Man Who Told Wife's Children She Was Terminally Ill Pleads Guilty to Beating Her to Death with Hammer
Joseph Glynn, 70, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder of his wife, Jackie
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Jackie Glynn, left, and Joseph GlynnA Tennessee man who killed his wife with a hammer and told her children that she was terminally ill and had left home pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.
Joseph Glynn, 70, hit his wife, Jackie Glynn, 76, over the head with a hammer on Jan. 1, the Nashville Police Department said at the time. The next day, according to police, he drove her body to DeKalb County, Tenn., where he buried it.
Police said Joseph then told his deceased wife’s children that she had been terminally ill and decided to leave home, though her medical provider refuted that claim.
On Wednesday, Aug. 28, Joseph pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison, according to reports from The Tennessean, WSMV and WTVF. A record of his guilty verdict is also found in online court records viewed by PEOPLE.
Police previously said Jackie’s body and car were found in separate locations in DeKalb County in the days after she went missing.
The Tennessean reported that when Joseph was interviewed by police, he admitted to killing Jackie before disposing of her body.
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Jackie’s son, Chad Folk spoke at Joseph’s hearing on Wednesday, WTVF reported.
"I was told my mother left and had been ill for a long time, and it was her will that they didn’t follow her," Folk reportedly said, adding that his daughters doubted that their grandmother would have left without telling anyone.
"My oldest daughter, through tears, said, ‘Yaya wouldn’t do that. She loved us too much,’ ” Folk said, according to the outlet. “ ‘She would never leave us. Something has happened to Yaya. Dad, you have to find her.’ "
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