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Police divers have searched for a missing Chinese woman in a river in central Missouri.
Divers searched throughout the day Tuesday for Mengqi Ji Elledge, of Columbia, in the Lamine River in Cooper County. They also searched the river last week but didn’t find Elledge, who has been missing since October 8.
The Columbia Missourian reported after the search was called off Tuesday that police spokesman Jeff Pitts declined to say if any progress was made.

Police have not said what evidence prompted them to search the river.
However Assistant Columbia Police Chief Jeremiah Hunter said: “We’re pretty confident that we’re looking in the right area”.
Missing Chinese woman Mengqi Ji Elledge’s one-year-old daughter at centre of grandparents’ custody battle in US
Police have identified her husband, Joseph Elledge, as a suspect but he isn’t charged in her disappearance.
He had told detectives that he had taken a drive through rural areas of surrounding counties on the day of his 28-year-old wife’s disappearance.
Police announced in October that the investigation has led detectives to suspect foul play.

Joseph Elledge, a University of Missouri student, is jailed on US$500,000 bond on charges of child endangerment and abuse. The couple has a one-year-old daughter.
Charging documents say the abuse occurred in February, and the girl’s mother wanted to notify the police at the time, but she gave him another chance after he promised he wouldn’t do it again.
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Police had earlier said that Mengqi Ji Elledge’s family had flown to Columbia so they could be present as the investigation unfolded.
Mengqi Ji Elledge was awarded a master’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Missouri in December 2014.
She previously attended the East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai.


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Police divers search Missouri river for missing Chinese woman Mengqi Ji Elledge

Mengqi Ji Elledge has been missing since October 8. Photo: Columbia Police Department

This undated photo provided by Boone County Sheriff's Department in Columbia, Mo., shows Joseph Elledge. The University of Missouri student was charged Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, with abuse or neglect of a child as authorities continue searching for his wife, Menqi Ji Elledge, a graduate of the school who is from China. Menqi Ji Elledge was last seen on Oct. 9. The parents of Menqi Ji Elledge and her jailed U.S. husband both want guardianship of the couple's 1-year-old daughter. An attorney for the parents of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji Elledge said a written statement that it is in the "best interest" of the child that they obtain custody, instead of their son-in-law's mother, Jean Elledge. A hearing is set for Monday Nov. 4, 2019. (Boone County Sheriff's Department via AP)

Divers from the Mid-Missouri Sheriff's Dive Team searched waterways last month for Mengqi Ji Elledge of Columbia, who has been missing since October 8. Photo: Mid-Missouri Sheriff's Dive Team

Missing Chinese woman Mengqi Ji Elledge’s one-year-old daughter at centre of grandparents’ custody battle in US

Mengqi Ji Elledge was last seen at her residence in Columbia, Missouri, on October 8. Photo: Photo: Columbia Police Department

Slain scholar Zhang Yingying may never be buried in China, father says after learning gruesome details of what happened to her body

Visiting Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying was who was murdered in 2017 by Brendt Christensen. Photo: University of Illinois police via EPA-EFE

Members of the Zhang family support Lifeng Ye, second from left, mother of murdered University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang, as attorney Zhidong Wang, foreground, translates a statement from the father, Ronggao Zhang, during a news conference, Thursday, July 18, 2019, at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Peoria, Ill. Brendt Christensen was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for Yingying Zhang's kidnapping and murder. (Matt Dayhoff/Journal Star via AP)

Ronggao Zhang, middle, father of murdered University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang, speaks to the media in Chinese as attorney Zhidong Wang, left, translates during a news conference, Thursday, July 18, 2019, at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Peoria, Ill. In background is Yingying's boyfriend Xiaolin Hou. Brendt Christensen was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for Yingying Zhang's kidnapping and murder. (Matt Dayhoff/Journal Star via AP)

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Police have been searching for Mengqi Ji Elledge, who has been missing since October 8
Her husband is in custody over child abuse charges, but has not been charged in disappearance



Mengqi Ji Elledge’s husband is in custody over child abuse charges, and has not been charged in wife’s disappearance.


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Police divers search Missouri river for missing Chinese woman Mengqi Ji Elledge

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Police have been searching for Mengqi Ji Elledge, who has been missing since October 8

Her husband is in custody over child abuse charges, but has not been charged in disappearance