Homicide Archives

Two people charged in deadly 2017 shooting of Mid-Missouri snake breeder

January 17, 2020 11:30 AM Zachary Farwell

The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office has charged two people in the deadly 2017 shooting of a snake breeder.

Chicago man sentenced for 2018 Miller County killing

January 16, 2020 5:19 PM Matt Ragsdale

Joseph McKenna, 27, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the death of Tyler Worthington.

Fayette man charged with murder

January 2, 2020 11:11 AM Matthew Sanders

Howard County prosecutors have charged a Fayette man with murder in connection with an alleged fatal drug deal.

Columbia officer charged with involuntary manslaughter in child's death.

Former prosecutor: Winning conviction in Columbia police manslaughter case could be difficult

January 1, 2020 12:48 PM Connor Hirsch

A former Cole County prosecutor said Wednesday that getting a conviction against a law enforcement officer is “immensely difficult.”

4 homicides in first 3 hours of 2020 in St. Louis

January 1, 2020 9:30 AM Associated Press

St. Louis police say four people were shot to death in the early hours of the first day of 2020, including three killed at one location.

Twelve people killed in shootings in Columbia during 2019

December 31, 2019 7:22 PM Sydney Olsen

Columbia experienced an unusually high number of homicides in 2019.

Officials investigating East St. Louis homicide after body found in school parking lot

December 29, 2019 3:32 PM Sydney Olsen

Fox 2 News in St. Louis reports Illinois State Police are investigating a homicide in East St. Louis after the body of an unidentified man was found Sunday morning.

Mother knows daughter “is home now” after authorities identify remains

December 20, 2019 9:48 PM Matt Ragsdale

The Columbia Police Department confirmed late Friday night that human remains found were identified as being Megan Shultz’s.

Family of 2 Wisconsin brothers killed in Missouri sues

December 20, 2019 1:06 PM Associated Press

The family of two Wisconsin men who disappeared during a trip to Missouri for their livestock business have filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

Murder charge refiled against suspect in deadly Jefferson City shooting

December 18, 2019 3:38 PM Barry Mangold

Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a Jefferson City man for a second time in connection with a 2018 killing.

Murder suspect booked in Boone County Jail on more than $1 million bond

December 17, 2019 7:58 AM Madison Fleck

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.

Investigators to use SONAR tech during ninth day of Elledge search

December 13, 2019 5:22 AM Joe McLean

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

Columbia man arrested, charged in Welcome Inn killing

December 13, 2019 9:43 AM Madison Fleck

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.

Teen murder suspect pleads guilty to reduced charge

December 12, 2019 1:02 PM Joe McLean

A 16-year-old Jefferson City boy pleaded guilty Thursday to a reduced charge in the shooting death of another teen.

Two more plead guilty in Missouri marijuana conspiracy

December 12, 2019 3:57 PM Lucas Geisler

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

Police visited Columbia motel hundreds of times in past year

December 10, 2019 11:52 AM Molly Stawinoga

Police have visited a Columbia motel where a person was found dead Tuesday from a gunshot wound hundreds of times in the past year.

Dive teams enter third day of search for missing Columbia woman

December 4, 2019 10:24 AM Zach Boetto

Divers continued their search of the Lamine River for a missing Columbia woman on Wednesday.

Fewer criminal shooting deaths in Jefferson City this year compared to 2018

November 29, 2019 6:02 PM Jasmine Ramirez

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

Jefferson City man charged in Thanksgiving night killings

November 29, 2019 5:43 AM Brittany Wiley

Charges have been filed against a man accused in two Jefferson City shooting.

Man charged in 2015 Morgan County killing

November 26, 2019 4:22 PM Matthew Sanders

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