Authorities in Utah are investigating a disturbing case involving a mother, Jennifer Gledhill, who stands accused of murdering her husband, Matthew Johnson, while he slept. The incident occurred after what was described as a night of drunken intimacy. Both Gledhill and her husband were wearing Oura Rings, which could be instrumental in uncovering the location of his hidden grave.

The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office recently unsealed a search warrant that highlights investigators’ focus on data from the Oura rings worn by Gledhill and Johnson. This data, collected between September 20 and October 1, 2024, may be crucial in piecing together the events leading up to Johnson’s suspected murder, as reported by the Daily Mail.

Police are particularly interested in the GPS data logged by the Oura rings, hoping it will provide precise information about where Gledhill may have hidden her husband’s body.

Evidence from the day of the alleged crime includes photos confirming that Gledhill had her ring on. Furthermore, Johnson’s participation in the Utah National Guard is noted, with confirmation that he also owned an Oura ring, as reported by ABC4.

It is alleged that Gledhill, who resides in Cottonwood Heights, turned off her phone and other electronic devices before using a minivan to transport Johnson to a shallow grave. This has complicated efforts to locate the victim’s body.

The 43-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder after she allegedly confessed to her alleged lover, though she did not disclose the location to him, police said.

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Following Johnson’s death, the mom of three allegedly reported him missing on Sept. 28 — eight days after detectives believe he was killed.

The cold-blooded killing reportedly came after a night of drunken sex with her husband during which Gledhill admitted to having an affair, according to investigators.

Her alleged lover — who has not been named — claimed Gledhill told him her husband had confronted her on Sept. 20 and “yelled at her because he knew she had been sleeping with someone else.”

“The defendant told [her lover] that she shot Mr. Johnson [the next day] as he slept in their bed … that she put Mr. Johnson’s body into a rooftop storage container, slid him down the stairs of their home, and loaded his body into the back of their minivan,” investigators said in their report.

Gledhill “then took her husband’s body north, dug a hole, and buried him in a shallow grave,” the Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill added.

She was caught on surveillance cameras thoroughly cleaning out the car after the alleged killing.

Gledhill’s parents, Thomas and Rosalie Gledhill, now 73 and 69, respectively, were also arrested and charged after investigators believe they uncovered evidence that they helped their daughter cover up the gruesome crime.

In an announcement that shook the oil industry, former President Donald Trump declared he has secured what he calls “the biggest oil deal in world history” following negotiations with Venezuela.

According to Trump, this landmark agreement grants the United States control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. He believes this move will lead to a significant reduction in gas prices for Americans everywhere.

Trump attributed the success of these negotiations to the efforts of Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth, who played key roles in securing the deal with Venezuela’s Interim President, Delcy Rodriguez.

“This historic transaction more than doubles American oil reserves,” Trump proclaimed on Truth Social on Friday. He emphasized that it will not only amplify the nation’s oil supply but also promise considerable reductions in gas prices for the foreseeable future, all while supporting Venezuela on its journey toward “tremendous success and great prosperity.”

The former president also assured the American public that the deal was brokered at “no cost to the American taxpayer.”

‘This Transaction will greatly strengthen the already growing relationship between Venezuela and the United States!’

The deal is the second Trump has made with the new Venezuelan government since early January’s late night deposition of Maduro. 

The president has openly stated that the military operation to oust Maduro was, in part, an attempt to extract some of oil-rich Venezuela’s stock. 

Rodriguez previously served as Maduro’s Minister of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons. 

In a post to X, Secretary of State Rubio called the deal ‘a huge win for both the American and Venezuelan people.’

‘It demonstrates how President Trump’s bold foreign policy is driving America First wins: securing stable reserves and low-cost oil in our Hemisphere and lowering gas prices here at home,’ he said.

‘For the Venezuelan people, this deal will bring nearly $100 billion in private investment, support thousands of high-paying jobs, and drive the reconstruction of Venezuela’s economy.’

Trump faces mounting pressure to address high gas prices as the war in Iran reaches a six-month milestone with no conclusion in sight. 

The US has tapped its strategic petroleum reserves, which in early August fell below 300 million barrels, down by more than 100 million barrels since the start of 2026.

In the days following Maduro´s ouster in January, Trump floated the idea of U.S. oil companies returning to Venezuela to tap its oil reserves. 

Trump has argued that Venezuela stole US oil when former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s moved decades ago to nationalize hundreds of foreign-owned assets, including those owned by American oil companies. 

