JACQUE SUE WALLER - 39 yo - Jackson/ Cape Girardeau MO

At least 100 people gathered at Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield on
Saturday to pray for the safe return of a missing mother of three.
More than three days after 39-year-old Jacque Sue Waller was last seen
in Jackson, police haven't found or announced an arrest connected to her
disappearance, though they announced Friday the seizure of a boat and a
truck in the case.
Waller was last seen at 5 p.m. Wednesday, and on Thursday police
announced the Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad was
looking into her disappearance.

Jacque Sue Waller's vehicle sits in a garage
in Jackson on Friday, June 3, 2011, after police combed it for evidence.
Police are asking anyone who saw the vehicle after 5 p.m. Wednesday to
contact them.
(Erin Hevern)
Although Waller was still missing Saturday, police located a boat they
said Thursday was connected to the investigation, according to Jackson
Lt. Rodney Barnes, public information officer for the case squad. They
also found a red truck belonging to the missing woman's husband at the
home where he was staying in the 1100 block of Woodland Drive.
Barnes said Friday that authorities searched property, including a pond
behind the home, in the 1100 block of Woodland Drive, where they found
the four-door GMC Sierra. No new discoveries were reported to the
Southeast Missourian on Saturday.
The major case squad was activated Thursday to search for Waller, who
was last seen in the area of Woodland Drive and North Neal Street.
"They took me seriously from the minute I walked into the building,"
said Cheryl Brenneke, Waller's sister, at the prayer service Saturday.
"I can't say enough about the Jackson Police Department and the major
case squad. They are building a case."
Waller had been living with Brenneke and her family in Ste. Genevieve since March.
Barnes couldn't say where or when the boat was located and wouldn't say
how the two investigations were connected. The owner of the boat has not
been identified. He has also continued to be tight-lipped on the
circumstances of Waller's disappearance.
"I'm not going to put out anything that will compromise the investigation," he said.

Clay Waller's truck sits in a garage at the
Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department Friday, June 3, 2011, after
police searched it in connection with the investigation into Jacque Sue
Waller's disappearance.
(Erin Hevern)
Barnes said Thursday it's not common for the case squad to join a
missing person investigation but the out-of-character nature of Waller's
disappearance concerned the case squad.
Several Jackson residents living in the area where Waller was last seen
said Thursday night they hadn't seen anything out of the ordinary in
their neighborhood the day police say Waller disappeared. Waller's blue
Honda Pilot was found abandoned at mile marker 105 on Interstate 55 in the Fruitland area.
By Friday, many in the neighborhood had heard of Waller's disappearance
and news of police investigating a missing boat triggered Renee Tilley'smemory.
Tilley, who lives along North Neal Street, said between 5:30 and 6 p.m.
Wednesday she saw a blue sport utility vehicle speed west along Morton
Street and then turn onto Neal Street. A boat, she said, was on a
trailer behind the vehicle.
"And there wasn't a woman driving that thing, either. There was a man behind the wheel," Tilley said.

A boat sits in a garage at the Cape Giradeau
Sheriff's Department in Jackson Friday, June 3, 2011. Investigators
searched the boat after it was seized in connection with the
disappearance of Jacque Sue Waller, who went missing Wednesday.
(Erin Hevern)

She didn't report the incident to police, because at the time she
thought someone was just driving too fast through the neighborhood.
Investigators interviewed her Friday afternoon, she said.
In a Facebook post Thursday, Waller's mother, Ruby Rawson, wrote that
her daughter had gone to Cape Girardeau to file for divorce Wednesday
and hadn't been seen since. Also in her post she had asked friends to
pray for their family. Waller's longtime friend, Amy King of Benton,
Mo., said Thursday Waller had left her husband, Clay Waller, a few weeks
ago. Waller has three 5-year-old triplets who have not been reported missing.
Brenneke said Saturday that she knew something had gone wrong when her
sister didn't return to Ste. Genevieve in the time frame she should have.
"We want her found one way or the other," she said, addressing the prayer service crowd.
Tina Brugger said Friday she and many others in the area are feeling uneasy about the situation.
"I'm nervous," she said. "I'm wondering if it's safe for my kids to be playing in this neighborhood."
The case squad was formed to assist local law enforcement with
investigating serious crimes, giving them additional resources during
the crucial early hours of a homicide or other criminal investigation.
Anyone with information should call Jackson police at 243-3151.
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1733315.html

Blood evidence was found at Clay Waller's house, father says



Friday, July 22, 2011
By Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian


Paula Martin of Jackson hikes through a wooded
area northeast of Cape Girardeau Sunday, June 26, 2011 in search of her
friend Jacque Waller. Around 30 friends and family members led the
search for Waller who has been missing since June 1.
(Laura Simon)
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Attorney Scott Reynolds said a paraphrase that used
the word "proves" was misappropriated to a statement he made that his
client, Clay Waller, had nothing to do with Jacque's disappearance.
Reynolds said he has evidence that does not prove, but rather supports,
that Clay Waller was not involved in her disappearance. Reynolds' direct
quote was as follows: "I have substantial evidence Clay was not
involved in the disappearance."
There have been mumblings for weeks that blood was found somewhere in
the house where Clay Waller was staying at the time of his wife's
disappearance.

On Thursday, Jacque Sue Waller's father said rumors of blood are true.

"I've seen it," said Stan Rawson, a former deputy sheriff and police
officer in the St. Louis area. "But that's all I'm going to confirm.
There's a ton of evidence. ... Just suffice to say there is blood
evidence. I saw the evidence bags."

When prodded, Rawson -- who met with law enforcement again Wednesday to
discuss the case -- also acknowledged that the blood was found in the
Jackson house where Waller was staying. Rawson wouldn't elaborate
further, he said, for fear of compromising the investigation into his
daughter's June 1 disappearance.

The 39-year-old mother of triplets was last seen at the house in Jackson
where her husband, Clay Waller, was staying, though he has since moved.
Her SUV was found abandoned near Fruitland along Interstate 55 with a
flat tire. On July 13, an area resident found her business cards near a
mailbox along Highway 177, fewer than 10 miles from where her vehicle
was found.

Police have called Clay Waller a person of interest in the disappearance and said that they suspect foul play.

Waller's lawyer, Scott Reynolds, wouldn't say whether he had any
knowledge of blood evidence. But even if there was, Reynolds said, it
doesn't prove anything.

"If that's true, why are police still stating that Clay is not a
suspect?" Reynolds said. "If they have that evidence, it's amazing he's
still not listed as a suspect. Police have also said that they have no
evidence that a crime has been committed."

If the evidence does exist, it may or may not be relevant, Reynolds
said, adding that just knowing that there was blood raises more
questions than it answers: "How much blood? Whose blood? How long had it
been there? A few drops? A couple pints? And why would someone not
clean it up if a crime had been committed?"

And Reynolds said they have "substantial" evidence of their own --
evidence that proves that his client had nothing to do with Jacque's
disappearance.

