Case Background
Alfreedia Gregg-Glover, 44, of Manassas, Virginia is charged with the January 2009 murder of her adopted daughter Alexis ‘Lexie’ Glover, 13.
On the afternoon of January 7, 2009 Gregg-Glover called police to report that her daughter Alexis had run away from her at the Manassas Public Library. A massive search was launched of the area. Two days later Alexis’ body was found face-down in a creek approximately three miles from the library. Due to some inconsistencies in televised interviews that Gregg-Glover had with the media police began to focus on her as a person of interest. She was taken into custody soon after the discovery of Alexis’ body. A grand jury handed down a murder indictment in March 2009 charging Gregg-Glover with felony murder, first-degree murder, felony child abuse and filing a false police report. Prosecutors allege that Gregg-Glover dumped Alexis’ body in the creek while she was still alive and then made up the story about Alexis running away from her. The coroner ruled Alexis died from drowning and exposure to the elements.
Sentencing Latest Update: 02.14.10Sources
Pre-Trial
June 19, 2009
In March of this year a judge ordered that Alfreedia Gregg-Glover undergo psychological testing. The results of those tests determined that Gregg-Glover is competent to stand trial for the murder of her adopted daughter, Alexis, in January 2009. Gregg-Glover is charged with felony murder, first-degree murder, felony child abuse and filing a false police report. The judge set Gregg-Glover’s jury trial date for July 7, 2009. Her trial is expected to last two days.
The Virginia Department of Social Services and Prince William County Social Services launched an investigation into Alexis’ death. Apparently there were several calls to the department with concerns about Gregg-Glover abusing Alexis but she was never removed from the home. As a result of the investigation one senior social worker was fired and two social worker managers were suspended for five days without pay. John P. Ledden Jr., director of social services admitted that several errors were made regarding the handling of the Glover case including several employees not following proper procedures in response to the abuse and neglect reports.
Ledden indicated that changes are being implemented to improve the way cases are handled in the future. According to Ledden:
“We’re not interested in meeting standards, we want to exceed them,” Ledden said. ((Social Worker Fired in Aftermath of Lexie Glover Case, InsideNova.com, Last Accessed: June 19, 2009.))
July 7, 2009
The much-anticipated trial of Alfreedia Gregg-Glover was not to be – she entered a plea of guilty to felony murder, child abuse and filing a false report in connection with her adopted daughter’s murder.
During court proceedings Gregg-Glover’s account of events that led up to Lexie’s murder were finally revealed by the Prosecutor.
Prosecutors say Lexie woke Alfreedia Glover twice the morning of Jan. 7 saying she was sick. The first time, Glover told the girl to go back to sleep. The second time, she got up and took a shower, but couldn’t find Lexie afterward.
She eventually found the girl unconscious in the back yard, according to testimony. Prosecutors said she drove Lexie to Prince William Hospital, but didn’t go in.
Instead, she drove down the Prince William Parkway to the McCoart Administration Center, where she dumped her body in a freezing creek.
She then reported the girl missing. ((Gregg-Glover Guilty in Lexie’s Death, InsideNova.com, Last Accessed: July 7, 2009.))
Everyone’s life would have been much simpler, Lexie would still be alive, and Gregg-Glover would not be going to prison had she just taken Lexie into the hospital for treatment. Only Gregg-Glover really knows what led up to Lexie’s “not feeling well” that morning. Since Lexie’s murder it has been revealed there were numerous reports made to Social Services and to the Police about possible abuse of Lexie at the hands of Gregg-Glover. All of those warnings went unheeded and it ended with a little girl being dumped, still alive, in a creek in the dead of winter.
Prince William County Police released a statement after the plea was entered regarding steps they have taken to safeguard other children in the community. Police Chief Charlie T. Deane told the media that a three-month investigation of his department revealed deficiencies in how allegations of child abuse had been handled in the past. He said he has implemented immediate changes to how future investigations of child abuse are to be handled. Those changes involve training, communication, policy implementation, and inter agency cooperation. In addition to the changes three sworn employees of the department were reprimanded for failure to following departmental policies in relation to Lexie’s case.
