Parents of Utah woman accused of killing husband arrested for allegedly cleaning up crime scene

Salt Lake City jail records show the parents of a Utah woman accused of killing her husband were arrested for allegedly cleaning up the crime scene.

Thomas Ray Gledhill, 71, and Rosalie Christianson Gledhill, 67, were arrested on Thursday. According to inmate records, both were booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on charges of obstruction of justice.

Their daughter, Jennifer Gledhill, 41, of Cottonwood Heights was arrested earlier this month after she told a police informant, she shot her husband in his bed, buried his body, took items from the house and destroyed them to cover up the crime. He is in prison on murder and other various charges.

Investigators found a blood stain on the carpet under the bed and blood on the bed frame. KUTV, a CBS affiliate according to the investigators’ report, “substantial cleanup took place after this crime occurred, including whitewashing walls and using carpet cleaners.”

In a probable cause affidavit, investigators said the mother bought the mattress to replace the one in which they believed her husband died, KUTV reported.

They also said Gledhill called her father as she went to bury the body. The father told police he was home for less than an hour, but neighbors said they saw him there for more than five hours.

According to the Associated Press, Gledhill and her husband, former National Guard soldier Matthew Johnson (51), are going through a controversial divorce and custody dispute over their three children.