Homicide Archives

Howard County manslaughter case moved to Cooper County

April 13, 2023 3:56 PM Matthew Sanders

The trial of a man accused of killing a Central Methodist University football player last summer has moved from Howard County to Cooper County.

Prosecutor to seek death penalty in Jefferson City murder case

April 12, 2023 2:01 PM Matthew Sanders

Cole County’s top prosecutor said Wednesday that his office will seek the death penalty against a Jefferson City man charged this week with the murder of his child’s mother.

Jefferson City man charged with murder after woman found dead

April 11, 2023 1:48 PM Matthew Sanders

Jefferson City police say they’ve arrested a man after finding a woman dead with stab wounds Monday.

Randolph County man charged with murder after drug overdose

March 30, 2023 10:55 AM Matthew Sanders

A Randolph County man was charged Thursday with murder after a deadly drug overdose.

Nashville school shooter had drawn maps, done surveillance

March 27, 2023 12:36 PM Associated Press

Nashville police identified the victims in the private Christian school shooting Monday as three 9-year-old students and three adults in their 60s, including the head of the school.

Body of Mexico man suspected of murdering mother found in shed

March 20, 2023 9:36 AM Matthew Sanders

Police in Mexico, Missouri, say a body found Sunday afternoon is likely that of a man wanted for arson and murder.

Suspect in Hermann police shooting pleads not guilty to murder, other felony charges

March 15, 2023 10:51 AM Ethan Heinz

The man accused of killing a Hermann police officer and gravely wounding another appeared Wednesday by video for his first court hearing on murder and four other felony charges.

Suspect in Hermann police killing charged with murder, assault

March 14, 2023 11:23 AM Matthew Sanders

A vigil will be held Tuesday for the Hermann police officer shot and killed late Sunday and he will be laid to rest over the weekend.

Jefferson City man gets life in prison for 2019 Thanksgiving murders

March 13, 2023 5:43 PM Matthew Sanders

A Jefferson City man was given two life sentences Monday in the shootings of a boy and a woman on Thanksgiving in 2019.

Woman charged in Camden County killing

March 3, 2023 4:20 PM Matthew Sanders

A woman has been charged with murder after a man was found dead last month in a home south of Camdenton.

Missouri S&T custodian found dead; homicide investigation begins

March 3, 2023 11:25 AM Matthew Sanders

A custodian at Missouri S&T in Rolla whose body was found this week was the victim of a homicide, the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.

Second victim in Camden County shooting dies

March 2, 2023 11:51 AM Matthew Sanders

A second person shot last month in a camper in Camden County has died, the sheriff’s office said Thursday.

State says recordings, lies enough to prove murder in Elledge case

March 1, 2023 12:20 AM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Attorneys said Joseph Elledge’s recorded arguments with his wife and his lies about her disappearance were enough to prove he intentionally killed her. The attorney general’s office filed its response to Elledge’s appeal on Monday. Assistant attorney general Zeb Charlton said hours of recorded arguments between Elledge and his wife Mengqi

Trial in Columbia murder case pushed back to June

February 27, 2023 9:35 AM Matthew Sanders

The trial of a Columbia man accused of killing his ex-wife and throwing away her remains has been pushed back to June.

Murder charge filed in Camden County death

February 21, 2023 12:01 PM Matthew Sanders

A Camden County man was charged Monday with first-degree murder and other violent felonies in the shooting death of a family member and severe wounding of another.

Camden County deputies treating death as homicide

February 17, 2023 12:22 PM Matthew Sanders

Camden County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a suspicious death after being called to a home south of Camdenton on Thursday.

Need for new lawyer prolongs Columbia murder case

February 14, 2023 12:07 PM Ethan Heinz

The death of a defense lawyer has prolonged the prosecution of a Columbia man accused in a 2017 murder.

Man convicted in Ben Renick murder claims key witness testimony hearsay

January 31, 2023 6:45 PM Lucas Geisler

ST. LOUIS (KMIZ) The man convicted of helping kill a prominent snake breeder in Montgomery County is asking for a new trial. Attorneys for Michael Humphrey filed his appeal on Jan. 26 in the state’s Eastern District Court of Appeals. The appeal says Judge Jason Lamb should not have allowed a key witness to testify

Columbia police reopen murder investigation into woman’s 1994 death

January 31, 2023 12:53 PM Erika McGuire

Police are reopening a Columbia murder investigation that dates back nearly three decades.

Mexico man accused of arson, murder after fatal December fire

January 27, 2023 11:05 AM Kennedy Miller

MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Audrain County prosecutor issued an arrest warrant Thursday for a man who is allegedly connected with a fire in Mexico that killed a woman last month. Brandon Spears, 43, is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree arson and armed criminal action. An apartment complex in the 1200 block of