Search for Mengqi Ji Elledge continues into seventh day
Authorities were back at the De Bourgmont access on the Lamine River on Tuesday to search for a missing Columbia mother.
Continue ReadingAuthorities were back at the De Bourgmont access on the Lamine River on Tuesday to search for a missing Columbia mother.
Continue ReadingCOOPER COUNTY, Mo. Divers will resume their search of the Lamine River for a missing Columbia woman on Tuesday. Columbia Police Department spokesman Jeff Pitts said authorities were pausing their search for the weekend as the sun set Friday. Friday was the fifth day divers were at the De Bourgmont Lamine River Access. Crews also
Continue ReadingLawyers for a Columbia man accused of child abuse and suspected in his wife’s disappearance have asked for a change of judge.
Continue ReadingThe search for a missing Columbia mom will continue for a fourth day Thursday on the Lamine River.
Continue ReadingBoone County’s head prosecutor said Wednesday that murder convictions can be won without a body, as divers continued their search for a missing Columbia woman in the Lamine River.
Continue ReadingDivers continued their search of the Lamine River for a missing Columbia woman on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingThe Mid-Missouri Sheriff’s Dive Team and Columbia Police Department will continue their search for a missing Columbia woman Tuesday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo, A Columbia man accused of child abuse pleaded not guilty to two felony charges in court on Tuesday morning. Joseph Elledge, 24, pleaded not guilty to child abuse or neglect and endangering the welfare of a child after he waived his preliminary hearing, said Boone County Prosecutor Dan Knight. The case is now
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Prosecutors have added a second child abuse-related count against the husband of a missing Columbia woman. The Boone County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on Monday filed an amended complaint against Joseph Elledge, who had been charged with one count of child abuse last month. The revised complaint also accuses Elledge of one count
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department asked for hunters and land owners to help them find a woman who has been missing since the beginning of October. Mengqi Ji Elledge went missing on Oct. 8, according to police. Her husband, Joseph Elledge, was later arrested and charged with child abuse, and prosecutors have named
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The attorney for the parents of a missing Columbia woman said Thursday they have reached a “very limited, short term agreement” in the custody battle over their grandchild. Mengqi Elledge’s and the family of her husband, Joseph Elledge, are each trying to get custody of the couple’s daughter. A set of hearings
Continue ReadingSeveral demonstrators supporting one side of a custody dispute related to a Columbia woman’s disappearance were outside the Boone County Courthouse for the second straight day Tuesday. A few people held signs in support of a bid by Mengqi Ji Elledge’s parents to get custody of Elledge’s daughter. Elledge went missing Oct. 8 and her
Continue ReadingThe husband of a missing Columbia woman is now charged with child abuse, after investigators found evidence during their missing person’s investigation. Joseph Elledge, 23, of Columbia, was arrested Friday and taken to the Boone County Jail on a $500,000 bond. Elledge appeared for his initial arraignment via camera from the Boone County Jail. Judge Tracy Gonzalez ordered a
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