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IQBAR - Get twenty percent off all IQBAR products, plus get FREE shipping, just text MADNESS to sixty-four thousand Featured Podcast: Foul Play: Crime Series - itsfoulplay.com (https://www.itsfoulplay.com/) Research & Writing: Ryan Deininger Editing: Aiden Wolf Sources: CBS 48 Hours - The Tree that Helped Solve a Murder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q41wmV7TU0) Killer Cases - The Exchange Student Murder (https://play.aetv.com/shows/killer-cases/season-3/episode-3) Joe News Interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbSdVjK1i8g) Missing Person Release (https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=6401) CBS News Timeline (https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mengqi-ji-disappearance-timeline/) Joe Elledge Appeal (https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=198016) Probable Cause Murder (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6791854-Joseph-Elledge-Probable-Cause) Probable Cause Murder #2 (https://abc17news.b-cdn.net/abc17news.com/2020/02/ELLEDGE-2_02202020092454.pdf) AP - Missouri Man Describes What Happened the Night His Wife Died (https://apnews.com/article/university-of-missouri-missouri-columbia-216284c1ec05a2c6f2f9df771075c428) AP - Prosecutor: Husband ‘Prime Suspect’ in wife’s disappearance (https://apnews.com/general-news-b8203ea6a4a34200bdbed74653732810) AP - Recordings to be heard at the trial in Chinese woman’s death (https://apnews.com/article/trials-michael-brown-f57146f53563842ba0ef55774e48e459) Columbia Missourian - Trial Day 1 (https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/elledge/elledge-trial-day-1-jury-selection-ends-monday-after-pointed-questioning-narrows-pool/article_80141d38-3b1f-11ec-8304-ff83d8634aad.html) Columbia Missourian - Trial Day 2 (https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/elledge/day-2-defense-says-elledge-killed-his-wife-but-it-was-an-accident/article_287b0192-3c03-11ec-9c89-8bdcbfb6e94d.html) Columbia Missourian - Trial Day 3 (https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/elledge/day-3-audio-recordings-between-elledge-and-his-wife-point-to-a-toxic-marriage/article_62868abc-3ccd-11ec-8bb7-6b3fe59b4e82.html) Columbia Missourian - Trial Day 4 (https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/elledge/day-4-prosecutor-claims-a-script-shaped-elledges-strategy-after-his-wife-died/article_fd1415aa-3d99-11ec-86fd-0bc88254a121.html) Columbia Missourian - Trial Day 5 (https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/elledge/day-5-prosecution-calls-witnesses-in-elledge-trial-to-describe-discovery-of-his-wifes-body/article_7f83c2b8-3e55-11ec-82bc-7bf0883f0ff9.html) Columbia Missourian - Trial Day 6 (https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/day-6-experts-say-material-from-elledges-boots-matches-plants-and-soil-around-his-wifes/article_05988ed6-3f07-11ec-be07-5bfec1793a10.html) Columbia Missourian - Trial Day 7 (https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/elledge/day-7-prosecution-focuses-on-elledges-diary-and-cellphone-activity/article_c75e38b6-409e-11ec-9c84-d323ba5e701a.html) Columbia Missourian - Trial Day 8 (https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/elledge/day-8-elledge-testifies-that-he-found-his-wife-dead-and-freaked-out/article_eb79f8cc-4169-11ec-a4b3-d792f045b9f1.html) Columbia Missourian - Trial Day 9 (https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/elledge/day-9-attorneys-in-elledge-trial-make-final-push-to-determine-how-his-wife-was/article_3713ad5a-4232-11ec-a001-974530581b98.html) Child Abuse Hearing (Audio) - Cell Phone recordings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6avNDMZgwmk) Columbia Daily Tribune Thu, Nov 14, 2019 - Suspect in Missing Woman Case Denied Bond Reduction (https://www.newspapers.com/image/1022605618/?terms=%22Mengqi%22&match=1) Columbia Daily Tribune Sat, Nov 16, 2019 - Police Seek Help Locating Missing Woman (https://www.newspapers.com/image/1022605647/?terms=%22Mengqi%22&match=1) Columbia Daily Tribune Sun, Dec 08, 2019 - Officials Face Challenges in Search (https://www.newspapers.com/image/1023246557/) Columbia Daily Tribune Nov. 9, 2021 - Joseph Elledge Admits to Burying Mengqi Ji’s Body (https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/courts/2021/11/09/joseph-elledge-testifies-his-murder-trial-mengqi-ji-missouri-missing-woman/6351282001/) The Kansas City Star Sun, Mar 01, 2020 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/642645740/) The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories https://audioboom.com/channels/5096973-the-minds-of-madness-true-crime-stories Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/40591473/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8511660/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>