Background: The neighborhood in Mobile, Alabama, where the Glaudes resided (Google Maps). Inset (left): Herman Glaude (Mobile County Sheriff’s Office). Inset (right): Jennifer Glaude (Serenity Funeral Home).
An Alabama man who called 911 to report that his wife was unresponsive in their bathroom is now behind bars, charged with murder.
Herman Glaude, aged 41, was taken into custody on September 24 by the Mobile Police Department. According to a press release, a homicide investigation into the demise of his wife, 52-year-old Jennifer Glaude, found him responsible.
911 transcripts acquired by local Fox affiliate WALA revealed that Jennifer Glaude was hospitalized on August 14 after her husband dialed 911, reporting that she was “injured” and unresponsive. He informed dispatchers, “It’s like she’s snoring with her eyes open.”
Two days later, Jennifer Glaude was dead.
According to the police, the probe into Jennifer Glaude’s death wrapped up on September 17, resulting in an arrest warrant for Herman Glaude on a murder charge. Authorities stated that Jennifer Glaude passed away due to brain trauma “following an assault.” An autopsy cited her cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head.
WALA reported that the 911 call made by Herman Glaude on August 14 was not the initial incident triggering police intervention at the couple’s residence. Merely a day prior, another 911 call was instigated after Jennifer Glaude sought assistance through Facebook Messenger. As per WALA’s documentation, the anonymous 911 caller informed dispatchers, “There is a female victim. She is screaming for her life. There is a male suspect in the home, and she feels threatened, as though she’s in danger.”
The caller reportedly indicated to dispatchers that Herman Glaude was the one threatening his wife. WALA reported that officers responded to the Glaudes’ residence, but no charges were made.
One day later, Herman Glaude placed his own call to 911. When a dispatcher asked, “Is she sick or injured?” he reportedly responded, “Yeah, I think she’s injured. Well, it’s my wife. She’s in, uh, she’s in the bathroom.”
When asked to clarify if she was sick or injured, Herman Glaude reportedly said, “Yes, I think — I don’t know. It’s like she’s snoring with her eyes open.”
After Jennifer Glaude’s death, an unnamed friend of hers told local NBC affiliate WPMI that she reportedly rushed into a marriage with Herman Glaude, who she said treated her poorly and was not able to keep a job. WPMI reported that Herman Glaude had a prior charge of voyeurism in Mississippi and was convicted of marijuana possession in Mobile County, where Jennifer Glaude was a fiscal officer at the probate court.
Herman Glaude was charged with one count of murder and is being held in the Mobile County Jail on $350,000 bond.
