SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—A Utah woman whose estranged husband has been missing since September pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges while authorities announced they were expanding their search for the man and a minivan to a sparsely populated area near the Idaho line.
Jennifer Gledhill, 42, was ordered to stand trial after pleading not guilty Thursday to charges including murder and obstruction of justice, KSL-TV reported.
Gledhill told a confidential informant that she shot Matthew Johnson, 51, a Utah national guardsman, in his sleep and buried him in a shallow grave in an unknown location, investigators allege.
She was arrested in October. Her attorney, Jeremy Deus, didn’t immediately return a phone message Friday seeking comment on her behalf….