JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Nearly four decades after a young Jacksonville mother was beaten to death, police say her now 70-year-old killer picked up the phone and called deputies in Clay County. By the end of that day, he was in handcuffs.
According to investigators, Gary Glowacz, of Middleburg, Florida, called Clay County Sheriff’s Office dispatch on Wednesday and told them he wanted to provide information about the 1987 death of Melissa Ellison.
Glowacz was taken into custody a few hours later by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit and charged with murder and burglary with a battery. He was booked into the Duval County jail with no bond.
Criminal background
Glowacz has a criminal history spanning multiple counties and several decades…