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Missouri man convicted in wife’s death faces abuse trial

Steve SmithJanuary 25, 2022
Joseph Elledge
Joseph Elledge, center, sits with his lawyers Scott Rosenblum, right, and Matei Stroescu, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in court in Columbia, Mo. Elledge, who admitted to burying his wife’s body and misleading authorities for more than a year about her whereabouts, was convicted of second-degree murder. The jury found Elledge guilty in the killing of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji, whom he married after she moved to the U.S. from China to study at the University of Missouri. (Alessia Tagliabue/Missourian via AP, Pool)

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man convicted of killing his wife and burying her body will face a second trial on charges that he abused the couple’s young daughter.

During a hearing Monday, a Boone County judge rejected a defense request that the trial for Joseph Elledge be moved to another county because of extensive publicity regarding his wife’s death.

The judge did agree that jurors would be brought in from Warren County. Elledge was convicted in November of killing his 28-year-old wife, Mengqi Ji, a Chinese woman who he met at the University of Missouri.

In the new case, he faces three felony charges involving his daughter.

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