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The suspect in the case of a missing Columbia woman received more charges relating to child abuse Friday.
Joseph Elledge is now facing another count of child abuse and two more counts of child endangerment.
One of those endangerment charges relates to the disappearance of his wife, Mengqi Ji Elledge.
It says Joseph endangered their child by separating it from its mother. She has been missing since October. Divers went looking for her again Friday in the Lamine River in Cooper County.
Joseph has an arraignment scheduled for Monday at 1:30 p.m.