Venezuela has one of the largest oil reserves in the world, with an estimated 303 billion barrels of crude oil in the ground. 

That´s about 17 percent of the world´s supply, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. 

Unlike other parts of the world, where geologists have to search for untapped oil, the reserves under Venezuela´s soil are largely mapped and known, experts say. 

But because of dilapidated infrastructure, the country only produces about one percent of the world´s oil.

The US-Israel war against Iran has led to a dramatic slowdown of Gulf oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz, which about 20 percent of the world petroleum passed through prior to the conflict.

The average price of gas in the US stood at about $4.09 a gallon on Friday, according to AAA. The average price was $3.21 at the same time last year.

Trump in his social media post Friday evening alluded to the Venezuela deal being part of a private partnership. 

The White House did not immediately reply to The Daily Mail’s request for comment about the private sector partners involved in the deal, and details on how the arrangement would work were not provided.

Persuading big American oil companies to return the region could face headwinds given and decades of badly damaged infrastructure.

Days after the ouster of Maduro, Trump gathered oil executives at the White House and called on them to rush back into Venezuela. 

Executives expressed interest in the opportunity but there was also a measure of caution given their past experience in the country.

Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil, the largest U.S. oil company, said at that moment he saw the country as ‘un-investable.’

But Trump has insisted that his administration has brought a measure of stability to Venezuela.

He has argued that Venezuela stole US oil when former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez´s moved decades ago to nationalize hundreds of foreign-owned assets, including those owned by American oil companies.

Rodriguez, in one of her early moves after taking power, signed a law that opens the nation´s oil sector to privatization and reversed a bedrock tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that had ruled the country for more than two decades.

The Venezuelan government’s press office did not immediately respond to The Daily Mail’s request for comment. 

Terry Francona has voiced his frustration over the public revelation of the Reds’ waiver activities.

Recently, the Cincinnati Reds placed veteran third baseman Eugenio Suarez and outfielder TJ Friedl on outright waivers, allowing 29 other MLB franchises a 48-hour window to claim these players and take on their salaries.

As predicted by insiders, neither Suarez nor Friedl was claimed, and they subsequently remained on the Reds’ roster as the team headed into their Chicago series.

Francona is notably upset that details of a typically confidential process were leaked to the media.

“Those who fail to keep these matters confidential ought to be ashamed,” Francona reportedly stated via journalist Charlie Goldsmith. “If you’re a leader in any organization, you have the responsibility to maintain that confidentiality. When that responsibility is ignored, it makes me really angry.”

Suarez is still owed about $3 million on his one-year, $15 million contract signed this offseason. He has a mutual option for 2027, though it’s unlikely to be picked up.

“I’ve got nothing to say about it,” Suárez said. “It’s not part of my job. Whatever they decide to do, it’s their business. My business is to play baseball.”

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Suarez, who has spent the majority of his career in Cincinnati, is in the middle of a career-worst season, during which he has a .705 OPS along with 19 home runs while serving as the team’s primary designated hitter.

The slugger was the Reds’ big-ticket free agent this offseason after whiffing at signing hometown darling Kyle Schwarber, who went to the Phillies.

Friedl, on the other hand, has split his time between Triple-A and the bigs this year after being a mainstay in the Reds’ 2025 lineup. He has a .476 OPS in 76 games and will make roughly $700,000 the rest of the season.

Both players generated little interest at the trade deadline, and neither is expected to stay with the Reds beyond 2026.

Francona is in his second season at the helm for the Reds and his 25th overall as a manager. Last season, he became the 13th manager to reach the 2,000-win threshold and sits at 11th on the all-time list with 2,096.

He’s the winningest active manager, with more than double the wins of A.J. Hinch and Dave Roberts, the only other active managers with over 1,000 victories.

With one more season on his Reds contract and a club option in 2028, he’ll be chasing Joe McCarthy (2,125 wins) to crack the top 10 to end what is surely a Hall of Fame managerial career.

Authorities have identified the drivers accused of causing a tragic accident on a California roadway, resulting in the deaths of two young girls. The incident left the suspects fleeing, with one abandoning his eight-year-old son in the vehicle, according to the prosecutors.

Terry Lamar Easter, aged 50, and George Gary Sanchez, 49, found themselves under arrest after the devastating loss of 17-year-old Maddalyn Dailey and her best friend, 16-year-old Isabell Hill.

