. That whole stretch of area along the Great Salt Lake is boggy, with a bunch of little waterways and ponds. The water doesn't need to be deep -- it's muddy and mucky enough that all she'd need to do is weigh the body down enough to remain submerged.

You've got Willard Bay to the north

Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area

And the Shorelands Preserve

 

[NoeticSoul]

That's a GOOD thing!! What about her parents, where are they now?

Hopefully in jail soon along with her. Glad to see her parents are being charged too! The death penalty should be the only sentence here, unless she reveals the location of her husband's remains.

eta (moo)

 

[Chimera]

Jennifer Gledhill denied bail, to remain in jail on murder charges

Saying there is a "substantial danger" to the community, a judge denied bail for accused murderer Jennifer Gledhill who will remain in jail for the alleged death of her husband

www.fox13now.com

'In the phone call, the [Gledhill] apologizes for telling [her lover] about what happened, she tells him to not think of her as a monster and to remember her who she was before she opened her mouth.
''Like he just, he is, he's not a person. He wasn't a person anymore he wasn't Matt anymore.'
'I always preach that I was like the queen of hearts in my past lives because I'm like "Off With Their Heads.",' Gledhill is then said to have bragged.

'I'm like if we could just round up the scum of this Earth and put them on an island or just kill them all I could shipshape this country back into a good place,' Gledhill said.
Rbm.

First bolded : Iirc, Lori Vallow used similar terms to describe those she murdered or had Chad D. murder ?
Dehuma

Second bolded : Is Jennifer referring to herself ?
Thankfully Judge Adam Mow refused the defense atty's request.
Imo.
Omo.

 

[Chimera]

Jennifer Gledhill denied bail, to remain in jail on murder charges

Saying there is a "substantial danger" to the community, a judge denied bail for accused murderer Jennifer Gledhill who will remain in jail for the alleged death of her husband

www.fox13now.com

'In the phone call, the [Gledhill] apologizes for telling [her lover] about what happened, she tells him to not think of her as a monster and to remember her who she was before she opened her mouth.
''Like he just, he is, he's not a person. He wasn't a person anymore he wasn't Matt anymore.'
'I always preach that I was like the queen of hearts in my past lives because I'm like "Off With Their Heads.",' Gledhill is then said to have bragged.

'I'm like if we could just round up the scum of this Earth and put them on an island or just kill them all I could shipshape this country back into a good place,' Gledhill said.
Rbm.

First bolded : Iirc, Lori Vallow used similar terms to describe those she murdered or had Chad D. murder ?
Dehuma

Second bolded : Is Jennifer referring to herself ?
Thankfully Judge Adam Mow refused the defense atty's request.
Imo.
Omo.

"Dehumanizing their victims"... Sorry, too late to edit.

Wanted to add that IF her parents are not incarcerated, let's say-- Jennifer is released with an ankle monitor -- they might help her to flee the country ?
Ankle monitors are not a surety of keeping tabs on people.

The killer of Chelsea King &Amber Dubois had his monitor removed before the girl's murders, and there was no follow up on him.
Imo.

California murder suspect broke parole

A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one California teenager and under investigation for another killing violated his parole by moving too close to a school.

www.nbcnews.com

The records show after at least five later violations, the last on Sept. 8, 2008, just 18 days before; Gardner was let go from parole supervision, and his location-tracking GPS bracelet removed from his ankle.

 

[Knox]

Jennifer Gledhill denied bail, to remain in jail on murder charges

Saying there is a "substantial danger" to the community, a judge denied bail for accused murderer Jennifer Gledhill who will remain in jail for the alleged death of her husband

www.fox13now.com

'In the phone call, the [Gledhill] apologizes for telling [her lover] about what happened, she tells him to not think of her as a monster and to remember her who she was before she opened her mouth.
''Like he just, he is, he's not a person. He wasn't a person anymore he wasn't Matt anymore.'
'I always preach that I was like the queen of hearts in my past lives because I'm like "Off With Their Heads.",' Gledhill is then said to have bragged.

'I'm like if we could just round up the scum of this Earth and put them on an island or just kill them all I could shipshape this country back into a good place,' Gledhill said.
Rbm.

First bolded : Iirc, Lori Vallow used similar terms to describe those she murdered or had Chad D. murder ?
Dehuma

Second bolded : Is Jennifer referring to herself ?
Thankfully Judge Adam Mow refused the defense atty's request.
Imo.
Omo.

