The child also observed Judson Hoover punch Rebecca Hoover in the stomach with a set of keys in his hands, but she was unresponsive and did not move. The child observed blood coming from Rebecca Hoover’s head and left ear.”
On August 27, detectives spoke to Judson when he went to pick the kids from school, and he granted authorities consent to search the family’s home and vehicles.
Investigators and crime scene technicians discovered blood spatter at the bottom of the basement stairs.
During his plea, Judson stated that he’d strangled Rebecca to death and had initially left her in the basement.
However, the medical examiner concluded that Rebecca died of blunt force trauma to the head and torso, consistent with the son’s account.
According to authorities, Rebecca’s body was also mutilated, but Judson claimed he did not recall doing so.
A few miles from the family’s home, surveillance footage at a storage facility showed Judson moving what appeared to be a body on August 4, minutes after police visited the home to discuss the missing person report.