On the evening of August 14, around 8:30 PM, Dailey was driving Hill home when their car was violently struck at a Victorville intersection by two speeding muscle cars, effectively splitting their vehicle in two. Sadly, both teenagers succumbed to their injuries on the spot.

Easter turned himself in to the authorities on a Wednesday morning. Allegedly, he was behind the wheel of a yellow Chevrolet Camaro, reaching speeds up to 117 miles per hour, with his injured young son seated beside him, as stated by the San Bernardino District Attorney’s Office.

Investigators reported that the yellow Camaro was the initial vehicle to collide with the teenagers’ car. Before the authorities arrived, the driver hastily exited the vehicle and fled the scene on foot, according to police accounts.

The second vehicle to collide with the teens was a black Dodge Charger allegedly driven by Sanchez, who remained on scene and was said to be cooperating with investigators. 

‘I saw everything,’ Dustin Dailey, Dailey’s father, told the Los Angeles Times. ‘The ball of fire from the other car that hit it, her car in pieces.’ 

Dailey said his daughter was driving Hill home and promised she would be back for dinner.

He said he watched the garage door close and the roar of a car exhaust echoed through the street before the blood-curdling sound of crash caused him to rush just four houses down and discover the horrifying scene. 

‘They were ejected from [the car], thrown clear down the road,’ he told the outlet.

The California Highway Patrol said in a release that the ‘violent impact’ caused Dailey’s Acura to ‘split in half.’

Easter was charged with two counts of murder in the girls’ deaths, as well as a misdemeanor racing charge and a felony charge of child abuse likely to cause serious injury or death, the District Attorney’s Office announced. 

‘This was not an accident. Street racing at 117 mph is a deliberate and extraordinarily dangerous choice that ended the lives of two young best friends, exposing his own eight-year-old child to that danger and abandoning his child after the crash to flee the scene,’ DA Jason Anderson said. 

‘We intend to hold him responsible for every life devastated by his alleged actions.’

Sanchez has yet to be charged, the district attorney noted. Both were booked on suspicion of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter with negligence, the Los Angeles Times reported. 

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Three others were arrested by law enforcement in connection to the investigation during the hunt for Easter.

Ryan James Lewis, 45, Lukevy Shawntell Yates, 49, and Madge Wells, 74, were arrested and charged for allegedly being accessories after the fact. All three cooperated with law enforcement and were later released from custody, the outlet reported. 

‘While nothing can erase the devastating loss of two young lives, we hope these arrests bring some measure of comfort to their families and send a clear message that those responsible for senseless acts will be held accountable,’ Chief Tariq Johnson, commander of the CHP Inland Division, said. 

Dailey’s father told the outlet that Ridgecrest Road has a deadly reputation for frequent street racing and speeding drivers, so much so that he often suggested his daughter take alternative routes to avoid it. 

‘She’s usually pretty good about it because everybody that lives here knows that road is just a deathtrap,’ he said. 

Street racing in Victorville has been a pervasive issue for years. The Victorville Police Department urged drivers to exercise caution in 2021 after a ‘speed contest’ incident. 

‘The Victorville Police Department urges drivers and parents of drivers to consider the seriousness of illegal street racing,’ the release said.

‘This activity can take lives, cost thousands of dollars in damages and fines, and land participants in jail. In the end there is no “winner.”’

Dailey’s father hopes to petition for a traffic signal at the intersection where his daughter was heartbreakingly killed. 

He has also considered pushing for the stretch of road to be designated a safety corridor, with an increased law enforcement presence and higher fines, the outlet reported. 

But the devastated grieving father is left remembering his young daughter as someone who ‘lived life to the fullest.’

He described both teenagers as fun-loving and kind, with a lot of life they had left to live, the outlet reported. 

Easter is set to be arraigned on August 31 at Victorville Superior Courthouse.  

In a significant statement made on Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent likened the new economic measures against Iran to the historic military campaign that defeated Nazi Germany. This bold maneuver could potentially unravel the 47-year-old regime in Tehran, anticipate experts on Iran.

Bessent’s announcement of economic warfare is a follow-up to President Donald Trump’s recent pledge to initiate a so-called “economic D-Day” targeting the Tehran government. This comprehensive campaign aims to amplify pressure on Iran’s already struggling economy and might significantly impact the country’s 90 million-plus citizens.

