GUILTY MO - Mengqi Elledge, 28, found deceased, Columbia, 9 Oct 2019 *husband arrested*

[Laughing]

Banking info, driver's license of Mengqi Ji found with human remains at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park - ABC17NEWS

Peace and comfort to her parents and her daughter.

 

[mlhenn]

Remains found in park believed to be missing Chinese woman

The remains and personal property believed to belong to Mengqi Ji Elledge were found Thursday afternoon by someone walking in Rock Bridge State Park in Boone County. Columbia Mayor Brian Treece and Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones announced the find Thursday evening.

Authorities said DNA testing would be done to confirm that the remains are Ji’s.

Banking info, driver's license of Mengqi Ji found with human remains at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park - ABC17NEWS


Columbia police are investigating a death at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park near Columbia.

A Columbia Police Department officer at the scene said a hiker found badly decomposed human remains Thursday. Police blocked off Rock Quarry Road at the High Ridge trailhead during the investigation.

The remains found Thursday will go through DNA testing and/or dental records to confirm the identity.

‎Assistant Police Chief Jeremiah Hunter said personal property that fit the description of what Ji was last seen in when she went missing. Hunter said they found bank, credit card documents and a driver's license that were Ji's with the human remains.

 

[mlhenn]

Police blocked off Rock Quarry Road at the High Ridge trailhead during the investigation.

Rock Bridge Memorial State Park
(573) 449-7402
Google Maps


High Ridge Trailhead is circled in yellow.

 

[KJ's Mamu]

Both glad and saddened to hear this news. May justice be served. Prayers for strength for her family.

 

[Knox]

I just saw the news. So happy Mengqi has been found, I hope there is evidence with her to further seal the murder charges. My thoughts are with her family and sweet little girl tonight, may she always know how much her Mama loved her.

 

[KDM92]

The human remains discovery changes the Joseph Elledge prosecution



Ugh. This article makes me sad. Speaking about the “confusion” that may happen now to a jury because there is a lack of cell phone coverage in the area that the body was found.

 

[mlhenn]

The human remains discovery changes the Joseph Elledge prosecution

This is new evidence that could bring forward a conviction in the case. This changes the entire case. Previously, there was concern with convicting Elledge of murder without physical evidence.

"This development changes the entire course of the case. You now have forensics, which is going to come in. We've got the cellphone, which was the basis for being out at the Lamine River," Bill Tackett former Cole County prosecutor said. Now you're shifting to Rockbridge. There is no cellphone coverage at Rockbridge. If you're looking at this as juror it's the body's at Rockbridge the cellphone's at the Lamine River but there's no cellphone coverage at Rockbridge."

While the discovery of Mengqi Ji's body could lead to a possible conviction, it's not a guarantee.

Prosecutors were originally relying on cell phone signal evidence and the theory that Elledge had dumped his wife's body in the Lamine River.

This new information could delay the trial set for November 1 and extend the investigation process.

 

[mlhenn]

Mengqi Ji disappeared in 2019. Here's what to know about the missing woman

March 26

 

[KatzEye]

Mengqi Ji disappeared in 2019. Here's what to know about the missing woman

March 26

From this article :

Ji was working as a supervisor at Nanova, a Columbia company that makes material for dental products and dentures, Salladay wrote. This is where Ji met Elledge. She was his supervisor.

After the birth of their daughter, Ji stopped working at Nanova and instead cared for their daughter at their home. Ji's daughter still was breastfeeding when Ji was killed.

That last line is heartbreaking. Poor baby girl was probably extremely confused about why Mommy was no longer feeding her.

 

[KatzEye]

Mengqi Ji memorial created near Rock Bridge State Park excavation site

 

[Laughing]

The cherry blossom is an Asian symbol of feminine strength and beauty:


image from pinterest.com

for Grandmother, Mother, and Daughter.

 

[wishBones1962]

These cases are SO absolutely heartbreaking. That the husband/father would have no empathy or concern for anyone else, let alone his own infant daughter. Now she will have none. No parents. At least the maternal grandparents have custody.

MOO IMO

 

[gitana1]

These cases are SO absolutely heartbreaking. That the husband/father would have no empathy or concern for anyone else, let alone his own infant daughter. Now she will have none. No parents. At least the maternal grandparents have custody.

MOO IMO

Do they? Last I heard they shared temporary custody with the smirking mother in law of the victim.

 

[MeadowMuffin]

Do they? Last I heard they shared temporary custody with the smirking mother in law of the victim.

Maternal grandparents are back in China. Is that where the baby is?

 

[MrsWatson]

May Mengqi rest in peace and may justice be served. May her family find comfort with their granddaughter, who will never feel her mother's touch again.

This guy. Ugh.

 

[gitana1]

Maternal grandparents are back in China. Is that where the baby is?

They are? I hadn’t seen that. Where’s the report about that? If they are, then the smirking mother in law must have sole custody of the baby whose mother her son murdered. Ugh.

 

[Laughing]

This article indicates that both sets of grandparents were in court Nov. 4, 2019 re: custody of the murdered lady's child:

One year later: A timeline of events in the case of Mengqi Ji Elledge

As a juvenile issue, everything is hopefully quite private to protect the injured parties.

Found just a bit more, and as far as I'm concerned, well. I don't like it:

Missing Persons Case Spirals into Custody Battle

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[MrsWatson]

Wow.

Awful.

 

[MeadowMuffin]

They are? I hadn’t seen that. Where’s the report about that? If they are, then the smirking mother in law must have sole custody of the baby whose mother her son murdered. Ugh.

I heard a report that stated her family was contacted in China, but can't find it now, so sorry. I'll keep looking.. I agree about the smirking mother in law, terrible.

 

[mlhenn]

Forensic team to examine human remains found at Rock Bridge State Park - ABC17NEWS

March 29
The Boone/Callaway County Medical Examiner's Office told ABC 17 a forensic odontologist and a forensic anthropologist will look at the remains. Dori D. Burke with the office said the odontologist will arrive on Monday and the anthropologist will arrive on Thursday.

The medical examiner's office has possession of the remains found, Burke said.


Stephanie Golda, a forensic anthropologist at Columbia College, told ABC 17 News on Friday that human remains still hold information.