Murder charge refiled against suspect in deadly Jefferson City shooting
Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a Jefferson City man for a second time in connection with a 2018 killing.
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Murder suspect booked in Boone County Jail on more than $1 million bond
A Columbia man wanted in a January shooting death was booked into the Boone County Jail on Tuesday morning after he was arrested in Arizona last month.
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Investigators to use SONAR tech during ninth day of Elledge search
COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) – Law enforcement agencies are not giving up the search for a missing Columbia mother, Mengqi Ji Elledge. A search of the Lamine River in Cooper County stretched into its ninth day Friday as cold temperatures create an obstacle to divers. HAPPENING NOW: Day 9 in the Lamine River search for
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Columbia man arrested, charged in Welcome Inn killing
A Columbia man was arrested and charged on Friday with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with a killing at the Welcome Inn in Columbia.
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Teen murder suspect pleads guilty to reduced charge
A 16-year-old Jefferson City boy pleaded guilty Thursday to a reduced charge in the shooting death of another teen.
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Two more plead guilty in Missouri marijuana conspiracy
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two more people admitted to their roles in a nationwide marijuana-selling operation that’s tied to a killing in Columbia. Kurt Arthur Petersen and Norman James George, III pleaded guilty on Thursday at the Christopher Bond federal courthouse in Jefferson City. Petersen pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute more
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Police visited Columbia motel hundreds of times in past year
Police have visited a Columbia motel where a person was found dead Tuesday from a gunshot wound hundreds of times in the past year.
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Dive teams enter third day of search for missing Columbia woman
Divers continued their search of the Lamine River for a missing Columbia woman on Wednesday.
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Fewer criminal shooting deaths in Jefferson City this year compared to 2018
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department has investigated four shooting deaths in 2019 compared to six shooting deaths in 2018, according to police records. A Jefferson City man is accused of two Thanksgiving killings. Torry A. Upchurch, 27, went to the police station wearing bloody clothes and admitted that he knew he
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Jefferson City man charged in Thanksgiving night killings
Charges have been filed against a man accused in two Jefferson City shooting.
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Man charged in 2015 Morgan County killing
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Morgan County authorities charged a Stover man Tuesday in a 2015 killing. Thomas E. Capps, 50, was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the March 17, 2015, death of Ronald Salmons, the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Salmons, 45, of Versailles, was found shot
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Arizona police arrest Boone County shooting suspect returning from Mexico
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man wanted in a January shooting death was arrested in Arizona as he tried to re-enter the country from Mexico, the Boone County Sheriff’s Department says. Officers arrested Garland B. Wisley, 60, on Saturday morning after he applied for entry into the United States, according to the public information officer
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Two plead guilty to federal charges in DeBrodie death
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people accused in the death of a mentally disabled man in Callaway County pleaded guilty Friday in federal court. Sherry K. Paulo, 54, and Anthony R. Flores, 59, pleaded guilty to failing to provide medical care to Carl DeBrodie, resulting in injury or death, according to a release from the
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Sheriff: Remains are those of 2 missing Wisconsin brothers
KINGSTON, Mo. (AP) Northwest Missouri authorities say human remains found in Missouri and Nebraska are those of two missing brothers from Wisconsin. Caldwell County Sheriff Jerry Galloway announced in a news release Friday that remains found Monday in a livestock trailer in Lincoln County, Nebraska, are those of 24-year-old Justin Diemel, and remains recovered from
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Jury rules man guilty of murder in Waffle House shooting case
The trial of a man accused in a deadly 2018 shooting at a Columbia Waffle House continued Wednesday with testimony from one of two men shot that night.
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Manslaughter charge filed after Columbia crash victim dies
A Boone County prosecutor filed a manslaughter charge Wednesday against a woman accused of causing a crash that killed a man who was picking up cones after a bike race.
Continue Reading Remains found in Nebraska linked to Missouri killings
Human remains discovered in a Nebraska stock trailer appear to be from one of two Wisconsin brothers who were fatally shot by a Missouri farmer, authorities said Monday.
Continue Reading Trial begins for man accused in 2018 Waffle House killing
The trial of a man accused in a deadly 2018 shooting at a Columbia Waffle House is scheduled to start Tuesday.
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Holts Summit teen accused of murder faces new charge
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. The teenager charged in an Oct. 31 deadly shooting on Rolling Hills Drive in Jefferson City was charged with a new felony Thursday. Cole County prosecutors charged Devin Schrimpf, 17, with delivery of marijuana. Court documents say officers searched Schrimpf’s belongings after he was taken to the hospital Oct. 31. Officers allege
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Elledge denied bond reduction in child abuse case
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The husband of a Columbia missing woman was denied a bond reduction on Tuesday after last week’s hearing in his child abuse case. Joseph Elledge’s bond was set at $500,000. According to a Boone County Judge’s order, if Elledge posts his bond, he will not be allowed to have contact with any
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