Elledge case Archives

Joseph Elledge pleads not guilty to three felony charges.

Defense asks for delay in Joseph Elledge trial

September 20, 2021 5:04 PM Lucas Geisler

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Defense attorneys want a delay in Joseph Elledge’s upcoming murder trial. Attorney Scott Rosenblum asked Judge Brouck Jacobs to consider pushing back the start of the Nov. 1 trial in Boone County. Rosenblum said “voluminous” records sent to them by prosecutor Dan Knight give them more work to do to vet the

Joseph Elledge set to appear in court Friday

August 20, 2021 5:19 AM Ben Fein

Joseph Elledge is set to appear in a hearing at the Boone County Courthouse, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Friday.

Judge hears arguments on allowing secret recordings as evidence in Joseph Elledge murder case

July 15, 2021 5:28 AM Leila Mitchell

Joseph Elledge was charged in Feb. 2020 with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Mengqi Ji.

Judge OKs dozens of prosecution witnesses in Elledge murder case

June 14, 2021 2:52 PM Leila Mitchell

Judge Brouck Jacobs approved a motion to endorse 56 more prosecution witnesses in the trial against Joseph Elledge, who is accused of killing his wife, Mengqi Ji.

Motion hearing in Joseph Elledge case set for July

June 14, 2021 4:10 AM Ben Fein

A hearing in the Joseph Elledge case, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday will discuss whether or not to allow secret recordings into evidence.

Columbia police identify remains as those of Mengqi Ji

April 6, 2021 10:24 AM Matthew Sanders

Remains found last month at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park are those of a Columbia woman last seen in October 2019.

Mengqi and Rock Bridge Memorial State Park

Remains found at state park expected to be identified Friday

April 2, 2021 5:11 AM Ben Fein

Dori D. Burke with the Boone/Callaway County Medical Examiner’s Office said the office expects to know whether or not the remains belong to missing woman Mengqi Ji by Friday.

Forensic team to examine human remains found at Rock Bridge State Park

March 29, 2021 3:15 PM Matt Ragsdale

A forensic team is set to examine human remains found at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park this week.

New evidence ‘changes the entire course’ of missing mom case

March 26, 2021 3:16 PM Zola Crowder

After finding human remains at Rock Bridge State Park Thursday afternoon, police are working to identify the body.

Police believed to have found Mengqi Ji’s body: a timeline of her disappearance

March 26, 2021 4:33 AM Ben Fein

Police are waiting for the remains found Thursday to go through DNA testing and/or confirmation with dental records to verify the identity.

Columbia police complete search for remains of missing mom in debris from Lamine River

November 30, 2020 9:00 PM Sydney Olsen

The Columbia Police Department has finished its search for the remains of missing Columbia mother Mengqi Ji.

Last stretch of search for missing Columbia mother will be on land

October 13, 2020 7:49 PM Sydney Olsen

Columbia police have been searching for Mengqi Ji in the Lamine River outside of Boonville for more than one year.

Columbia police search Lamine River for remains of Mengqi Ji

October 13, 2020 8:42 AM Matt Ragsdale

On Tuesday morning, Columbia police restarted the search for remains of missing mom, Mengqi Ji.

Court to consider reduced bond for Columbia man accused of wife’s murder

October 9, 2020 3:26 PM Zola Crowder

Joseph Elledge is in the Boone County Jail without bond on a first-degree murder charge in the disappearance of Mengqi Ji.

Hearing scheduled for man accused of murdering missing Columbia mother

October 9, 2020 4:50 AM Ben Fein

Joseph Elledge, who was charged with murdering his wife Mengqi Ji in February, has court hearings scheduled Friday.

A stalled search: One year later, Columbia mother Mengqi Ji remains missing

October 8, 2020 2:35 PM Sydney Olsen

One year after Mengqi Ji, a Columbia mother, went missing police continue the search for her. Police announced on Tuesday Wednesday they would begin searching the Lamine River for Ji once again while removing part of the levee they built because the water level was so low.