COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A judge approved an out-of-state subpoena in court earlier Friday for the Joseph Elledge murder trial. An order for Gladys Bautista to appear in court was approved by Judge Jacobs in court. She is a former local reporter who interviewed Elledge before he was arrested. Prosecuting attorney Dan Knight says she is
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Judge Brouck Jacobs will allow recordings of Joseph Elledge as evidence in the upcoming murder trial. Elledge is charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife Mengqi Ji. Judge Jacobs ruled that the recordings are relevant and admissibale. “After a hearing on 7/15/21, the Court took under advisement the
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ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is facing multiple charges after a Friday morning fatal stabbing. According to court documents, Robin Morales-Sanchez allegedly assaulted Moises Hernandez-Sanchez and then stabbed him in the torso 10 times and the neck once on the morning of July 30. Morales-Sanchez is charged with second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal
Continue Reading ASHLAND Mo. (KMIZ) An arrest warrant has been issued for the murder suspect in an Ashland homicide. According to Ashland Police, 19-year-old Robin Morales-Sanchez is wanted for the Friday morning murder of Moises Hernandez-Sanchez. Morales-Sanchez also assaulted another individual according to police. Morales-Sanchez is being charged with murder in the second degree, assault in the
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is charged with the shooting death of a man at Lazy Gators in Camden County over Memorial Day weekend. Officials allege Chad Brewer shot Vonza Watson in the abdomen after a fight May 29. Brewer was arrested at the scene after deputies allegedly found drugs in his
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Prosecutors charged Warren M. Taylor, 62, with two counts each of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the deaths of Leonard Gerloff, 59, and Pauline Gerloff, 56, at their Chamois home. Authorities were called to the address Saturday afternoon and found Pauline Gerloff with an apparent gunshot wound to the head and Leonard Gerloff lying face down with blood on his body and clothes, according to a probable cause statement.
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Kalesha M. Peterson was indicted by a grand jury in March 2019 on charges of first-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon. She pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree involuntary manslaughter.
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Judge Mason Robert Gebhardt on Wednesday set a Sept. 10 preliminary hearing date for Jerry Fitzwater of Moberly. Fitzwater, 79, is charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in the shooting death of Mitchell Nickerson.
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WARSAW, Mo. (KMIZ) A Warsaw man has been charged with second-degree murder after a shooting in Benton County. Deputies say they got a call reporting a man was shot just before five Sunday morning. Officials say a driver and the victim went swimming with other people. The suspect was allegedly getting into an argument with
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Two people have died in shootings this summer at the Lake of the Ozarks.
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Randolph County prosecutor Stephanie Luntsford on Friday added a first-degree murder charge against Jerry L. Fitzwater in the July 8 shooting death of Mitchell Nickerson, 49. Fitzwater is also charged with armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.
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Amy Rievley pleaded guilty in a Boone County courtroom Monday to involuntary manslaughter with an enhanced punishment for being a persistent felony offender and leaving the scene of a crash that caused a death. She was sentenced to 15 years on the manslaughter charge and another three years on the leaving the scene charge. Those sentences will be served consecutively.
Continue Reading Randolph County prosecutor Stephanie Luntsford said new charges are expected against Jerry L. Fitzwater after the shooting victim’s death. Fitzwater allegedly shot Mitchell Nickerson, 49, in the head last Thursday. Moberly police said Monday that Nickerson had died.
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A Cole County judge sentenced James Addie to life in prison without parole plus 10 years for the 2018 death of Molly Watson. Addie was convicted in April of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He was sentenced at that hearing to 20 years on the armed criminal action count, but sentencing for the murder conviction was delayed until Monday.
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The crime carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail. The sentencing memo filed June 30 does not come with a recommended sentence for Heese, but notes that her chance of committing future crimes is low.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Supreme Court has set an Oct. 5 date for the execution of a Columbia man convicted in a triple-murder. Ernest Lee Johnson was sentenced to death for the 1994 killing of Mary Bratcher, Mable Scruggs, and Fred Jones at a Columbia convenience store with a claw hammer. Johnson’s execution
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The Benton County Sheriff’s Office located a body after originally receiving a notification about a possible missing person in the area.
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A Columbia woman has been charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatal crash in the death of a woman who was killed on Paris Road in February 2020.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Callaway County woman is now in a state mental hospital after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2020 murder case. Callaway County prosecutor Chris Wilson said Lola Crews made the plea on April 26 and effectively ends the case. Wilson said that two mental evaluations found that Crews
Continue Reading Judge Brouck Jacobs approved a motion to endorse 56 more prosecution witnesses in the trial against Joseph Elledge, who is accused of killing his wife, Mengqi Ji.
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