"My heart goes out to the Rawsons, they're good people," Reynolds said.
"But I'm very confident with the evidence we have that shows Clay had
nothing to do with it. We are still hoping for Jacque's safe return."

Law enforcement officials said they would not comment on any of the
evidence collected as part of the investigation, including blood
evidence.

"We don't want to jeopardize the case in any way," Jackson police chief
James Humphreys said. "We're not willing to discuss that."

But Humphreys did say that they have around 260 leads in the
investigation that officers are tirelessly running them down "until they
turn into something or they don't."

Investigators have sent some potential evidence to the state crime lab
and the FBI is investigating others, Humphreys said. It may seem to some
like the wait has been lengthy, but Humphreys said that this is not the
only case that the labs are concerned with.

"We're not the only missing person case or homicide case in our state,"
he said. "It's obviously a priority to us, but we're in line behind
other cases and those cases are a priority to them. But we're still
waiting on those lab results that may lead us in another direction."

The story of Jacque Sue Waller's disappearance has garnered national
attention, with stories running on ABC's "Good Morning America," Fox
News and most recently, a brief segment on Wednesday night's edition of
Nancy Grace that included Humphreys and Jacque Waller's sister.

Humphreys is still confident that Waller will be found.

Family and friends of the missing woman have organized numerous searches since she disappeared.

"We're still searching," he said. "We hope we find her soon."
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1746447.html

Jacque Waller's father expects break in the case this week



Wednesday, July 27, 2011
By Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian



Volunteers head out to their search area
Saturday, July 23, 2011 in an area of south Cape Girardeau. Around 140
volunteers including people on horseback and several cadaver dogs
searched areas in Cape Girardeau County for Jackie Waller and any
evidence of her whereabouts. Waller, a mother of triplets, has been
missing since June 1.

Stan Rawson, the father of Jacque Sue Waller, said Tuesday he has reason
to think that there will be a break this week in the case involving his
daughter's disappearance nearly two months ago.
And it's more than a hunch, Rawson said -- his prediction is based on
recent conversations he's had with police officers investigating the
case. Police, however, said they did not know what to make of Rawson's claims.

"There's going to be something happen this week," said Rawson, a former
police officer in the St. Louis area. "I'm not just talking through my hat on this one."

Rawson would not elaborate on what he expects that break to be, only to
say that investigators "have a whole truckload of leads." He said his
prediction does not mean that his daughter, missing since June 1, will
be found this week, however.

Rawson and other members of Jacque's family have made no secret about
who they think is responsible -- her husband, Clay Waller, who was the
last person known to see Jacque before she disappeared. Jacque Sue
Waller was last seen in Jackson at Woodland Drive and North Neal Street.
Police have repeatedly described Clay Waller as a person of interest
and said that they suspect foul play. Clay Waller has maintained his innocence throughout.

Clay Waller's lawyer, Scott Reynolds, said he has heard for more than a
month that a "break" is expected soon. Reynolds asked the big question
on Tuesday: "What is it that's supposed to happen? What exactly is it?"

Reynolds questioned the wisdom of airing information about the case to
the public. Rawson also told other media outlets that he expects a break
in the case this week and told the Southeast Missourian that blood
evidence had been found at Clay Waller's home after the disappearance.

"I have all the respect for Mr. Rawson, but I wish he would let the police inform the public as opposed to him," Reynolds said.

The police should be left to gather information and release it when they see fit, Reynolds said.

"We're speculating and basing it on hearsay and rumors," Reynolds said.
"Let the police do their job. ... Because I want to know what it is
that's supposed to break. I'll deal with it when it does break, if it does."

Investigators said that they did not know what to say about Rawson's claims.

"I'm working a criminal investigation," said Lt. David James with the
Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department. "If they're confident
something's going to happen -- I don't know what to tell you. I don't
have time to evaluate that."

Rawson also shared his opinion Tuesday about his daughter's business
cards that were found July 13 near a mailbox on Highway 177 near Procter
& Gamble. Police at the time said they did not know how long the
business cards for Blue Cross Blue Shield, where Waller was a manager,
had been there.

But Rawson said that he does not believe his daughter put them there.

"There's no way that she could have," he said. "They were put there a couple of days before they were found."

He said the cards, found in a plastic case, were in near mint condition
and were not as worn as they would have been had they been left in the
elements from June 1 to July 13. Rawson said he saw the business cards.

He said he believes the person who put them there had access to his
daughter's purse because that's where she kept the business cards.

"I believe he wanted to lead people in that direction," Rawson said. "He
wanted to throw us off the trail. He spread some breadcrumbs over in
that direction so people would be looking in the wrong direction."

http://www.semissourian.com/story/1747451.html

Jacque Waller missing: Plans to leave volatile marriage on-again, off-again

Missing Persons Examiner
July 27, 2011

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri (Isabelle Zehnder reporting) -- On
Wednesday, friends and family of missing Missouri mother of triplets,
Jacque Sue Waller, spoke out saying Jacque’s plans to leave her volatile
marriage were on-again, off-again, and for good reason.

After months of trying to leave her husband last March Jacque finally
walked away from her 15-year marriage to James “Clay” Waller. But, her
friends and family say, it was an uphill battle.

Jacque said all she wanted was out - out of the marriage and away
from the fear and dread of living another day with a man who she
believed was capable of murder.

Two of Jacque’s good friends, Kristin and Elizabeth, said that for
over a year before she went missing Jacque told them that Clay
repeatedly threatened to kill her and her three kids.

Clay’s lawyer, Scott Reynolds,
said those were just threats, it doesn’t mean he had anything to do
with Jacque’s disappearance. His client, Clay, claims his innocence and
says police and his community are on a witch hunt. Read: Ex hires lawyer with troubles of his own.

Jacque's friends and family disagree and believe Clay had everything to do with Jacque's disappearance.

Last year they say Clay took the threats to a whole new level.
According to Jacque’s sister, Cheryl Brenneke, Clay dragged Jacque
outside, put a gun in her mouth, and told her she was going to commit
suicide.

“I remember Jacque telling me Clay would ask her:

'You didn’t tell anyone about this, did you?’

And Jacque would respond:

‘Of course not, Clay’.

"So honestly," Cheryl said, "I don’t think Clay thought this was
coming. He didn’t count on this and I don't think he beleived she told
anyone.”

Elizabeth and Kristin said a similar incident occurred in December
2010, and that this time Clay slammed Jacque against a wall, dragged her
outside the house, pointed a gun to her head, handed the gun to her,
and then told her to shoot herself. She managed to get away from him and
eventually talk him into disassembling the gun. Read: Jacque Wallers friends, co-workers say threats turned to domestic violence.

For three more months Jacque put up with repeated threats of violence
against her and the children. Following the Dec. 2010 incident, Kristin
said Jacque had a new sense of urgency about wanting to leave Clay.
“She went from ‘I want to leave Clay’ to ‘I have to leave Clay’ for the
sake of her life and the kids’ lives,” Kristin said. “After the incident
in December he made a believer out of her with that gun.” By the end of
March 2011, Jacque had moved out for good.

