Mengqi Ji Elledge

Missouri authorities resume search for body of missing mom Mengqi Ji Elledge
Murder

Prosecutors in the case of a Missouri man charged with killing his wife and abusing their daughter are seeking to call 40 witnesses with the case finally goes to trial, the Columbia Missourian reported Friday. Earlier this week, Columbia police resumed their search for the body of Mengqi Ji Elledge, 28, who was last seen …

Missing
November 8, 2019

‘I want to bury the earth under you’: Court hears incriminating recordings of missing Missouri mother and her husband, named ‘prime suspect’ in her disappearance

The husband of a missing woman who is in custody on child abuse charges is the “prime suspect” in his wife’s disappearance, a Missouri prosecutor has said. The Missourian reports that Joseph Elledge, the husband of missing Columbia woman Mengqi Ji Elledge, appeared in court on Wednesday as his defense attorneys argued to reduce his …