bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

moreOnThisArticles

urlAlias

commentCount

sponsorType

authorLocations

authors

paywallTypes

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

socialHeadline

headline

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

publishedDate

additionalInfoBoxes

images

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

createdDate

sponsor

factSheets

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

copyrighted

customTimezone

liveContents

Associated Press

A US man who was convicted last year of killing his wife and burying her body will face another trial this year on charges that he abused the couple’s young daughter.
Joseph Elledge has pleaded not guilty to three felonies involving his daughter, who was one year old when her mother was killed.
Elledge was convicted on November 11 of second-degree murder in the death of Mengqi Ji, a 28-year-old Chinese woman he married while they were studying at the University of Missouri.
He was sentenced in January to 28 years in prison.

Elledge buried his wife’s body in a park near Columbia after she died in October 2019. Her body was not found until March 2021. Elledge has said Ji’s death was accidental.
The abuse charges were filed after a Columbia police investigation that started after Ji disappeared.
Elledge was arrested October 25, 2019, after police said they found iPad photos of his daughter’s bruised body, the Columbia Missourian reported.
He was charged with abuse or neglect of a child, endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree domestic assault.
Grandparents in custody battle over daughter of Chinese woman missing in US
During a hearing on Monday, Boone County Circuit Judge Kevin Crane rejected a request by Elledge’s defence lawyer, John O’Connor, that the trial be moved because of extensive media coverage of the murder trial.
Jurors will be brought in from Warren County.
Crane said he would set a date for a four-day trial depending on lawyers’ schedules.


University in Hong Kong recruits 100 overseas, mainland Chinese academics in 2-year drive

Beijing pushes Pakistan for joint security following attack on Chinese workers in Karachi

FTX sues Binance and former CEO Zhao Changpeng for US$1.8 billion

UK universities face funding ‘crunch’ as foreign students go elsewhere

Chinese overseas

US man who killed Chinese wife Mengqi Ji faces trial for abusing their daughter

During his trial in Columbia, Missouri, in November, Joseph Elledge looks at a photo of himself and his late wife Mengqi Ji from a trip they took to China to visit her relatives. Photo: Columbia Daily Tribune via AP

Convicted murderer Joseph Elledge (centre) listens with his lawyers Scott Rosenblum (right) and Matei Stroescu on January 7 during the sentencing phase of his trial. Photo: Columbia Daily Tribune via AP

Joseph Elledge, who killed Chinese wife Mengqi Ji, gets maximum 28 years in prison

Joseph Elledge looks at a photo in court in November of himself and his late wife Mengqi Ji, from when they took a trip to China to visit her relatives. Photo: Columbia Daily Tribune via AP

Convicted murderer Joseph Elledge (centre) listens with his lawyers during his sentencing in Columbia, Missouri, on Friday. Photo: Columbia Daily Tribune via AP

Joseph Elledge looks at a computer screen displaying text messages he and his late wife Mengqi Ji exchanged before her death, during his murder trial in Columbia, Missouri, in November. Photo: Columbia Daily Tribune via AP

Joseph Elledge was described as a ‘stone-cold killer’ during the trial. Photo: AP 

US man who buried Chinese wife Mengqi Ji’s body guilty of murder

Joseph Elledge. Photo: AP

Mengqi Ji Elledge was last seen at her residence in the 2600 block of Eastwood Drive on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at approximately 11:30 p.m

In a Missouri court on Tuesday, Joseph Elledge looks at a photo of himself and his late wife Mengqi Ji from when they took a trip to China to visit her relatives. Photo: AP

News

World

United States & Canada


Joseph Elledge has been charged with three felonies involving the child, who was one year old when her mother was murdered
Police say they found photos of the girl’s bruised body while investigating Ji’s disappearance in 2019



Joseph Elledge has been charged with three felonies involving the child; police found photos of the girl’s bruised body while investigating her mother’s disappearance.


Crime

United States

US man who killed Chinese wife Mengqi Ji faces trial for abusing their daughter

Joseph Elledge has been charged with three felonies involving the child, who was one year old when her mother was murdered Police say they found photos of the girl’s bruised body while investigating Ji’s disappearance in 2019

Joseph Elledge has been charged with three felonies involving the child, who was one year old when her mother was murdered

Police say they found photos of the girl’s bruised body while investigating Ji’s disappearance in 2019