Missing Missouri woman Jacquelyn Elizabeth Mitchell has been found dead a week after she disappeared as a suspect in the case allegedly admitted to killing her.
After Jacquelyn Mitchell’s body was found in an apartment on Monday night, a suspect was charged with multiple crimes on Tuesday.
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Maryland Heights, Missouri Police Chief Bill Carson said Jacquelyn Jacque Elizabeth Mitchell was discovered on Monday night.
The discovery came a day after her car was found parked at an apartment complex on Sunday.
The missing woman had reportedly been dead for about six days, investigators said.
As the search for Jacquelyn Mitchell continued, investigators received a video of a man driving her car.
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Authorities worked to identify and search for the man and found Mitchell’s body while carrying out a search warrant.
Joseph John Dejoie, was charged with murder and multiple other crimes on Tuesday.
Police said that Dejoie admitted he was responsible for Mitchell’s death, per charging documents obtained by local NBC affiliate KSDK.
Dejoie also reportedly told cops he wiped down Mitchell’s body and car after she died to get rid of the evidence.
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Mitchell reportedly went to Dejoie’s apartment after she left an Irish pub on March 14.
An investigator with the St. Charles Police Department said that Mitchell and Dejoie “hung out in the same areas,” according to KSDK.
An autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of death.
Dejoie has been charged with second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse, KSDK reported.
He is being held at the St. Louis County Justice Center on a $1million bond.
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