Trial date set for Joseph Elledge in Mengqi Ji case

By ABC 17 News Team

February 3, 2021 10:40 PM

Published February 3, 2021 6:57 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Columbia man accused of killing his wife could head to trial this fall.

The jury trial for Joseph Elledge is scheduled to start at the Boone County Courthouse on Nov. 1st.

Prosecutors have charged him with first-degree murder in the disappearance of Mengqi Ji.

He reported her missing back in October 2019.

Investigators have searched the Lamine River in Cooper County for her body but no remains were found.

Elledge has been held in jail since Mengqi Ji disappeared.

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