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Parents of a Utah woman accused of killing her husband have been arrested for allegedly cleaning up the crime scene

Parents of a Utah woman accused of killing her husband have been arrested for allegedly cleaning up the crime scene

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

Thomas Ray Gledhill, 71, and Rosalie Christianson Gledhill, 67, were taken into custody Thursday. Both were booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for obstruction of justice, according to inmate records.

Their daughter Jennifer Gledhill, 41, of Cottonwood Heights, was arrested earlier this month after telling a police informant, she shot her husband in bed, buried his body and removed and destroyed items from the house to cover up the crime. She is being held in jail on murder and other charges.

Investigators found a blood stain on the carpet under the bed and blood on the bed frame. CBS affiliate KUTV reported investigators said: “There had been significant cleaning after this crime occurred, including bleaching walls and using carpet cleaning products.”

Investigators said in a probable cause statement that the mother purchased the mattress to replace the one they believed killed the man. KUTV reports this.

They also said Gledhill called her father while she was on her way to bury the body. The father told police he was at the house for less than an hour, but neighbors reported seeing him there for more than five hours.

Gledhill and her husband, former National Guardsman Matthew Johnson, 51, were going through a contentious divorce and custody dispute involving their three children, the Associated Press reported.