“During the Second World War, D-Day symbolized a concerted effort with allies to push back against enemy territories, extending even into supportive nations,” explained Bessent. He stated, “With that same strategic resolve, we are now embarking on an intense economic offensive against Iran’s global financial networks. Our mission is to cut off every economic support that props up this oppressive regime until they are completely isolated. The zealots in Tehran persist in their ‘Death to America’ chants while pursuing nuclear arms to execute their threats. This regime has inflicted more harm on American lives and military personnel than any terrorist entity globally.”

Just hours before Bessent spoke, Iran’s currency, the rial, plunged to an all-time low. The rial fell to 2.02 million to the U.S. dollar. Iranians are struggling to afford basic goods.

Jonathan Harounoff, an Iran expert and British author of Persian heritage, told News Media that “Ultimately, this pressure campaign will likely continue to cripple the regime and set the stage for perhaps yet another domestic uprising. The precise timing of such a revolt is impossible to predict.”

Harounoff, who has written extensively on upheavals in Iran against the clerical leadership, added, “What isn’t impossible to predict is that the regime is governing brutishly over a repressed population that has endured sustained economic and social immiseration. It’s only a matter of time before more protests break out, and the real question is whether international organizations like the U.N. and Western governments will choose to stand by — or tangibly support the Iranian people and actively sever any cooperation they maintain with the regime.”

He warned that, “Too often, outsiders speak of regime change as if it were a passive exercise. Certainly, only the people of Iran can bring about organic, homegrown, transformational change — and they have 47 years of turmoil and repression driving them toward it. But there are real ways to support the Iranian people (Starlink, supporting think tanks and foundations, raising awareness of the plight of Iranians, etc.) and help them achieve what has, until now, been a quixotic dream.”

Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), told News Media, “The question is often asked: what makes this iteration of the maximum pressure campaign different from all other iterations? The answer is this iteration is taking place against a backdrop where there is a synchronization of economic and military pressure against the Iranian regime — a combination which has never been deployed by a U.S. administration until now. The U.S. naval blockade currently in place against Tehran is unprecedented. The Iranian regime’s industrial base — for example, steel plants — has also been damaged following kinetic strikes. The Iranian regime’s military capacity has likewise been degraded.”

He noted, “So Operation Economic Outcast is being launched at a time of true weakness in terms of its national power. The regime’s risk tolerance may be increasing, but so is its desperation. The drivers pushing the Iranian people into the streets to protest have only gotten worse since January — with political, economic and social forces all deteriorating. The regime is seeking to use the tussle over the Strait of Hormuz as a distraction from all of this.”

Alireza Nader, an independent Iran expert, however, expressed skepticism that the tightening of the economic screws could provoke a mass revolt. “I don’t think starving the civilian population in Iran will lead to an American victory. The regime has demonstrated an extreme brutality toward the population, having massacred thousands of unarmed protestors this past January. And Iranians are less likely to rise up when the promised help to them from Trump and Netanyahu never materialized.”

Nader said, “The Woman, Life, Freedom movement against the regime prior to the war had the best chance of overthrowing the regime. This war has disrupted the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom.”

Beni Sabti, an Iran expert at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Israel, told News Media that “there are some protests inside Iran for pensioners and those who did not get their salaries.”

He said the January protests began with “economic problems.” President Trump has said that the Iranian regime murdered 52,000 Iranian demonstrators during the Jan. 8 and 9 mass protests against the regime.

Sabti, who was born in Tehran and has deep sourcing in Iran, said Trump’s economic offensive campaign against Iran could “bring out the people again.” He said there were some “rumors” that lower-rank army soldiers did not receive their salaries.

The U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent seized on the point that the regime will have payroll problems today. He said, “To the ordinary soldiers supporting this regime, as more and more of your paychecks stop or are supposedly just delayed, ask whether your commanders are leading your country to triumph or to ruin, and recall that the Berlin Wall fell when ordinary soldiers decided not to shoot at their own people.”

Federal prosecutors have brought serious allegations against Daejon Love, accusing him of defrauding over two dozen women out of $1.3 million by pretending to be a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers.

Referring to his actions simply as impersonation might actually downplay the extent of his elaborate scheme.

At 35 years old, Love is accused of meticulously crafting a fictional NFL career. He allegedly built this illusion using costumes, social media performances, fictitious financial successes, and an impressive collection of 49ers gear that could rival a team store.

Investigators claim that over more than four years, Love successfully transitioned online from an everyday individual with no NFL experience to a purported professional athlete boasting a millionaire’s lifestyle and insider investment knowledge.

