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Jefferson City man gets 20 years in prison for murder
A Jefferson City man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to murder.
Continue ReadingA Jefferson City man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to murder.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia man accused of murdering his wife will head to trial in June.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A high-profile Missouri attorney will represent a Columbia man charged in connection with his wife’s disappearance. Scott Rosenblum of St. Louis will defend Joseph Elledge in a Boone County murder case. Rosenblum told ABC 17 News he looked forward to defending Elledge in court. A grand jury indicted Elledge with first-degree murder
Continue ReadingWilliam “Chris” Niemet, the man arrested in the 1991 shooting death of a teenager in Cole County, could find out Monday whether he will get a chance to get out of jail on bond.
Continue ReadingA Jefferson City teen was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree robbery in December.
Continue ReadingProsecutors charged a second Holts Summit teen on Tuesday in connection with a Halloween murder in Jefferson City.
Continue ReadingPettis County prosecutors filed murder charges Monday against a man accused causing a deadly crash over the weekend in Sedalia.
Continue ReadingWilliam “Chris” Niemet appeared in court for the first time Monday since he was charged with a 1991 murder of a teenager last week.
Continue ReadingA Cole County man arrested decades ago for the death of a teenager again faces charges in the case.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man pleaded guilty on Monday to a reduced charge tied to a 2018 Columbia shooting. Elijah Fiore pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter on Monday afternoon, according to a source close to the case. Judge Kevin Crane sentenced him to the maximum ten years in prison. Boone County prosecutors charged Fiore
Continue ReadingJoseph Elledge, a Columbia man accused of killing his wife last fall, is set to be arraigned Monday afternoon following his grand jury indictment on a murder charge.
Continue ReadingEDITOR’S NOTE: Jones’ age at the time of his death has been corrected. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson filed a first-degree murder charge Thursday against William “Chris” Niemet in the 1991 shooting death of 14-year-old Greg Jones. First-Degree Murder Charge Cole County charges Chris Niemet with 1991 murder on Feb. 27,
Continue ReadingA man accused of killing a teenager in a 1991 Cole County case was also tied to 2005 Fulton killing that remains unsolved.
Continue ReadingA St. Louis police officer accused of accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty in the shooting.
Continue ReadingCole County Sheriff John Wheeler plans to hold a news conference Thursday in regard to a 1991 Russellville killing.
Continue ReadingCourt documents filed Tuesday revealed a weekend killing in Sedalia was the result of a disagreement the victim had with a group of people.
Continue ReadingMore than a dozen Russellville residents told ABC 17 News Tuesday they felt frustrated that the case took so long to yield an arrest.
Continue ReadingAfter first-degree murder charges were filed nearly a week ago, Joseph Elledge has not been served with a warrant and his arraignment has not been set.
Continue ReadingBoone County prosecutors on Thursday charged a second person with a teen’s killing in a Feb. 5 shooting on Doris Drive.
Continue ReadingSEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sedalia Police found a deceased man with a gunshot wound in a street Saturday morning. According to a post on Facebook, by the Sedalia Police Department, officers responded around 6:40 a.m. to the 700 block of East 17th Street to a report of a man lying in the roadway. Upon arrival, officers
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