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Jury recommends 28 years for Missouri man in wife’s murder

Joseph Elledge sits prior to the reading of the verdict in his trial Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, 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) Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Knight waits in the courtroom for the reading of the verdict in Joseph Elledge's trial Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, 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) 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) Joseph Elledge, center, sits while his lawyers look in the direction of his mother 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. After deliberating for almost seven hours, a 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) Boone County, Mo. Prosecuting Attorney Dan Knight presents his closing argument during murder trial of Joseph Elledge on Thursday Nov. 11, 2021, in Columbia, Mo. Elledge is accused of killing his 28-year-old wife, whom he reported missing in October 2019. Her remains were found in March in a park near Columbia, Mo. (Don Shrubshell/Columbia Daily Tribune via AP, Pool)