Thanks for posting. I really didn't fully appreciate just how dangerous this woman is. The "queen of hearts" - really?!!

What if she deems someone else "scum" - or a person otherwise upsets her? Off with thier heads too?

Scary stuff folks ...

 

[arielilane]

The man contacted police after Gledhill allegedly confessed to the murder, which led to her arrest.

Gledhill's parents Thomas and Rosalie Gledhill have also been charged in the murder.

Police revealed that witnesses saw them cleaning her house for five hours following the alleged murder.

Gledhill's mother was even suspected of buying a new mattress for her daughter to replace the one Johnson is said to have bled out over after being shot dead.

Utah mom's shocking phone call to lover after shooting husband dead

Jennifer Gledhill, 42, was arrested in early October after her husband Matthew Johnson, 51, vanished and was later charged with his murder.

www.dailymail.co.uk

3/2/2025

 

[arielilane]

A rooftop storage container found with traces of Matthew Johnson’s blood. (Pool photo)

A blood stain carpet found inside the master bedroom (Pool photo)

Utah woman denied bail in husband's murder case amidst new evidence

In a recent detention hearing, prosecutors unveiled new evidence in the case against Jennifer Gledhill, 42, accused of murdering her estranged husband, Matthew Johnson, 51, a Utah National Guardsman.

ksltv.com

3/3/2025

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“Still no body, no weapon,” Deus said.

“His family just wants to bring Matthew home,” Paulos said. “And they have concern that if the defendant is released, she will continue to obstruct those efforts.”

https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/gledhill-trial-date-set/

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

I'm local to the area. That whole stretch of area along the Great Salt Lake is boggy, with a bunch of little waterways and ponds. The water doesn't need to be deep -- it's muddy and mucky enough that all she'd need to do is weigh the body down enough to remain submerged.

You've got Willard Bay to the north
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Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area
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And the Shorelands Preserve
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Great work and nice visuals there @wnk ….. and let’s hope that authorities and others might be able to use weather, tidal, flooding, and other area characteristics….. and see if one can determine from where that roof container might have floated?

The one cited in this thread post # 111 by @arielilane …. and information in that KSL TV5 March 1, 2025 article by Garna Mejia (updated March 15, 2025) entitled ‘Utah woman denied bail in husband’s murder case amidst new evidence’ discusses it being found.

As others note in this thread and elsewhere, seems this JG individual appears to be rather sinister in her accused actions and a threat perhaps to others if not jailed? Also glad to see that the parents are also apparently charged. Hard to imagine that JG solely maneuvered and placed that roof container with MJ body in the car unaided. MOO

 

[Chimera]

Hopefully in jail soon along with her. Glad to see her parents are being charged too! The death penalty should be the only sentence here, unless she reveals the location of her husband's remains.

eta (moo)

Agreed.
If they let JG go for a plea deal at least keep her locked up long enough so that her kids can grow up without her malevolent 'influence' !
I'd add JG's parents in as well.
Fingers crossed and hoping always that today is the day they find Matthew.
Imo.

 

[cocomod]

I hope there is significant pressure being put on her to reveal her husband's remains location.

 

[Knox]

I hope there is significant pressure being put on her to reveal her husband's remains location.

I get the sense pressuring her wouldn't make a difference, she's never going to tell where she put Matthews body - a' la the Moorers in Heathers case. MOO.

 

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[TravelingBug]

Possibly too far away (15 miles) but human remains were found in a park in West Valley City.

So far they've found a skull, two femur bones, and a smaller bone, possibly from an arm.

"We have a missing person out here; we just don't know who it is, you know?" he said. "I don't know who it could be. I have no idea — I just found a skull."

Human skull, other remains found near pond in West Valley City

An investigation is underway after a fisherman found human remains near a golf course in West Valley City.

www.fox13now.com

ETA Also that's where Susan Powell is from/missing from.

 

[cocomod]

https://www.abc4.com/news/northern-utah/remains-garbage-bag-utah/

I am hopeful these are his remains!

Sorry, I didn’t see the bottom part of the article.

Brigham City officials have been in contact with Cottonwood Heights police and said the remains are “likely” not Matthew Johnson, but that possibility is not being ruled out.

 

[freckles]

A new mattress was bought. Where is the old mattress? A mattress that size would be hard to move and would take up a lot of room if she discarded it with the body