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Jonathan G. Houston, a 44-year-old former corrections officer, has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife in front of their seven children in Missouri. According to charging documents obtained by KOMU, one child called 911 and reported being kidnapped and abused regularly by their father. When police arrived at the Baymont Inn & Suites in Kingdom City on Sunday, they learned that Houston had strangled his wife 10 months earlier while forcing some of his children to help cover up the crime. Houston is charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping; he confessed to the killing and has been held without bond since his arrest.
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On Sunday, Jonathan G. Houston, a 44-year-old former correctional officer from Missouri, was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife in front of their seven children. One child called the police from a Baymont Inn & Suites in Kingdom City after being abused and kidnapped by Houston. When officers arrived, they were told that Houston had strangled his wife 10 months earlier. He reportedly forced one child to pour hot water on her legs while another covered her mouth during the incident. Additionally, he locked three younger children in a bathroom with loud music playing to drown out any sounds of abuse or murder. Houston confessed to investigators and admitted to disposing of his wife’s body in a hotel dumpster. The case highlights severe domestic abuse and child endangerment by a trusted former corrections officer.
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A former correctional officer allegedly murdered his wife in front of his seven kids — and even got some of them to help, according to Missouri cops.
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Jonathan G. Houston, 44, was arrested after one of his seven children called 911 from a Missouri hotel and whispered to police that she and her siblings were kidnapped and regularly abused by their father, according to charging documents obtained by KOMU.
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When responding cops found them Sunday at the Baymont Inn & Suites in Kingdom City, one of the kids told them that their dad had strangled their mother in front of them 10 months earlier, police wrote.
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While Houston had his wife by the throat, he forced one child to pour hot water down her legs — and another to cover her mouth to stifle her screams, according to charging documents.
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He had locked the three youngest children in the bathroom and played loud music so they wouldn’t hear their mom being murdered, according to court records.
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Houston allegedly threw his wife’s body in a trash bag and tossed it into a dumpster on hotel property.
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The mom, who has not been otherwise identified, was never reported missing.
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Houston confessed to investigators that he killed his wife and had planned it ahead of time, according to the charging documents.
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He is also under investigation for a prior sexual assault and the assault of other victims, according to police.
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“At this point we’re 48 hours afterwards on a crime that we’re already 10 months behind on,” Chief Deputy of the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office
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Curtis Hall told KOMU.
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“We have to be mindful of what we can release and what we should release”
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Houston was charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping and is being held without bond.
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The children were taken into protective custody, cops said.
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