A Nashville husband has been charged with beating his spouse to loss of life with a hammer after which burying her physique in a gap he employed a employee to dig on the couple’s land, in accordance with police.
Joseph Glynn, 70, was arrested Saturday after he admitted to investigators he killed his spouse, Jackie Glynn, 76, on New Yr’s Day at their Inexperienced Hills, Tennessee dwelling, in accordance with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Division.
The next day, Joseph Glynn allegedly put his spouse’s physique inside a plastic cargo field earlier than driving her stays about 60 miles to the couple’s different property in DeKalb County to dump her physique in a gap beforehand dug out by contractors.
Joseph Glynn advised their youngsters that their mom had left as a result of she was terminally unwell, in accordance with police.
Suspicious of their father’s account, the youngsters reached out to their mom’s medical supplier and had been advised she was not terminally unwell.
Her physique was found in a freshly coated gap — about six ft broad, ten ft lengthy, and 6 ft deep — by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Workplace on Friday, nonetheless contained in the cargo field and coated in new roofing shingles and dust, Fox 17 reported, citing police.
A Silver Alert was issued for the lacking spouse the identical day her physique was found.
Joseph Glynn had a contractor dig the opening on Dec. 16, claiming it might be used as a burn pit, in accordance with investigators.
The allegedly murderous husband reportedly advised detectives he disposed of the hammer he used to kill his spouse homicide in a group middle trash compactor.
Jackie Glynn’s automotive was additionally discovered by police in DeKalb County, together with her husband suspected of towing her car in an try to cover it.
Joseph Glynn can also be accused of promoting gadgets belonging to his spouse within the days after he murdered her, in addition to contacting a realtor to promote their DeKalb County property the place he had buried her physique, in accordance with Fox 17.
He’s at present being held within the Davidson County Jail on a $1,030,000 bond and in addition faces expenses of abuse of a corpse and proof tampering, in accordance with police.
His first scheduled courtroom date is Tuesday morning.
Jackie Glynn was a beloved member of the better Nashville space who owned and operated the historic wedding ceremony venue, the Riverwood Mansion.
Lesli Emmetts, a pal and vendor often employed by Jackie Glynn as a photographer on the venue, described her pal as a “tiny girl with Huge desires” in a commemorating Fb Put up.
“Such a tragic day with the tragic information of a pal of over 25 years whose life was horrifically taken,” her longtime pal wrote.
“Jackie was a tiny girl with Huge desires, and Invoice and I had been honored to observe her stay, create, construct, and curate her dream of getting essentially the most wonderful wedding ceremony venue the place Nashville {Couples} may say I Do.”