MONDAY UPDATES: Audrain County offering free at-home COVID test kits at drive-thru event Thursday
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FRIDAY WINTER WEATHER UPDATES: MSHP Troop F responded to over 200 calls for service
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Lynlee Renick sentenced to 16 years for husband’s killing
Lynlee Renick will be sentenced Monday afternoon for her husband’s 2017 death in Montgomery County.
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Convicted murderers Joseph Elledge and Lynlee Renick both due in court Monday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two convicted murderers are both set to continue with court proceedings Monday afternoon in Boone County. Joseph Elledge Mengqi Ji and Joseph Elledge Joseph Elledge was recently sentenced to 28 years in prison for second-degree murder in his wife, Mengqi Ji’s death. Elledge reported Ji missing in October of 2019. After investigators
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TUESDAY UPDATES: Southern Boone no longer requiring masks in any circumstance
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Montgomery County deputies searching for man accused of running from police
According to a Facebook post from the sheriff’s office, Elio Regalado, 28, of Longview, Texas, ran from New Florence police officers during a traffic stop at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday near Love’s Truck Stop.
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Parson seeks federal disaster assessment for Missouri severe storms, tornadoes
Parson’s office said the governor has asked FEMA to work with teams in Dunklin, Pemiscot and Reynolds County in southeast Missouri to catalog the damage. The worst damage happened to electric cooperatives in Dunklin and Pemiscot counties, taking out power to 30,000 members at its peak, according to a release from Parson’s office.
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Jury recommends lighter sentence than prosecution sought in Renick murder trial
Jurors found Renick guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of armed criminal action Thursday after over 13 hours of deliberations.
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Jury suspends deliberation in Lynlee Renick trial
The defense called Lynlee Renick to the stand as the third day of her trial at the Boone County Courthouse began. The trial is being heard here on a change of venue with a jury brought in from Clay County, Missouri.
Continue Reading Investigators testify to start day two of Montgomery County snake breeder murder trial
Lynlee Renick is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the deadly shooting of her husband, Ben Renick, at his snake-breeding facility in 2017. Prosecutors allege Lynlee Renick enlisted two friends in her plot to kill her husband after her spa had financial troubles. However, they accuse Lynlee Renick of pulling the trigger.
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Prosecution expected to continue questioning witnesses in Lynlee Renick murder trial
Renick is accused of killing her husband, world-renowned snake breeder, Ben Renick on the couple’s Montgomery County property on June 8, 2017.
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Alleged co-conspirators testify in trial over Montgomery County snake breeder’s murder
Lawyers for a woman accused of killing her snake breeder husband in Montgomery County blamed Ben Renick’s death on his wife’s ex-boyfriend during opening statements in her murder trial Monday.
Continue Reading Murder trial starts Monday for Lynlee Renick, accused of killing her reptile breeding husband
COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The murder trial of Lynlee Renick is set to start on Monday. Renick is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the death of her husband, Ben Renick. According to court records, the trial is set to start under Judge Kevin Crane in the Boone County Courthouse at
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Five vehicles believed to be involved in Montgomery County crash
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Kyle Green confirmed that five vehicles are believed to be involved in a crash in Montgomery County Sunday evening. MSHP Troop F tweeted out at 5:45 p.m. that state troopers were investigating the multiple vehicle crash on westbound I-70 at the 182 mile marker in Montgomery County.
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Montgomery County woman suffers serious injuries in Thanksgiving eve crash
Sherry Hug, 49, was driving her Chevrolet Trailblazer on Highway 94 near Route P when she went off the road and hit a road sign, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The vehicle hit the bank of a drainage ditch then went airborne and hit the other side of the ditch, causing it to overturn, the patrol reported.
Continue Reading Renick attorney wants informant left out of Montgomery County murder trial
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Attorneys for the woman accused of killing a Montgomery County snake breeder want the man she allegedly confessed to left out of trial. Lynlee Renick’s team wants to keep Brandon Blackwell from testifying at her murder trial. The trial is set to start on Dec. 6 in Boone County. Attorney Tim
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Man charged after allegedly threatening minors on Halloween
A Montgomery County prosecutor has charged a man after he allegedly threatened seven teens with a gun on Halloween.
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Prosecutor claims gun found in Renick murder case
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Prosecutors in a case over a Montgomery County snake breeder’s death said they found the weapon they believe his wife used to kill him. Assistant Attorney General Kevin Zoellner revealed that the state recovered the piece of evidence during Lynlee Renick’s pre-trial hearing Friday afternoon. Zoellner said the state worked with
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Jury finds man guilty for role in Ben Renick killing
The jury in the first-degree murder trial against Michael Humphrey on Wednesday watched an interview Humphrey did with the Missouri State Highway Patrol on the day of his 2020 arrest. Humphrey told Master Sgt. Marcus Reynolds he did not know of Lynlee Renick’s plan to kill her husband, Ben Renick, when the two traveled to the Renicks’ Montgomery County farm in 2017.
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Jury hears arguments in the second day of mid-Missouri snake breeder murder trial
MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A jury heard arguments on the second day of a murder trial over the death of a mid-Missouri snake breeder. Michael Humphrey appeared in court as he faces charges in the death of Ben Renick in Montgomery County. Lynlee Renick who was married to Ben is also charged with his death,
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