48 Hours Season 35 The Tree That Helped Solve a Murder 2022
On Oct. 10, 2019, Joseph Elledge, then 23, reported his wife, Mengqi Ji, missing. Elledge told Columbia, Mo., police that he believed his wife may have left him and their 1-year-old daughter for another man with whom he said she had an online relationship. But when police searched the couple's apartment, they found a muddy pair of Elledge's boots - evidence that would become important months later, after Ji's remains were found buried under a juniper tree. Elledge's boots were found to have several juniper tree needles stuck to the soles. 48 HOURS correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on how DNA from those needles was linked to the tree directly above Ji's shallow grave, providing prosecutors with the evidence they needed to help convict Elledge of her murder.
- Released: 2022-12-10
- Runtime: 42 minutes
- Genre: News, Crime, Documentary
- Stars:
- Director: Nancy Kramer, Peter Marchetti, Matthew DeVoe, Judy Tygard
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1. The Shooting of Lauren Kanarek 2022-09-17
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2. A Man with a Past 2022-09-24
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3. Death Hits Home: The Hargan Killings 2022-10-01
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4. The Strange Death of Professor Shockley 2022-10-15
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5. The Kidnapping of Schanda Handley 2022-10-22
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6. The Snapchat Clue 2022-11-05
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7. The 'Unsolvable' Murder of Roxanne Wood 2022-11-12
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8. Last Seen in Breckenridge 2022-11-19
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9. The Case Against Michael Politte 2022-11-26
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10. The Betrayal of Linda Slaten 2022-12-03
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11. The Tree That Helped Solve a Murder 2022-12-10
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12. The Idaho Student Murders 2023-01-07
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13. Scott Peterson: Case in Question 2023-01-14
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14. The Daughters Who Disappeared 2023-01-21
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15. The Death of an Officer's Wife 2023-01-28
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17. The Brighton Ax Murder 2023-02-25
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18. The Trial of Alex Murdaugh 2023-03-04
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19. What Angelina Saw 2023-03-11
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20. Remembering the Chowchilla Kidnapping 2023-03-18
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22. Kassanndra's Secret 2023-04-08
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23. Christy and Hilda's Last Dance 2023-04-15
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24. Alisa Mathewson's Night Terrors 2023-04-22
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25. Lamar Johnson: Standing in Truth 2023-04-29
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26. Where Is Diana Duve? 2023-05-06
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27. Lori Vallow Daybell: Guilty 2023-05-13
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28. A Stabbing in Colts Neck 2023-05-20
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29. The Case of the Poison Cheesecake 2023-06-03
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30. NEEDS DELETED 2022-04-30
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31. NEEDS DELETED 2022-05-07
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32. NEEDS DELETED 2022-05-21
