A wealthy Utah mom accused of murdering her husband after a night of whiskey-fueled sex was devastated her secret lover was scared of her after she told him about the bloodbath, a court heard.
Jennifer Gledhill’s alleged calls with her unidentified lover were shared at a bail hearing Friday, Fox13 reported.
Gledhill, 42, is accused of the September 2024 shooting of Matthew Johnson, 51, as he slept at their $1 million home in Cottonwood Heights, near Salt Lake City.
He was father to Gledhill’s three young children.
‘Right before [Gledhill] reported Matthew missing, [her lover] recorded a phone call with the defendant,’ prosecutors said.
‘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.’
Prosecutors then began quoting Gledhill verbatim, including references to Johnson in the past tense before he’d been reported missing.
‘I think that the fact that you got scared of me, that part like broke my heart because I was like “wow if you think I could even heard a fly,” she said.
‘Like he just, he is, he’s not a person. He wasn’t a person anymore he wasn’t Matt anymore.’
But far more chilling words were to follow, the hearing was told.
Prosecutors revealed the shocking phone call Jennifer Gledhill (pictured) made to her lover confessing that she killed her husband
Jennifer Gledhill, 42, was arrested in early October after her husband Matthew Johnson, 51, vanished and was later charged with his murder
Gledhill’s secret lover, whose name has never been shared, told her that he was frightened by what she confessed.
He asked how she would feel if the roles were reversed, which she responded, ‘not if I deserved it.’
‘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.
He is said to have been shot dead as he slept and his body has never been found.
Attorneys for Gledhill, who denied murder at a hearing last month, claim the newly-released phone calls were taken out of context.
Gledhill’s defense attorney argued the conversation was taken out of context, but Judge Adam Mow denied her bail, Fox13 reported.
Johnson was reported missing on September 23.
Gledhill was arrested after her unnamed lover, whose name has never been released, told police that she’d told him about killing her husband.
In a police interview after her October 3 arrest, Gledhill claimed to have separated from Johnson – only to spend the evening of September 20 talking and drinking liquor with him.
Gledhill debuted a new look at an earlier hearing where she pleaded not guilty to murdering her estranged husband
Johnson’s remains have yet to be found, and Gledhill pleaded not guilty to the charges
Police claim the mom-of-three opened fire on Johnson as he slept at their $1 million home (pictured) in Cottonwood Heights, a suburb of Salt Lake City
Gledhill is said to have killed Johnson after he accused her of an affair during an argument that culminated in a night of whiskey-fueled sex and his killing
She said they then had sex that night, and ‘informed (the officer) due to the intoxication from the whiskey she had a hard time recalling the events that took place after her and Matthew had sex’, the search warrant said.
Gledhill said Johnson ‘became upset’ during their evening together, but could not recall why.
Her unnamed lover told police Johnson was upset at discovering his wife had been cheating on him.
Gledhill went on to offer conflicting excuses for bruises found on her body, it is claimed.
She told cops Johnson ‘struck her several times’ with a closed fist, leaving her bruised on her arms, hands, face and legs.
Her secret lover – whose name has not been released – said Gledhill told him she got the bruises ‘from moving Matthew’s body and cleaning the mess in the house.’
Gledhill’s parents Thomas and Rosalie Gledhill have also been charged in the murder after police revealed that witnesses saw them cleaning her house
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.