Stil, from the time she moved to her sister and brother-in-law's home
until she went missing June 1, Jacque told her friends and family that
Clay continued to verbally threaten her life and the lives of the kids.

[There is help for women of domestic violence - for information scroll to the end of this article.]

Why did it take her so long to leave?

Many people don't understand why women who are in an abusive
relationship don't simply walk away, especially when their lives or the
lives of their children are threatened. It's not that they don't want to
- it's that they are scared to leave.

Sometimes, they know they just can't leave and that doing so, or
threatening to do so, can cost them their lives. Jacque's case is no
different. What most women in abusive relationships don't know is that
there is help available [more below under "Lack of Info."]

Her friends remember Jacque telling them that Clay warned her saying
that as soon as she felt safe “that’s when I’m gonna get you.”

Cheryl said during a phone conversation Wednesday, “Whenever I’d tell
her to just leave and to call police Jacque would tell me ‘you just
don’t know what he’s capable of and I do. I just don’t want to be dead.

“Jacque told me that in his mind Clay would justify anything he did
to her, and that he told her he may have to kill her because she knew
too much about his business dealings," Cheryl said.

In January 2011, according to her friends and family Jacque started
talking about moving herself and the children to Farmington with Cheryl
and her husband Bob.

“Jacque had made numerous attempts to leave Clay during the months of
January through March,” Kristin said. “She would pack up the kids and
take enough clothes and things she needed for the weekend with the hope
of going back to the house to get the remainder of their things.”

Kristin and Elizabeth said that for over a year before Jacque went
missing, she and Clay separated numerous times but would get back
together until she finally left for good in March 2011.

“It was hard for me to understand why she’d return to him after he’d
made all those threats. It’s also hard for me to explain it but I’ll
try,” Kristin said.

“She’d go to her sisters and then come back to Clay," she said. "I’d
wonder why, when she was somewhere safe, she’d return to him after all
the threats he’d make against her life and the lives of her kids. Those
kids were everything to her."

Kristin said, “When she was threatening to leave he would threaten to
kill her or the kids. When she came home he’d ask, ‘What’s for dinner?’
as though nothing ever happened. Jacque told Kristin she felt she could
make his threats stop by returning home.

“Jacque explained to me that she felt it was better for her to be
there with Clay because she could get a better sense of what Clay was
thinking or planning.

“Jacque said when things got out of hand she would be able to talk
Clay down and calm him down. She felt that she knew what to do and that
she had more control when she was there with Clay then when she was away
and didn’t know what was on his mind.

“She said she couldn’t read him as well when she was gone. Having to
share the children with him, it was more frightening to turn the kids
over to him when she wasn’t aware of what his state of mind was at the
time. I think it was her way of trying to protect her children,” Kristin
said.

Jacque said she felt Clay wasn’t living in reality and wasn’t
accepting the truth of her wanting to leave him. Jacque told Kristin
that after he would threaten her and/or the kids, he would wake up the
next morning, give her gifts, and act like everything was fine and that
they’d be together forever.

“I found it interesting that Clay said recently that they weren’t
‘estranged’,” Kristin said, “when she’d been living in Farmington since
mid-March and he’d rented another house before then.”

It took Jacque until March to realize the threats were not going to
stop and she could not stop perpetuating the cycle, Kristin said.

Pieces of the puzzle

"Before she vanished Kristin and I realized that Jacque was sharing
information with each of us," Elizabeth said, "and that sometimes she'd
tell Kristin certain parts, and she'd tell me other parts of the same
event. We've realized that even more since she went missing."

Missing West Valley City, Utah mother of two little boys, Susan Cox Powell, whose friends and family compared notes after she vanished, said they discovered the same thing.

Susan would tell one person one piece of the story, and tell someone
else another piece of the story. When they put it all together, they
realized how bad the situation really was for Susan.

It appears the same thing is playing out in Jacque's case.

Click here to read more about Susan's case. Her friends say they see similarities between the two women's cases.

Lack of information

“Sadly, there’s not enough help for women in Jacque’s situation," Kristin said.

Before threats turned to violence, Kristin tried to find information
on how to deal with the death threats. “When I would type ‘domestic
violence’ the results would be about husbands who were physically
abusing their wives. It was very difficult to find information about
husbands who were threatening, but not hitting their wives.”

What's sad is that one woman, Susan Murphy-Milano, has worked
diligently to get this information out to women in Jacque's situation.
Susan, a Violent Relationship Strategist and Author, was a victim of
domestic abuse and understands fully what people like Jacque are going through.

Susan wrote the book "Time's Up"
that explains what women who are in an abusive relationship should do
before they plan to leave. Susan created the "Evidentiary Abuse
Affidavit" that she says all women in abusive relationships should
provide to loved ones for safe keeping before they ever mention leaving the relationship.

What happened to Jacque is not new, it's a scenario that's played out
over and over again. Yet women like Jacque and her friends were not
aware that this information was readily available online.

Therefore, if you know a woman who is in an abusive relationship, it is suggested you share the www.susanmurphymilano.com website with her so she can learn the steps she needs to take to protect herself.

False sense of security

Cheryl said during a phone call Wednesday that two days before Jacque
went missing Clay’s entire persona changed. “After a year-and-a-half of
threats at the mention of ‘separation’ or ‘divorce’ suddenly he acted
like he was accepting the divorce. He even told Jacque they could part
as friends,” Cheryl said.

On the day she went missing the couple met with lawyers. “He [Clay]
was mad because he didn’t walk away with a chunk of money like he’d
hoped. He raised hell in the lawyer’s office because he wanted the cash.
Jacque had already given him $14,000 and he was furious when he
realized that money would be considered in the divorce settlement,” Cheryl said.

“Even after I warned her not to trust him after all the threats and
violence,” Cheryl said, “She told me she thought maybe he’d turned a corner.”

Cheryl said she thinks he figured no one knew about the abuse, no one
would come to Jacque’s defense, and that he’d walk away with the life insurance and her 401K.

And remember, Jacque repeatedly told her friends that Clay warned her
saying that as soon as she felt safe “that’s when I’m gonna get you.”

The day she vanished

Jacque vanished on the day she and Clay met with their lawyers to sign divorce papers.

Jacque’s friends and family say that after meeting with the lawyers
Jacque wanted to head back to Farmington where she was living with her
sister, and where she had rented a new house for her and the kids.
Before leaving she needed to pick up her son, Maddox. Clay told her
Maddox was at his house while her son was actually with a “babysitter.”

Jacque drove to Clay’s home in Jackson and was never seen or heard
from again. Blood evidence was found in Clay’s home, her father Stan
Rawson said. Police have named Clay the only person of interest in her
disappearance and say they believe her disappearance was staged to make
it look like an abduction.

Jacque’s family and friends believe that the very thing Clay
repeatedly said would happen came true – that leaving him would be a
death sentence for her.

Clay says police and his community are on a witch hunt, and claims his innocence.

Contact police:

Police ask if you see Jacque or have any information to call Jackson Police (573) 243-3151.


