Joseph Glynn pleads guilty to killing wife; her son left him with one final statement

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Chad Folk left his mother’s husband with a few last words after he murdered his mom on Wednesday. Joseph Glynn plead guilty to killing his wife, Jackie Glynn, inside their Green Hills home on New Year’s Day.

Jackie Glynn was a mom, grandma, and friend who built love as if it were an endless resource. That’s how her son, Folk, described her Wednesday morning inside a Davidson County courtroom. The last time he heard from his mom was on New Year’s Day when he got a text from her.

“It said ‘Happy New Year, let’s all choose to make this the best year ever. Love you so much,’” Folk recalled as he gave a victim impact statement.

He would never imagine hours later Jackie Glynn would be murdered inside her Nashville home. Before Folk’s family knew the gruesome details, he spoke with Joseph, his mother’s husband, who said his mom was ill, left, and told no one to follow her.

“And my old daughter through tears said ‘Dad, Yaya would not do that. She loved us too much. She would never leave us. Something has happened to Yaya. Dad, you have to find her,’” Folk remembered.

Joseph Glynn later confessed to police he beat Jackie Glynn with a hammer insider their Green Hills home. He then drove her body 50 miles to their DeKalb County property and buried her in a hole he had a contractor dig weeks prior.

Joseph Glynn also threw out a bag of Jackie Glynn’s clothes, bloody towels, and rags from the murder scene that were recovered in a dumpster.

Folk and his family have had to grapple with all the details as they learned more about Jackie Glynn’s death.

“How do you prepare for having to share the horrific news of death and gore with you children?” said Folk. “Not to mention children who were so close with their grandmother and at the same time their grandfather.”

He said his three daughters have gone to counseling and asked to take self defense classes. They wish they could watch their grandmother grow old and witness their own futures. Two granddaughters, Jackie Glynn’s daughter, and other relatives were inside the courtroom on Wednesday where they shed tears and held each other close with Joseph Glynn inside.

As Joseph Glynn accepted his plea deal, Folk said they question how his family will ever forgive the husband and grandfather who took Jackie Glynn from them.

“We do hope to one day remember Mr. Glynn as the person he was before January 1st,” said Folk.

Joseph Glynn plead guilty to first-degree murder. He will serve life in prison without parole.

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