COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A high-profile Missouri attorney will represent a Columbia man charged in connection with his wife’s disappearance. Scott Rosenblum of St. Louis will defend Joseph Elledge in a Boone County murder case. Rosenblum told ABC 17 News he looked forward to defending Elledge in court. A grand jury indicted Elledge with first-degree murder
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Joseph Elledge, a Columbia man accused of killing his wife last fall, is set to be arraigned Monday afternoon following his grand jury indictment on a murder charge.
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After first-degree murder charges were filed nearly a week ago, Joseph Elledge has not been served with a warrant and his arraignment has not been set.
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Less than a month before Mengqi Ji went missing in October, the Columbia mother called her friend, Muzhen Li, to complain about a fight she was having with her husband, Joseph Elledge.
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A second probable cause statement filed in the murder case of a missing Columbia woman alleges her husband may have strangled her.
Continue Reading Boone County Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs set a trial date Thursday in the child abuse case against the husband of a missing Columbia woman.
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. Authorities were at the Lamine River Wednesday continuing their efforts to find Mengqi Ji Elledge three months after her disappearance. On Wednesday, ABC17 crews saw a team of five people go out on a boat upstream around 12:30 p.m. It appeared divers were a part of that team. The search continued until
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Law enforcement agencies returned to the De Bourgmont Lamine River Access on Tuesday, to search for the missing Columbia mother. The Columbia Police Department along with the Columbia Fire Department and a team of divers took a CFD boat east from the access point on the Lamine River. A CPD detective said this is not
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Boone 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.
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Divers continued their search of the Lamine River for a missing Columbia woman on Wednesday.
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The Mid-Missouri Sheriff’s Dive Team and Columbia Police Department will continue their search for a missing Columbia woman Tuesday.
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COLUMBIA, 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 Reading COLUMBIA, 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
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