The police are interested in a Red 2009 GMC Sierra pickup truck with 4 doors during this same time frame.

The truck may have been pulling an aluminum V-bottom boat with an 8-horse Johnson motor on the black trailer.

Jacque’s car, a blue 2006 Honda Pilot, MO Plates HA5-D5J was found in
I-55 near the 105-mile marker (near Jackson/Fruitland) abandoned and
with a flat tire.

Would you like to donate to the triplets or the reward fund?

Two funds have been set up with US Bank:

The “Jacque Waller Family Fund” for care of the triplets; and

The “Justice for Jacque Fund” which offers a reward for the information leading to Jacque

Find a US Bank location here: www.usbank.com.

Help for women of domestic violence

There is help for women in crisis who are victims of domestic abuse.

In the Cape Girardeau / SE Missouri area - Safe House for Women - Local Hotline Number 1-800-341-1830.

Outside the SE Missouri area - National Domestic Violence Hotline - 1-800-799-SAFE (7233.)

Website: Valuable information on steps women can take to protect themselves: www.susanmurphymilano.com.

"Time's Up" explains what women who are in an abusive relationship should do before they plan to leave.



Jacque Sue Waller missing from Missouri June 1 2011
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August 1st, 2011

The estranged husband of a missing Missouri
mother was arrested Friday night on charges unrelated to her
disappearance, but he was reportedly questioned for seven hours after he
was taken into custody.

40-year-old Clay Waller was arrested for stealing by deceit and
harassment and was held on a $65,000 cash-only bond. He was scheduled to
be arraigned Monday afternoon, but CNN affiliate KSDK reported that his
court appearance was delayed because his attorney requested a change of
the judge handling the case.

Waller is the only person of interest in the June 1 disappearance of
Jacque Waller, a 39-year-old mother of triplets. Clay Waller was the
last person known to have seen her, and police say he has not been
cooperative with their investigation.

The stealing charge, a class B felony, stems from a $55,000 payment
Waller’s Triple C Development, LLC received in April 2010 from Delta
Companies, Inc as an advance payment for materials to finish the
interior of a building. According to a probable cause statement, Waller
submitted an invoice for the purchase of steel framing materials, doors
and hardware.

In October 2010, a representative of the
company realized that the work was not being done and requested receipts
for those materials. Waller allegedly could not provide an explanation
for what had happened to the money. The document claims that Waller
eventually admitted he was broke and could not reimburse Delta.

Last Thursday, Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Dennis Overbey spoke to
Waller’s former business partner, who said she was aware of the $55,000
payment and had personally prepared the invoice for it. According to the
statement, she said Waller told her to use the money to pay for
salaries and expenses on an unrelated project.

Waller was charged with harassment for allegedly threatening to kill a
man named Gary Hill on July 27, 2011. The probable cause statement for
that charge alleges that Hill’s wife Cassandra called police to report
that Waller was banging on her door. He was gone when officers arrived,
but Cassandra said Waller had been calling her earlier in the day saying
he would be waiting for her when she came home.

She had asked her husband, from whom she is separated, to call Waller
and tell him to stop, but then on a three-way call, Waller allegedly
“told Gary that he was going to kill Gary because Gary killed Clay’s
wife.” After Waller supposedly said he would kill them both, Cassandra
heard him knocking on her door.

Gary Hill told Cape Girardeau Police Department Sgt. Rodney Barker
that Waller threatened to “kill him like he should have done last week”
and that he said he was “coming to kill you right now.” According to
Barker’s statement, when he contacted Waller, Waller denied making those
threats.

It was not clear from the court documents why Clay Waller would have accused Gary Hill of killing his wife.

Police said last week that, while Waller was communicating with them,
he was not providing the specific answers to questions that they
needed. According to the Southeast Missourian newspaper, Waller has not
explained what happened after his wife walked away from his house on
June 1.

A vigil for Jacque Waller was scheduled for Monday night in the
parking lot of the Blue Cross Blue Shield office where she worked in
Cape Girardeau. Anyone with information about her disappearance is asked
to contact the Jackson Police Department at 573-243-3151.

http://nancygrace.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/01/husband-of-missing-missouri-mother-of-triplets-arrested/?hpt=ng_bn1

http://www.semissourian.com/story/1751470.html

Clay Waller's construction sites have been part of investigation, authorities say



Tuesday, August 9, 2011
By Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian


Clay Waller, right, walks into the Cape
Girardeau Common Pleas Courthouse with attorney Scott Reynolds before a
custody hearing on Tuesday, June 7 2011.
(Kristin Eberts)
[Click to enlarge]



The fact that Clay Waller works in construction has not been lost on law
enforcement officers, who said Monday that his job sites have been a
part of the investigation since his wife's disappearance more than two
months ago.
While they wouldn't say where, the lead investigators said that they've
considered that Jacque Sue Waller's remains may have been disposed of in
cement.

"We've considered a lot of different possibilities, and that's just one
of them," said Jackson police chief James Humphreys. "We don't have
anything substantial to say for sure, but yeah, we've considered that."

Waller, who remained in custody Monday at the Cape Girardeau County Jail
on unrelated stealing and harassment charges, is the only person who
has been identified as a person of interest in his wife's June 1
disappearance.

No testing in any concrete pours has been done, Humphreys said, though
he said there are different ways to do it, including ground-penetrating
radar. Testing of that and other sorts is expensive, he said.

"But if we have to, we will do it or get what we need to do it,"
Humphreys said. "We don't have anything substantial enough to suggest we
need to invest in something like that yet."

Clay Waller is the last person known to have seen Jacque Waller in the
hours before her disappearance, a case that has since garnered national
headlines, especially on cable television news programs. Jacque's family
has made no secret that they believe their son-in-law is the one
responsible for Jacque's disappearance.

That she was buried in cement has also been a bone-chilling thought for
them, said Jacque's father, Stan Rawson. While he said he had no inside
information on that, it would make sense to him if that happened.

"There's nothing that hasn't occurred to us," Rawson said. "But I would
think that would be a perfect way, don't you? I've had my thoughts about
that from the first."

Lt. David James of the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department said
they have looked at construction sites Waller had worked on. But Waller
had worked on many such sites, James said, and nothing has pointed them
to one specific site.

"There's a lot of construction sites and places where concrete has been
poured," James said. "We know he was in the construction industry, and
it's something we'd be keeping in mind."

They've also searched in at least a dozen bodies of water, James said,
including the Mississippi River and the Diversion Channel.

In fact, Humphreys said they are interested in the partly decomposed
body of a woman that was pulled Sunday night from the Mississippi River
near Winfield, Mo. The woman has not been identified, but Humphreys said
he contacted Lincoln County authorities and asked to be contacted when
she was. Authorities there told him they suspected it was a woman who
recently went missing there, Humphreys said.

While that body was found north of the area, Humphreys said barges or tows have been known to drag bodies upriver.

"We are in contact with them, and they are supposed to let us know once they identify the body," he said.

