A Nashville resident, Joseph Glynn, aged 70, has been formally charged with the homicide of his wife, Jackie Glynn, aged 76.
The charges stem from allegations that he fatally beat his wife with a hammer on New Year’s Day at their residence in Green Hills, Tennessee.
Subsequently, he purportedly arranged for a laborer to excavate a hole on their property, where he clandestinely buried the deceased.
Joseph Glynn’s arrest transpired on Saturday following his admission to investigators regarding the act of killing his wife.
Joseph Glynn Places Wife’s Body in Cargo Box
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department disclosed that, on the subsequent day after the crime, Joseph Glynn allegedly placed the victim’s body inside a plastic cargo box.
He then transported the remains approximately 60 miles to the couple’s alternate property in DeKalb County.
There, he reportedly disposed of the body in a pre-dug hole facilitated by contractors.
Joseph Glynn informed his children that their mother had departed due to a terminal illness, as per police statements.
Doubting the accuracy of their father’s account, the children proactively contacted their mother’s healthcare provider, only to learn that she was not, in fact, terminally ill.
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office made the distressing discovery of Jackie Glynn’s body on Friday.
She was found in a recently filled grave at the couple’s alternate residence in Tennessee, enclosed within a plastic cargo box, and concealed under new roofing shingles and soil.
The dimensions of the hole were approximately six feet in width, ten feet in length, and six feet in depth.
New Year’s Day Hammer Assault
Joseph Glynn admitted to fatally striking his wife in the head with a hammer on New Year’s Day, resulting in her death.
The police, cited by the news station, revealed that the victim owned a seven-acre property in Dekalb County, where her body was ultimately discovered.
According to the affidavit supporting Joseph Glynn’s arrest, he reportedly towed and concealed his wife’s vehicle subsequent to her demise.
Additionally, he is accused of discarding the murder weapon and selling certain possessions belonging to the deceased.
The confession from Joseph Glynn followed the Nashville police’s communication with the sheriff in Dekalb County, prompting a welfare check on Friday at the Glynns’ property.
It is noteworthy that Jackie Glynn’s son was already in search of his mother at that time.
A neighbor informed both the authorities and the son about a recently filled hole on the property, raising suspicions.