On August 24, law enforcement apprehended Love and Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, at the Boise Airport. Both face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud. Authorities have identified 26 victims across the states of California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, with suspicions that more may exist.

What prosecutors allege happened behind that headline is far more bizarre.

Love didn’t merely wear a 49ers T-shirt, put on a replica helmet and hope nobody checked the roster. He allegedly created what amounted to his own NFL multimedia department.

In one video obtained by OutKick from late 2024, Love appeared to sign what he represented as an NFL contract.

Asked who he was signing with, Love responded: “Niners, you already know, Niner gang.”

In the video, he says he wears No. 7, famously worn by Colin Kaepernick and by current 49ers wide receiver DeMarcus Robinson. 

According to an FBI affidavit, Love filmed himself supposedly signing an employment contract with the 49ers while claiming he would play wide receiver.

Representatives for both the NFL and the 49ers said he had never worked for either.

But the videos and props only became increasingly more elaborate.

Investigators reportedly traced more than $1,160 in purchases to Green Gridiron, a seller of custom football helmets. Love trained wearing 49ers gear and a helmet, posted football workouts and allegedly used authentic-looking NFL imagery to make the fantasy believable, including while working out on a beach. 

He even had a personalized 49ers-themed cake made that featured a No. 7 jersey with his name on it.

Love posted an Instagram Story dubbed “NFL Journey,” holding a 49ers helmet while explaining his supposed path into professional football. At one point, he displayed a Google result identifying “Daejon Love” as a San Francisco wide receiver.

“That’s Google. That’s not me, that’s Google,” he told viewers.

There was just one rather obvious problem: Nobody could actually watch him play football.

Love reportedly solved that one by raising an injured finger to the camera and claiming he couldn’t play because he was hurt. For a franchise whose injury reports have sometimes felt longer than its depth chart, another sidelined 49er might not have sounded particularly unusual to someone casually following the NFL.

According to information surrounding the case, Love also repurposed footage originating from actual NFL players, including material depicting the 49ers locker room and Super Bowl field, helping make his online world look like somewhere only an NFL player could have access.

Investigators say his fabricated lifestyle extended well beyond football.

Love allegedly purchased followers, likes and views to inflate his social-media credibility and bought realistic-looking prop currency. He recorded videos of him signing autographs to non-existent fans of screenshots of previous videos of him working out in 49ers gear. He portrayed himself as being sponsored by Fabletics and, according to one person who encountered him, rented expensive Airbnbs that he passed off as his own homes, filled them with empty Louis Vuitton luggage and even had a bodyguard pat down visitors.

It was NFL cosplay with a high production value.

One woman’s encounter captured the absurdity perfectly. She reportedly spotted Love training on a beach wearing his 49ers helmet and took a photograph with him. She sent it to her grandson who followed the Niners.

The grandson didn’t recognize him and suggested she go back and ask his name.

Too late.

He left in a Honda Civic, she said.

Federal prosecutors say Love used dating websites like Hinge, Bumble and Tinder, where he created fake profiles and used various names pretending to be an NFL player — or even sometimes a wealthy Swiss real estate developer. 

Love would allegedly form romantic relationships with the victims before having Chan pose as Love’s financial adviser or business manager. The pair would then use fake investment accounts, staged FaceTime calls and fabricated balances to convince women that Love possessed millions of dollars. In January 2024, investigators say Love asked Chan for a screenshot showing a $3.4 million account; another purported stock account was made to appear worth $11 million.

Love allegedly showed victims fake statements — including documents bearing the words “World Bank” — before pitching nonexistent investments. World Bank is not even an actual commercial bank, but instead, according to the United Nations website: 

“The World Bank focuses on poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards worldwide by providing low-interest loans, interest-free credit, and grants.”

And Chan’s age makes the arrangement even stranger.

Federal authorities identify him as 18 today, yet prosecutors say the scheme began in February 2022. That timeline would make Chan approximately 13 or 14 when the alleged operation started. In one of the earliest episodes described by investigators, Love allegedly directed a woman he had recently met online to invest $10,000 through Chan.

Love apparently remained committed to the character until the moment the show ended.

Prosecutors say agents arrested him in Boise while he was still wearing his 49ers apparel. Investigators reportedly later found additional San Francisco gear, including a helmet, inside an Airbnb associated with him.

After four years of pretending to belong in an NFL locker room, Love’s alleged fake football career finally ended at an airport. 

Not with a roster cut, but with the FBI. 

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