Meanwhile, Clay Waller remained incarcerated. Cape Girardeau County
Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle and Waller's lawyer, Scott Reynolds,
said arraignment has been set for 9 a.m. Aug. 23 in front of Judge
Scott Thomsen. Through his attorney, Waller recently requested a change
of judge.

smoyers@semissourian.com

388-3642

Posted:
Aug 11, 2011 1:01 PM EDT

Thursday, August 11, 2011 1:01 PM EST
Updated:
Aug 11, 2011 6:10 PM EDT

Ten
weeks after Heartland mom Jacque Waller disappeared, Jackson
authorities wait to find out more about a woman's body found north of
St. Louis.

Police Chief James Humphreys says they are waiting to see if authorities can identify the woman.

The Missouri Water Patrol found her body Sunday in the Mississippi River, near the Lock and Dam at Winfield.

Humphreys says they feel they should check
out every possible lead and this discovery happened close enough to the
Heartland to warrant their attention.

In the meantime, Humphreys says new searches in Cape Girardeau County are scheduled for next week.

Volunteers will meet Saturday, August 13 at Circle S Saddle in Gordonville at 8 a.m.

Organizers for the search on Saturday are
asking for donations of water and lunch for searchers. If you're
interested in helping, you can contact Bob Sherrill at 573-339-5989 or
e-mail at gerber5150@yahoo.com.

Waller went missing June 1 after meeting with her estranged husband in Jackson.

Clay Waller, a person of interest in the case, remains in jail on unrelated charges of theft and harassment.


http://www.kfvs12.com/story/15250837/jackson-police-chief-waiting-on-id-of-body#.TkR2pymprwY.twitter

Along with everyone else, Waller triplets awaiting answers

Sunday, August 21, 2011
By Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian


From left, Maddox, Avery and Addison Waller
play on the swing set in their aunt Cheryl's backyard Tuesday in
Farmington, Mo. The 5-year-old triplets have been living with their aunt
since their mother, Jacque Sue Waller, disappeared June 1.
(Laura Simon) [Order this photo]


STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- It's a sunny, late-summer morning and the 5-year-old Waller triplets are goofing off.
Addison, the high-spirited redhead, is riding her bike outside. Avery,
the blond who likes to dance and wear sunglasses, is offering a quick
tour of the room she shares with her sister, annoying her aunt with the
music cranked up.

Maddox, the only boy, is just coming off a fever but still has the
energy for a Popsicle and playing with Tank, the snorting English
bulldog that all the children have grown to adore.

At first glance, their world seems typical.

They're excited about their first day of kindergarten the next day --
all except Maddox, who is ambivalent. They bicker, play video games and
watch SpongeBob. They've spent much of the summer swimming, playing with
friends or deciding between a PlayStation Portable or jumping on the
bed.

It seems an ideal setting for a child, but one thing is noticeably absent -- their parents.

Their mother, Jacque Waller, has been missing since June 1. Their
father, Clay Waller, is in the custody of the Cape Girardeau County
Jail. As has been well documented, Clay is the only one police have
considered a person of interest in Jacque's disappearance. Investigators
suspect foul play but have stopped short of calling Clay a suspect.

Clay Waller has been in jail since July 29 on stealing and harassment
charges, though police say his arrest has nothing to do with Jacque's
disappearance.

But the children don't know any of this. To them, their father is just as missing as their mother.

They just know that they haven't seen their mommy or daddy in quite some time.

In the meantime, they continue to live with Jacque's sister, Cheryl
Brenneke, at her home in rural Ste. Genevieve, along a winding country
road. They have their own rooms that were decorated by Jacque in the
months they lived there since March, when their parents formally
separated.

If you ask the children where their mother is, you might get one of two answers.

"In heaven," they sometimes say.

"Gone, but she's coming back," they say at other times.

Jacque had rented a house in Farmington. When that was mentioned last
week, Avery chimes in: "We're going to go there when Mommy gets back."

Brenneke's 4-year-old grandson came over to play recently. He told the
triplets -- who are referred to affectionately as "the trips" -- that
their mother was never coming back.

The girls responded defiantly: "Yes she is!"

But other times they seem more resigned to what most seem to believe --
that she will never be seen alive again. The children put it in simpler
terms, saying that she's in heaven.

"They just go back and forth," Brenneke said last week. "They really do.
One minute they say that 'Mommy's in heaven," and the next minute they
ask, 'When will she be back?'"

But Brenneke thinks they know what she suspects, that Jacque isn't coming back.

"They know in their hearts," Brenneke said. "They know how much she
loved them. She was their everything. She did everything for these
children. She did it with such ease. Those children know she wouldn't
just walk away. ... That's how they justify that Mommy's in heaven."

Brenneke said the topic of their father comes up, but rarely.

The questions about Clay mainly come from Maddox, a boy asking about his father.

"Where is my daddy?" he'll ask.

Brenneke tells the boy that she doesn't know.

Brenneke says they never talks poorly about Clay to the children, though
Jacque's family believes he is responsible for Jacque's disappearance.

"You know, Aunt Cheryl," Maddox will say, "I have to see my daddy sometime."

She responds with a sigh: "I know, buddy."

The Brennekes, Cheryl and her husband Bob, are technically the
children's foster parents. Police used threats Clay made against Jacque
that were found on her computer as means to get an order of protection
against Clay, forbidding him to see his children.

In July, a judge granted the Brennekes another 90 days of custody.
Cheryl Brenneke said last week they intend to adopt the children as
their own.

Besides, she said, it is what Jacque wanted.

Brenneke remembers a conversation she had with her sister shortly after the triplets were born.

"If anything ever happens to me, I want you to raise those kids," Jacque said, according to Brenneke.

Brenneke said that it was understood by all that she would raise the children, not their father.

"It wasn't even a question," Brenneke said. "Everybody knew I would have
them. We love those kids with everything we've got. They're like our
own. We'll just do it. There's no other option."

Clay Waller sees another option, according to his attorney, Scott
Reynolds. Reynolds said Saturday that Clay's ultimate goal is to be
reunited with his children. It's the natural order of things, especially
for a man who's innocent as Clay has maintained, Reynolds said.

"He's the natural father of the children, so I'd think his rights would
supersede anybody's except the mother's," Reynolds said. "He loves his
children. Not that the Brennekes don't love the children. It's obvious
they do. But as their father, he should be entitled to custody before
anybody else in the world."

Clay asks about his children often, Reynolds said, and is working hard to be freed in order to see them again.

"He has every intention of clearing his name and he has every intention of getting his children back," Reynolds said.

And just as Jacque's family loved the children, so does Clay's family.
They miss the children and have a relationship with the children.

Reynolds said Clay Waller's family members do not want to comment publicly.

Being separated from his children has taken its toll on Clay, Reynolds said.

"That's part of the added stress Clay is going through," Reynolds said.
"I can't get specific, but it has had a negative effect on him."

As the future of the children seems in limbo, they will go to school.
Perhaps worry. They attend counseling once a week. They ask questions
about their parents. No one is sure when they'll get answers.

