Husband drove 100 miles with wife’s body in back seat after he beat her to death with baseball bat amid ‘difficult divorce,’ cops say

An Arizona antheral is down bars aft helium allegedly beat his woman to decease with a shot bat and drove 100 miles with her assemblage successful the backmost seat.

Brandon Gregory, 56, is facing charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter, tampering with carnal grounds and concealment of a dormant assemblage successful the decease of his 41-year-old wife, Alison Gregory, the Surprise Police Department said successful a press release. The probe began connected May 14 erstwhile the alleged unfortunate was expected to prime up a household subordinate from the airdrome but failed to show. Family members relayed to cops that the Gregorys were going done a “difficult divorce.”

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Officers searched the Gregory location wherever they “observed signs that a carnal conflict could person taken place.” They began searching for the couple’s vehicles. They recovered Brandon Gregory successful Mohave County successful the municipality of Wikieup, immoderate 100 miles distant from Surprise. His wife’s assemblage was successful the backmost seat, constabulary said.

Cops took the fishy into custody. He allegedly admitted to sidesplitting his wife.

Citing tribunal documents, CBS affiliate KPHO reported the fishy said their location was successful the process of being sold and his woman told him to leave. This sparked an statement that turned physical, the ailment reportedly said. He claimed she kicked him successful the groin portion holding a woody shot bat, cops wrote. He past reportedly claimed that helium wrestled the bat distant from her and she began moving astir the location screaming. That’s erstwhile helium allegedly deed her respective times with the bat. He reportedly cleaned up the humor connected the walls earlier driving his car to a adjacent parking lot.

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After taking an Uber home, helium enactment his wife’s assemblage successful her SUV and drove away, according to cops. He ditched her telephone and Apple Watch astatine a state station, the ailment reportedly said. The suspect past went to a campground successful Wikieup and threw the bat successful an unfastened field, officers wrote.

Brandon Gregory besides wrote a missive to his children asking them for “forgiveness for his actions,” the ailment reportedly said.

Prosecutors noted astatine a enslaved proceeding however the “brutality of this lawsuit is alarming,” according to a courtroom study from KPHO. The victim’s household urged the justice to support him down bars and described the couple’s volatile relationship.

“He lied and manipulated his mode backmost into her life. She uncovered much lies, prevarication aft lie,” helium said. “The guy’s full beingness has been a lie. He’s a manipulator and a murderer. We inquire that you contradict immoderate enslaved and don’t ever fto him retired again.”

Said her mother: “Alison struggled truthful hard to get distant from him, and she was truthful adjacent to it. He took her distant from us,” she said. “Please, please, bash not ever fto him retired again. It’s horrible. My grandchildren, my children, it’s truthful sickening. He is specified a coward. If helium wanted to termination somebody, wherefore didn’t helium termination himself? I’m sorry, I deliberation that’s it. Brandon, I hatred you forever. I anticipation you never, ever, ever get retired of prison.”

The justice acceptable the enslaved astatine $2 million. His adjacent tribunal day is scheduled for Wednesday.

An obituary called Alison Gregory a Navy seasoned and a devoted parent to 2 daughters, ages 20 and 14.

“Alison had a heavy emotion for the outdoors and recovered joyousness successful hiking, running, and particularly taking walks with her dog, Willow,” the obituary said. “Passionate astir wellness and wellness, she enjoyed cooking nutritious meals for her household and staying progressive astatine the gym.”

She worked arsenic a surgical technician astatine a section hospital.

“Like her favourite flower, the sunflower, Alison radiated positivity and joy,” the obituary continued. “She was known for ever turning toward the airy and inspiring others to bash the same.”