Killer meticulously plotted execution of ex's CEO husband… but woke prosecutors say he is too 'insane' to be sent to prison https://t.co/lhIC6k1lRG
— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) February 23, 2026
The killer of a married charity CEO has stunningly avoided jail time after a judge accepted his insanity plea despite claims he ‘meticulously planned’ the murder of his ex’s husband.
Joshua Daniel Danehower, 37, admitted to fatally shooting DonorSee founder Gret Glyer, 32, dead in his Fairfax, Virginia home in June 2022, but pleaded not guilty to murder charges by reason of insanity.
Danehower created a chillingly detailed plan to pull off the killing, including noting to himself that he would need a mask and ski goggles, that he would shoot Glyer with ‘quick fire’ and a ‘finishing shot’, and that he would then need to put his clothes in a trash bag and get on a highway ‘as soon as possible.’
But ahead of his scheduled murder trial, Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Stephen Shannon went against Glyer’s family’s wishes and accepted Danehower’s insanity plea.