But Brenneke says the children are doing fine, considering.

"They're good, well-adjusted kids," Brenneke said. "They are doing well or better than other kids would."

One of Brenneke's main goals is to keep the memory of their mother alive.

"That's what kills me more than anything," she said. "I can't stand the
thought of them forgetting her because she was so fantastic. ... It
breaks my heart."

http://www.semissourian.com/story/1755054.html

JMO, but I think the Aunt shouldn't say she doesn't know where their father is. She should tell them the truth. Even at that age they will be torturing themselves with possibilities as to why nobody knows where he his. If she tells them the truth, they will understand he has done something wrong and is in jail for that and that's far better than what their very active imaginations will be coming up with. They need to know he's alive IMO.

September 8th, 2011

Prosecutor Reportedly Claims Husband Admitted Killing Missing Missouri Mother

Prosecutor Reportedly Claims Husband Admitted
Killing Missing Missouri Mother September 8, 2011 According to a local
newspaper, a federal prosecutor claimed in court Thursday that Clay
Waller admitted to his father that he killed his estranged wife.

Jacque Waller, 39, was last seen alive on June 1 at husband Clay
Waller's home following a meeting with an attorney about their pending
divorce. Her car was found on the shoulder of I-55 in Jackson, Missouri
the next day with a flat tire. Clay Waller claimed she had left his
house on foot after an argument.

Waller has repeatedly denied having anything to do with his wife's
disappearance. He had been held on unrelated stealing and harassment
charges since July 29 but he posted bond last Friday. He was then taken
into federal custody for allegedly making threats on an internet message
board.

The Southeast Missourian reported that federal prosecutor Larry
Ferrell said at a hearing Thursday that Waller confessed the killing to
his father. Though county prosecutors have called him a suspect in
Jacque's disappearance, this was the first time any reference to a
confession was made in public.

A probable cause affidavit filed with the federal charges provided
additional details of the investigation, including confirmation that
Jacque Waller's blood was found in Clay's house. FBI Special Agent Bruce
Ritter wrote that Jacque's mother and current boyfriend both told
police that she had documented Clay's threats against her on her
computer at work. Her employer provided the Cape Girardeau County
Sheriff's Office with a copy of her diary containing those threats.

In the 3-page document, attached to Ritter's filing, Jacque recounted
many alleged threats against her life, stated she did not love Clay and
claimed that he told her he committed several crimes, including that he
killed a man during a forest fire in Colorado between 1988 and 1992.
"He told me that a divorce would be my death sentence," she wrote at one
point. She also claimed that he repeatedly threatened to kill their
three children.

Ritter wrote that Clay ripped up a search warrant when it was
executed at his home on June 2. The couple's children were taken into
protective custody because of the alleged threats and they were
temporarily placed with Jacque's sister.

According to the affidavit, the owner of
the home where Clay was living reported a few days later that a carpet
was missing and consented to a search by law enforcement. Ritter and
Cape Girardeau Police Corporal Jeff Bonham discovered blood spatter on
two walls inside. They also collected pieces of carpet that were hidden
in a crawl space, one of which had "a large apparent blood stain" on the
bottom. Lab tests confirmed that the blood on the walls and carpet
contained Jacque's DNA.

When questioned by Ritter, Clay allegedly claimed that Jacque was
injured in the house on the day she disappeared, but he had not
mentioned it sooner because "it was not a big deal." The affidavit
states that Clay said there was an accident in the kitchen that left
Jacque 's face bleeding.

"She started bleeding like a.a lot," Clay reportedly said.

He claimed that she used her hands to catch the blood while she tried
to run to the bathroom, but she tripped and fell in the hallway,
according to the document. He said she remained conscious but was
"thrashing around and was pissed." He then said that they cleaned up the
blood together.

Ritter wrote that Clay admitted to cutting up the bloody carpet and
hiding it because he did not want the homeowner to find it and think
something bad happened.

According to the affidavit, Clay told Ritter that he refused to give
Jacque the keys to her car that day and they got stuck in a tree when he
threw them toward the driveway, which would explain why he last saw her
leaving the house on foot. He continued to deny any involvement in her
disappearance.

Ritter then detailed the alleged threat that led to the federal
charges. A posting on Topix.com at 10:27 am on July 26 in a discussion
of the case, "You are dead I promise If those kids get hurt, your fault,
accident, nobodys fault. Your dad threaten clay, I know he's all talk, I
will get you 5, 10, 25 years from now. You have it coming."

The user name on the post was “Cherl.” Jacque's sister, Cheryl
Brennecke, told authorities that she believed the post was a death
threat directed at her and that she suspected Clay Waller was
responsible. Tracing the IP address of the post to a computer at Plaza
Pawn in Cape Girardeau, investigators obtained a federal search warrant
for the business.

The affidavit states that the store manager told authorities Clay
Waller came into the store on July 26 and asked to use a computer in the
business office. After he left, the owner noted that he had visited
Topix.com and other sites. Time-stamped surveillance video showed Waller
entering the business office at 10:03 am and exiting at 10:51, and that
he was the only person in the office from 10:11 to 10:29. After
decrypting an internet cookie file, investigators verified that the
threat was sent from that computer.

According to the Southeast Missourian, a federal judge denied
Ferrell's request to move the hearing to the assisted living facility
where Clay Waller's father resides, but he continued the proceedings
until Monday to allow Ferrell to depose 71-year-old James Waller about
the alleged confession.

http://nancygrace.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/08/prosecutor-reportedly-claims-husband-admitted-killing-missing-missouri-mother/?hpt=ng_t2

The husband of a Missouri woman who disappeared after a meeting with a
divorce attorney was charged with first-degree murder Monday even
though her body has not been found.

The case of Jacque Waller, a vibrant 39-year-old mother of young
triplets, has captured national attention since she vanished June 1. Her
estranged husband, Clay Waller, already is in federal prison for
threatening his sister-in-law, who has been caring for the couple's
5-year-old triplets since their mother's disappearance.

Cape Girardeau County prosecutor Morley Swingle declined to
comment on his decision to charge Waller with murder. He also filed two
counts of tampering with evidence, accusing Waller of hiding his wife's
body and concealing bloodstained carpet from the hallway of his home in
Jackson, Mo., about 100 miles south of St. Louis.

Waller, 41, does not have a listed attorney. The lawyer who
represented him on the threatening charge said previously he was not
involved in Jacque Waller's case.

Prosecutors in the past have been reluctant to pursue murder
charges when the victim has not been found, though it is becoming more
common as technology improves, including with DNA evidence, said Tad
DiBiase, a former assistant U.S. attorney in Washington and an expert in
prosecuting homicide cases without remains.

Also, with the ability to track people electronically, such as
with cellphones and credit cards, DiBiase said it is becoming far more
difficult to make the argument that a missing person has simply
disappeared. Still, he said, obtaining a conviction without a body is
more difficult.

"The body is the best piece of evidence," DiBiase said. "It tells
you when the murder occurred, how it occurred, how long the person has
been dead. Without a body you are missing all of that information."

