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

[JerseyGirl]

What to expect: Joseph Elledge about to stand trial for the murder of his wife

 

[JerseyGirl]

What to know as the Joseph Elledge murder trial continued Wednesday

 

[TigerJin]

Is there a way to watch this trial live?

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Joseph Elledge admits to burying Mengqi Ji, but not to her murder on stand

 

[Knox]

Joseph Elledge admits to burying Mengqi Ji, but not to her murder on stand

Give me a break, Elledge is clearly lying because he knows the prosecution cannot prove COD. His story simply fits the known evidence.
I hope he gets LWOP!!

Who has custody of Anna now?

 

[JerseyGirl]

Joseph Elledge testimony expected to continue in day nine of murder trial - ABC17NEWS

 

[JerseyGirl]

The murder trial of Joseph Elledge: Jury begins deliberations

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

• Stephanie Southey, KOMU 8 Digital Content Editor & Jack Lee, KOMU 8 Producer
• Nov 11, 2021 Updated 11 hrs ago

“COLUMBIA − The jury recommended a 28 year prison sentence for Joseph Elledge after finding him guilty of second degree murder in the death of his wife, Mengqi Ji.

The jury delivered the sentence just before 1 a.m. Friday after deliberating for about an hour and a half.

The jury's decision represents a maximum sentence for Elledge. Judge Brouck Jacobs will make a final decision in a sentencing assessment scheduled for December.

The sentencing process started around 8 p.m. with opening statements from prosecutor Dan Knight and defense attorney Scott Rosenblum.” (BBM)
Jury recommends 28 years in prison following Joseph Elledge's second-degree murder conviction

Second degree, barf, MOO

 

[MeadowMuffin]

• Stephanie Southey, KOMU 8 Digital Content Editor & Jack Lee, KOMU 8 Producer
• Nov 11, 2021 Updated 11 hrs ago

“COLUMBIA − The jury recommended a 28 year prison sentence for Joseph Elledge after finding him guilty of second degree murder in the death of his wife, Mengqi Ji.

The jury delivered the sentence just before 1 a.m. Friday after deliberating for about an hour and a half.

The jury's decision represents a maximum sentence for Elledge. Judge Brouck Jacobs will make a final decision in a sentencing assessment scheduled for December.

The sentencing process started around 8 p.m. with opening statements from prosecutor Dan Knight and defense attorney Scott Rosenblum.” (BBM)
Jury recommends 28 years in prison following Joseph Elledge's second-degree murder conviction

Second degree, barf, MOO

Disappointed it wasn't first degree, but glad he'll be in prison til his 50s.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Sentencing hearing delayed for Joseph Elledge - ABC17NEWS

The sentencing hearing for a Columbia man convicted last month of killing his wife has been delayed.

Public court records show a Boone County judge will hear Joseph Elledge's lawyers request for a new trial on Friday, Jan. 7. 2022 at 1:30 p.m.


Elledge is also expected to receive his sentence at the hearing. A jury convicted him on Nov. 11 of second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Mengqi Ji.

 

[KJ's Mamu]

A new trial? On what grounds I wonder? What's a new trial on tax payers dollars going to do? He admitted to killing her (though I still don't think he's told the full truth)! Confused as to what a new trial would change? From second degree to manslaughter?

 

[tinynest]

He's been sentenced.

Mengqi Ji murder: Joseph Elledge sentenced to 28 years

Presiding Judge J. Hasbrouck Jacobs set Joseph Elledge's prison sentence at 28 years — the jury's recommendation — on Friday afternoon at the Boone County Courthouse.

Hasbrouck denied defense attorney Scott Rosenblum's motion for a new trial.

Elledge was convicted in November of second-degree murder in the October 2019 death of his wife, Mengqi Ji. He admitted on the stand that he buried her dead body and misled authorities about her disappearance.

Attorneys for Elledge filed for a new trial last month, arguing Boone County Prosecutor Dan Knight failed to prove a crime took place; that expert witness testimony should never have been admitted at the original trial; and that a police interview should have been done under a Miranda warning, among other points.

A 12-member jury in November recommended the 28-year sentence.

Knight, after the jury handed down its suggested sentence, surmised this was because the length matched Ji's age when she died.

[Continued in link]

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[JerseyGirl]

Joseph Elledge trial: Missouri man facing abuse charges

 

[JerseyGirl]

Elledge pleads guilty to child abuse charges, gets additional 10-year sentence

As part of the plea agreement, the state will not pursue any additional charges against Elledge. His sentence adds 10 years to the 28-year sentence he received in January after he was convicted of killing his wife, Mengqi Ji.

 

[cuffem]

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In the finally of the show it is written that the custody case will be heard at the end of Dec, 2022
Also the prosecutor Dan Knight passed away unexpectedly in June 2022. RIP Sir.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Secrets in the Soil: The Mengqi Ji Investigation | Killer Cases

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