A 76-year-old Nashville woman was found dead this week, and her 70-year-old husband has been charged with her murder.

Jackie Glynn was reported missing earlier this week, last seen on January 1 at her home on Abbott Martin Road that she shared with her husband, Joseph Glynn.

Her body was found buried on property the couple owned in DeKalb County, about 60 miles away, and her vehicle was found nearby, WSMV reported. Metro Nashville Police said Joseph Glynn admitted hitting her in the head with a hammer on New Year’s Day and then driving the body to Smithville the next day.

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said that Glynn had the hole where he buried his wife dug on December 16, telling a contractor he needed the hole for burn pit. It was ten feet long, six feet wide, and six feet deep.

The sheriff’s office said the body was found “deep down” in the hole inside a plastic vehicle cargo box, with roofing shingles piled on top and dirt on top of the shingles.

Glynn reportedly told police he disposed of the hammer by tossing it in the trash at the Keltonburg Community Center and sold some of his wife’s belongings after the murder, WTVF reported.

Three days after the murder, Glynn reportedly tried to contact a realtor to list the Smithville property for sale, but the realtor was out of town, according to WSMV.

Glynn reportedly told his wife’s children that she had left him because she was terminally ill, but her doctor told the children that wasn’t true.

Joseph Glynn was arrested on Saturday and charged with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, and evidence tampering. He remains behind bars on a $1.03 million bond.

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[Featured image: Joseph Glynn and Jackie Glynn/Metro Nashville Police Department]