VIDEO: Joseph Elledge enters courtroom for child abuse hearing
![Joseph Elledge sits in a Boone County courtroom Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020.](https://abc17news.b-cdn.net/abc17news.com/2020/02/elledge-screen-grab.jpg)
Joseph Elledge of Columbia was in a Boone County courtroom Thursday for a hearing in his child abuse and child endangerment case.
The hearing came a day after Elledge was charged with murder in the October disappearance of his wife, Mengqi Ji. The video shows Elledge entering the courtroom for his hearing.
Pool video by KRCG.