Wife who didn’t show up at airport was fatally beaten by husband, AZ cops say

A man was arrested after being accused of fatally beating his wife, Arizona police said.

On May 14, officers got a call about a missing woman later identified as 41-year-old Alison Gregory, who was supposed to pick up a relative from the airport but failed to show up, according to a Facebook post by the Surprise Police Department.

The report said that Gregory and her 56-year-old husband, Brandon Gregory, lived together “but were going through a difficult divorce,” police said.

When officers arrived at the home, they found evidence of a “physical struggle,” officers said.

The woman’s car was found in Mohave County, about a 150-mile drive northwest from Surprise, police said.

He was found inside the car with his wife’s body, officers said.

Officers learned their home was being sold and she asked him to leave but the altercation turned physical when his wife kicked him in the groin while holding a baseball bat, police told AZ Family.

He grabbed the wooden bat from her and began “hitting her several times,” officers told the outlet.

He was taken into custody without incident and booked on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter, tampering with evidence and concealment of a dead body, police said.

Surprise is about a 40-mile drive northwest from Phoenix.

This story was originally published May 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM with the headline "Wife who didn’t show up at airport was fatally beaten by husband, AZ cops say."