MURDERED: Mengqi Ji

In October 2018, Joe Elledge called the Columbia Police Department to report that his wife, a Chinese immigrant and the mother of his child had gone missing.From the start police were suspicious of his story and suspected foul play.  But they never expected to solve her murder using Tree DNA.Listen to her story now!The Book mentioned at the end of this episode: Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Othershttps://a.co/d/2trBdDLEnjoying the show?  Here's a way to find out where else you can follow CrimeaHolly!https://linktr.ee/CrimeaHollyCrime with Holly Case Suggestion Form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGdPu4AWAoG_-cmznwcNxnNQlEyX9nxxOwZNZfqpprL3TaUQ/viewform Episode Sources:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q41wmV7TU0https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mengqi-ji-murder-joseph-elledge-missouri-tree-dna-48-hours/https://www.nanovadental.com/pages/about-ushttps://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/courts/2021/11/09/joseph-elledge-testifies-his-murder-trial-mengqi-ji-missouri-missing-woman/6351282001/https://www.komu.com/timeline-events-in-the-murder-of-mengqi-ji/collection_886817d0-670a-11eb-af66-1fd820361e39.html#:~:text=Mengqi%27s%20parents%20and%20their%20lawyer,and%20Ke%20Ren%20(“Mrs.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhuhttps://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mengqi-ji-disappearance-timeline/https://apnews.com/article/university-of-missouri-missouri-columbia-216284c1ec05a2c6f2f9df771075c428https://www.columbiafamilylawgroup.com/missing-persons-case-spirals-into-custody-battle/#:~:text=Mengqi%20Ji%27s%20parents%20intervened%20in,to%20both%20sets%20of%20grandparents.https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/mengqi-ji#:~:text=Mengqi%20Ji%20had%20moved%20from,company%20that%20makes%20dental%20products.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/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/https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/courts/2021/11/10/mengqi-ji-death-homicide-forensic-pathologist-testifies-joseph-elledge-murder-trial/6367395001/https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/joseph-elledge-denied-appeal-of-his-murder-conviction/article_117ec1a5-ff5e-5199-88bd-c250e6a2c064.htmlhttps://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mengqi-ji-disappearance-timeline/25/#https://krcgtv.com/news/local/joseph-elledge-loses-appeal-of-murder-conviction-mengqi-ji-columbia-boone-county-rock-bridge-state-park-dan-knight#https://abc17news.com/news/abc-17-news-investigates/2023/01/08/columbia-police-say-prosecutors-death-a-suicide/