Joseph Elledge was convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of his wife, Mengqi Ji. AdvertisementJi met Elledge after she moved to the U.S. from China to study engineering at the University of Missouri. But Elledge said Ji’s death was accidental. Elledge said he discovered in the days before Ji’s death that she had been exchanging sexually suggestive messages on social media with a man from China. But Knight said in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday night that the defense “fabricated” the story that Ji’s death was accidental.

Source: Huffington Post January 08, 2022 17:01 UTC