Woman linked to Welcome Inn homicide

UPDATE 5:00 p.m.: The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office has formally charged Jaclyn Rose with first degree murder and armed criminal action in connection to the death of Gregory Moore. Moore was found in his room at the Welcome Inn with a gunshot wound. She is being held on a 1 million dollar cash only bond.

According to police, Rose is seen on surveillance video as the last person to leave Moore’s room before his body was found the next day.

According to court documents, a witness told police he was supposed to meet with Moore in Moore’s room the night of the homicide. The witness told police he was approached by a white female who had left Moore’s room. The witness told police he and the woman spoke briefly and the witness left without speaking with Moore.

Police say Moore left his room and went to his vehicle the same time the female suspect entered Moore’s room. Police also interviewed a second witness who was seen entering Moore’s room after the female suspect and Moore re-entered the room. In his interview, the second witness told police Moore did not seen nervous or acting abnormally. He told police he did not see anyone else in the room.

After the second witness was seen leaving the room on surveillance, court documents say a group of people outside of Moore’s room “all look in the direction of (Moore’s room) as though they heard something.” The document goes on to read, the female suspect left Moore’s room a short while after that.

One witness also told police she believed Rose and Moore used to be in an intimate relationship but “more recently she had just been purchasing drugs” from Moore.

Police arrested Rose the night of Nov. 16, the night the homicide occurred, on unrelated charges. During that arrest, a cellphone was found on Rose. Police say Rose refused to say who the phone belonged to. A search warrant was served on the phone and police were able to verify the phone belonged the Moore.

UPDATE 9:57 a.m.:

The Columbia Police Department arrested Jaclyn A. Rose, 33, of Columbia, on Wednesday for first degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with physical evidence, and unlawful use of weapons.

The suspect, Jaclyn Rose, and the victim were seen on video entering the victim’s hotel room on November 16. A short time later, Rose was seen leaving the hotel room and was the last person in the room before the victim was found deceased.

The victim was never seen leaving the room again.

On November 22, detectives discovered the cellular phone taken from Rose belonged to the victim from the homicide at Welcome Inn. Detectives notified surrounding agencies that if they had any contact with Rose to detain her and contact the Columbia Police Department.

The Columbia Police Department was notified by the Fulton Police Department that they had Rose detained.

ORIGINAL STORY: Police have confirmed that the woman they arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of murder and weapons charges, Jaclyn Rose, is tied to the homicide at Welcome Inn.

Officers were dispatched just after 6:30 p.m. for a cardiac arrest to Welcome Inn last Thursday. When they arrived on scene, they found a man dead inside a room.

the homicide victim, Gregory Moore, was arrested at the beginning of October after he had failed to register as a sex offender for two years. He was also arrested on charges of intent to distribute drugs after deputies found meth, marijuana, a digital scale, and packing materials at his home. He was out on bond just a few days later. Moore was living at 110 Ripley Street. Moore had only been living at Welcome Inn for only a few weeks, according to sources.

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