Category: first-degree murder trial

Defense Attorney: Chinese Woman’s Death a ‘Tragic Accident’

COLUMBIA, Mo.—The attorney for a Missouri man accused of killing his Chinese wife in 2019 said Tuesday that the woman’s death was a “tragic accident” that was caused when she fell and hit her head during an argument with her husband. During opening statements in Joseph Elledge’s first-degree murder trial, defense attorney Scott Rosenblum said…


Mollie Tibbetts’s Boyfriend Testifies in Murder Trial, ‘Wholeheartedly’ Believes Suspect Is Guilty

The boyfriend of a University of Iowa student testified Wednesday that he had nothing to do with her 2018 abduction and stabbing death, saying he had been out of town for work and was heartbroken by her slaying, and he “wholeheartedly” believes the suspect is guilty. Dalton Jack, the longtime boyfriend of Mollie Tibbetts, was…