The Wallers had been having marital trouble and were on the verge
of a divorce last June, Jacque Waller's father, Stan Rawson told The
Associated Press last year. They used the same attorney and met with him
the day Jacque Waller disappeared.

Her sister, Cheryl Brennecke, became suspicious that evening when
she couldn't reach her. Rawson said Jacque Waller previously confided
to Brennecke that Clay Waller had threatened her.

"There is a bit of relief in knowing that charges have been
brought against Clay Waller," he said Monday in a statement. "The case
is now in the hands of the prosecuting attorney, and we are confident
that we will now finally get justice for our girl."

Jacque Waller's car was found along an interstate a day after she
disappeared. Several searches since then have turned up sporadic leads,
including the discovery of her purse in November near the site where
the car was found.

The FBI said last year that Clay Waller suggested to his father
that he had broken Jacque Waller's neck and buried her in a hole that he
dug in advance. But Clay Waller has not made any confession to police,
and his father died before he could testify.

Waller pleaded guilty in October to threatening Brennecke.
Authorities determined he posted a July 26 message directed at her in an
online forum about the case. It read, in part, "You are dead ... I will
get you 5, 10, 25 years from now. You have it coming."

Brennecke did not comment on the murder charge. A spokeswoman
said Rawson's statement was the only comment the family would make.

Waller was sentenced to five years in federal prison in December and is serving time at a prison in Louisiana.

The couple's children are now living with Brennecke in Bonne Terre, Mo.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/apArticle/id/D9UAR0781/

Jacque Waller disappearance 1 year ago

Written by Kristen Gosling
11:40 AM, Jun 1, 2012

JACKSON, Mo. (AP) - A year after Jacque Waller's disappearance, her family is still struggling to come to grips with the loss of the vibrant mother of young triplets.

Waller was 39 when she was last seen on June 1, 2011. Dozens of searches in southeast Missouri have failed to turn up a body, but Waller's estranged husband, Clay Waller, was charged with first-degree murder in April. Their children, now 6, live with Jacque's sister, Cheryl Brenneke.

Jacque Waller's father, Stan Rawson, told the Southeast Missourian that the loss is almost too much to bear.

Clay Waller faces arraignment on Monday in Jackson. He is already serving prison time for threatening Brenneke in an online posting.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/322170/3/Jacque-Waller-disappearance-1-year-ago

Possible human bones found on Miss. River island in Dyer County

Sunday, July 1, 2012
Dyersburg State Gazette

The Dyer County Sheriff's Department is investigating a case in which alleged human bones were found on Island No. 10 at the Mississippi River.
Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box stated a person riding a four-wheeler on the island found a bone on Thursday afternoon and not knowing exactly what it was he contacted authorities. Box and his investigators went to the location and took possession of the bone and scoured the area to see if any more remains were around. Another bone was found close by and it too was collected.

Chief Investigator Terry McCreight stated the first bone that was found is believed to be a human femur, which is commonly referred to as the thighbone.

Box said the bones would be taken to the Shelby County Medical Examiner's Office in Memphis for examination.

"We sent them off to the examiner's office for them to determine if they are in fact human remains," said Box. "They will also perform DNA analysis for identification purposes."

The island where the bones were found can be seen just south of the Mississippi River Bridge that connects Dyersburg, Tenn. and Caruthersville, Mo. Low river levels have caused much of the island to become visible and is a popular spot for all-terrain vehicles.

There are several reported missing people from Missouri and authorities there have been notified of the find. Among those missing includes Jacque Waller from Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. She has been missing for over a year and although her body has never been found, prosecutors filed a murder charge against her estranged husband, Clay Waller.

"There currently are several recent missing persons in that state that still haven't been accounted for and we immediately notified the respective authorities of our find," said Box.

Another missing person form Missouri is Donald J. Davis, 64, of Kennett, Mo., who reportedly jumped from the Mississippi River Bridge on Nov. 3, 2011, close to where the bones were found. According to the Daily Dunklin Democrat, Davis was arrested on Sept. 30, 2010, on charges of statutory sodomy in the first degree and possession of child pornography. He was scheduled to appear at 1 p.m., on Nov. 22, at New Madrid, Mo.

A Dyer County hunter missing since 2010 has been temporarily ruled out as a match due to distance and location. Ronnie Cobb, 49, formerly of Kennett, Mo., was last seen in April 2010, on the Forked Deer River in Dyer County, as he was turkey hunting from his boat. After Cobb was late returning home, family members called authorities to report him missing. Dyer County rescue squad members found Cobb's boat close to Forshee Street in the Dyersburg city limits, thus initiating an extensive search by numerous agencies. The Forked Deer flows into the Mississippi River miles downriver of where the bones were found.

http://www.stategazette.com/story/1865938.html

Probable Cause: Clay Waller Killed Wife, Jacque Sue Waller, Hid Body and Blood

Following a ten-month investigation, the Cape Girardeau County
prosecutors this morning filed first-degree murder charges against Clay
Waller, the man long suspected of murdering his estranged wife, Jacque Sue Waller.

The
probable cause statement issued today is the most complete telling ever
of the murder investigation and a gripping and tragic read. The
seven-page document (viewable below) outlines how the mother of triplets
spent her last last hours before going missing and the strange and
contradictory stories that 41-year-old Waller told investigators.


Prosecutors believe Waller killed his wife June 1, 2011, inside a
home he was living in in Jackson, Missouri. Police investigating the
house days after Jacque's disappearance found blood splatter on the
walls and on a hallway carpet that Waller had hidden 50-feet into a
shallow crawl space in the basement of the house.
DNA evidence taken from the carpet and walls matched Jacque's blood. The
chance it belonged to anyone else is 1 in 7 quadrillion.

Clay
Waller is currently serving a five-year federal sentence for threatening
Jacque's sister over the Internet. The first-degree murder charge
leveled at him today carries a minimum of life in prison without parole.
Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty. He's also charged with
concealing her body, which has never been found, and hiding the
blood-soaked carpet, which he has admitted to. Those crimes carry
sentences of four years each.
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2012/04/clay_waller_murder_probable_cause_jacque_sue_waller.php
Waller Probable Cause
http://www.semissourian.com/files/waller-murder.pdf

Jacque Waller: Preliminary hearing for Clay Waller Wednesday

9:43 AM, Jul 23, 2012

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Cape Girardeau County's prosecutor this week is expected to spell out the evidence against Clay Waller, who is accused of killing his estranged wife even though her body has not been found more than a year after she disappeared.

A preliminary hearing is Wednesday. Waller is charged with first-degree murder.

Prosecutor Morley Swingle said Monday that he'll call close to 20 witnesses at the hearing. Waller's attorney did not respond to an interview request.

Jacque Waller was 39 when she was last seen alive on June 1, 2011. The couple was in the process of getting a divorce. Their triplets, now 6 years old, are living with Jacque Waller's sister, Cheryl Brenneke.

