MURDERED: Mengqi Ji

Written By M Diaries

When a loving mother disappears from her Colombia, Missouri apartment, police begin to question her husband’s story.

Photo of Mengqi Ji

Convicted murderer, Joseph Elledge, proposing to mengqi

Partial transcript of recorded conversation between Mengqi and Joseph

Still photo from police body cam footage

Police interrogation

Site where Mengqi’s body was found

 
 

Resources

  • On the Case with Paula Zahn, S24 E15: A Needle in the Mud

  • Article https://www.komu.com/news/updated-timeline-of-mengqi-ji-disappearance/article_5e494265-1fea-5ee4-940a-f61424207d72.html

  • Article https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/local/2021/10/28/parents-of-mengqi-ji-share-memories-of-daughter-ahead-of-joseph-elledge-murder-trial-boone-county/8549795002/

  • Article https://www.newsweek.com/joseph-elledge-convicted-killing-wife-mengqi-ji-misleading-cops-gets-28-year-sentence-1667158

  • Article https://thecinemaholic.com/mengqi-ji-murder-where-is-joseph-elledge-now/

  • Article https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/remains-suspected-to-be-mengqi-ji-found-thursday/article_cb329b16-8dc1-11eb-9e71-8f0da789b640.html

  • https://youtu.be/ORji3mBiJVA

  • https://youtu.be/0vW5V9rgWEA

  • https://youtu.be/SJcTmEhOz64

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