In conclusion, it appears Chief Deane accepted full responsibility for the inaction of his department:
“Part of our responsibility is to safeguard children from harm, and it is deeply disturbing to me that we failed to do so in Lexie Glover’s case,” Deane said. “While there is only one person who caused her death, and that is her mother, Alfreedia Glover, I would be remiss in not stating that there are some things we could have, and should have, done differently in prior investigations with this family.” ((Ibid.))
Gregg-Glover is scheduled to be sentenced on October 2, 2009. She could face up to fifty-one years in prison.
Prince William County Courthouse
9311 Lee Avenue Room 2
Manassas, VA 20110
Case Number: CR05073874-00
November 3, 2009
Alfreedia Gregg-Glover was to have been sentenced on October 30. However, her defense attorney asked for and was granted another mental health evaluation for his client. He claims his client is “too emotionally fragile” to face her fate. What is that all about! I am guessing most people being faced with the possibility of receiving a sentence behind bars of 51 years may be feeling a bit “emotionally fragile”. I am sure Lexie felt “emotionally fragile” when she was being constantly abused by Gregg-Glover. In my opinion, Gregg-Glover just needs to suck it up and take the punishment she deserves for what she did to Lexie.
Even Gregg-Glover’s family members told reporters they are surprised at the request. They have never known her to be fragile. Most likely she knew what was going to come out at the sentencing hearing and she does not want it made public what she did to Lexie. According to Paul Ebert, Prince William County’s attorney:
“We were prepared to present basically what happened, her background, the horror what happened to the victim and ask for a very harsh sentence”. ((Glover to Undergo Mental Evaluation Before Sentencing, WJLA.com, Last Accessed: November 3, 2009.))
There is no information available about when another sentencing hearing will happen. I am guessing the defense is hoping for a recommendation that Gregg-Glover serve at least part of her sentence in a state mental hospital. I am surprised the judge allowed a second mental health evaluation. The first one, conducted just a few months ago determined she was fit to stand trial. That would mean she could understand the charges against her, the possible outcome if found guilty, and she was able to aid her attorney in her defense.
January 12, 2010
Alfreedia Glover’s mental health evaluation was completed and the judge determined she will be sentenced to prison on February 12. According to the court-appointed psychiatrist, Glover does have some mental health issues; however, they are not serious enough to require hospitalization. It is his opinion she can receive treatment for her mental health issues in jail or prison.
I am happy to hear Glover will not be able to take the easy way out of taking responsibility for murdering Lexie.
February 14, 2010
I guess the judge took some sort of pity on Alfreedia Gregg-Glover because although he sentenced her to 51 years, 25 of those years are suspended. I suppose there is some good about the sentencing because I don’t believe she can appeal her sentence because she entered a plea of guilty to murdering Lexie. According to news accounts Gregg-Glover offered no apology for leaving her daughter to drown in the icy creek in January 2009. I wish the judge would have sentenced her as the prosecution requested – 51 years.
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VA Endangered Missing Teen: Alexis Glover, Missing and Murdered Children, Last Accessed: June 19, 2009.
Amanda Stewart, Gregg-Glover Competent to Stand Trial, InsideNova.com, Last Accessed: June 19, 2009.
Kipp Hanley, Social Worker Fired in Aftermath of Lexie Glover Case, InsideNova.com, Last Accessed: June 19, 2009.
Social Worker Fired After VA. Girl’s Death, Star Exponent.com, Last Accessed: June 19, 2009.
Virginia Court Case Information
Amanda Stewart, Sentencing Date Set in Lexie Case, InsideNova.com, Last Accessed: January 12, 2010.
Erin Gibson, Virginia Mother Gets 26 Years in 13-Year-Old’s Death, WJLA.com, Last Accessed: February 14, 2010.
The End of the Story 
The sentencing is a joke. I have an Autistic child and know how hard it is. There are days where you question yourself. However, it does not give you the right to murder. The fact that she lied and placed a false police report shows what a monster she is. Way to go commonwealth.
Light sentences like this make a mockery of prison-as-deterrence…not to mention a punishment equal to the crime. The judge seems to have ignored what Lexie experienced freezing to death after years of abuse and neglect. The mother showed no remorse and should not have received any pity. She was and still is a despicable and deplorable excuse for a parent.
RIP, Lexie.