Clay Waller is already serving a five-year sentence for threatening Brenneke over the Internet.

http://www.ksdk.com/rss/article/329408/3/Preliminary-hearing-for-Clay-Waller-Wednesday

Clay Waller preliminary hearing turns violent

4:03 PM, Jul 25, 2012



Jackson, Mo (KSDK/AP) -- Clay Waller's son got into a fight outside the courthouse during a lunch break for his father's preliminary hearing.

Witnesses said a man, who police identified as Waller's son, went up to the last person to testify before the break. The person who testified punched J.C. Waller and a fight broke out.

After some time, a group of women broke up the fight and police moved in.

The person who was on the stand was arrested at the scene. Waller's son was not taken into custody at the time, but Jackson police took him to jail later in the day. Both men are being held on suspicion of assault.

Clay Waller, of Jackson, is accused of killing his estranged wife, Jacque, even though her body has never been found. The charges were filed in April in a case that has drawn national attention.

Jacque Waller was 39 when she disappeared on June 1, 2011. Her Honda Pilot was found the following day along Interstate 55.

The couple was in the process of getting a divorce at the time. Their triplets, now 6 years old, are living with Jacque Waller's sister, Cheryl Brenneke.

Clay Waller pleaded guilty last year to threatening Brenneke over the Internet and is serving a five-year sentence.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/329806/3/Clay-Waller-in-court-for-preliminary-hearing

Waller case to proceed to circuit court

Posted: Jul 30, 2012 4:02 PM CDT
Updated: Jul 30, 2012 4:09 PM CDT

JACKSON, MO (KFVS) - After listening to testimony from 18 witnesses, Judge Gary Kamp ruled there is probable cause to send Clay Waller's murder case to circuit court.

The 41-year-old Jackson man is accused of killing his estranged wife, Jacque. Her body's not been found.

Waller is charged with 1st degree murder and two counts of tampering with physical evidence in felony prosecution.

He was in court last week for a preliminary hearing.

Waller will be back in court for a felony arraignment on August 6 and 9 a.m.

http://www.kfvs12.com/story/19149882/waller-case-to-proceed

Clay Waller gets new court date, judge

Thursday, August 2, 2012
Southeast Missourian

Clay Waller has a new judge in his murder trial and his next court date has changed.

Waller will now appear for his arraignment on first-degree murder and evidence charges Aug. 13, instead of Monday. A time for the arraignment was not yet set Wednesday, according to the Cape Girardeau County circuit clerk's office.

Waller is accused in the killing of his wife, Jacque, who disappeared June 1, 2011. Authorities say Clay Waller killed her after a fight over a pending divorce and money. Her body hasn't been found.

Judge Gary Kamp bound Waller's case over for trial early this week. The prosecution requested a change of judge, and the case was assigned to Judge Ben Lewis on Wednesday.

http://www.semissourian.com/story/1877141.html

Waller's attorney files change of venue motion

Posted: Aug 23, 2012 11:38 AM CDT
Updated: Aug 23, 2012 11:38 AM CDT
Christy Hendricks

JACKSON, MO (KFVS) -

Clay Waller's public defender filed a change of venue motion.

Waller entered a not guilty plea to murder and tampering with evidence charges earlier this month.

Attorney Christopher Davis is now representing Waller who prosecutors say killed his estranged wife Jacque Waller on June 1, 2011.

Her body has not been found.

Waller will head back to court on October 22. That's when it will be announced if the trial could stay in Cape Girardeau County with an outside jury or possibly move elsewhere.

http://www.kfvs12.com/story/19352478/wallers-attorney-files-change-of-venue-motion

Waller trial date set; Cole County jury will hear case
Oct 22, 2012 10:25 AM EDT Updated: Oct 22, 2012 2:51 PM EDT

Clay Waller will stand trial for the murder of his estranged wife Jacque Waller next year, and an outside jury will hear the case.

Waller was in court Monday morning at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson.

Both the prosecution and defense reached an agreement on change of venue.

Judge Benjamin Lewis set aside two weeks in September of 2013 for the trial.

A jury from Cole County, Mo will be brought to Cape County to hear the case.

Jury selection is set to begin in Cole County on September 5, 2013.

Clay Waller faces charges of murder and tampering with evidence in connection with his estranged wife's disappearance.

Jacque Waller disappeared on June 1, 2011. Her body has not yet been found.

Jacque's parents Stan and Ruby Rawson, and sister Cheryl Brenneke were in the courtroom today as well as family spokesperson Laura Long Helbig.

"We will wait patiently," said Helbig. "Justice takes a long time sometimes, longer than we want it to."

Helbig said the family remains focused on finding Jacque.

"The bottomline is and always has been that we bring her home, " said Helbig.

Stan Rawson, Jacque's dad, wanted to once again thank everyone who continues to work the case and search for his daughter.

"I'm convinced that regardless of when the trial is held that he (Clay Waller) will be convicted," said Stan Rawson.

Clay Waller is currently serving a federal sentence for threatening his wife's sister online.

http://www.wmctv.com/story/19880686/waller-trial-date-set-cole-county-jury-will-hear-case

REMAINS OF MISSING MISSOURI MOM FOUND, OFFICIALS SAY

May 31, 2013

The remains of the Missouri mother of triplets who vanished nearly two years ago were discovered Wednesday, officials said.


Jacque Sue Waller a 39-year-old mother of triplets, was last seen
June 1, 2011. Her husband, James "Clay" Waller, was charged with
first-degree murder and will stand trial in the fall. A prosecutor said
her husband admitted to his father that he killed his wife and dumped
her body in a hole, KSDK.com reported.


His father died in December 2011, the report said.


The Cape Girardeau County prosecutor's office issued a one-paragraph
statement Thursday. It said police recovered a body on Wednesday that
has been confirmed as Waller.


She was 39 when she disappeared on June 1, 2011. No information was
released on where the body was found. A woman answering phones at the
prosecutor's office said no further comment would be made, citing an
ongoing investigation.

Jacque Waller, the mother of triplets, vanished after a meeting with her
estranged husband to talk about their divorce, Fox2Now.com reported.
Her SUV was found abandoned near Fruitland, a town few miles away from
their home.

Clay Waller, a former police officer, was said to have told
investigators at the time that his wife walked away from his home in
Jackson, Mo., after the two quarreled. He has since denied involvement
in his wife's disappearance, saying at the time the police are
conducting a "witch hunt" in investigating him.


Her husband is currently is serving a five-year term in federal
prison after pleading guilty to threatening Jacque Waller’s sister in an
Internet posting, Fox2Now.com reported.


The couple's triplets, now 7 years old, are living with Jacque Waller’s sister in St. Francois County, Mo.


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Clay Waller to admit killing estranged wife

11:21 AM, Jun 5, 2013
Kevin Held

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - A lawyer says a southeast Missouri man will plead guilty to killing his estranged wife, a mother of triplets.

Public defender Christopher Davis told The Associated Press that Clay Waller will confess to killing 39-year-old Jacque Waller at a Thursday hearing. Jacque Waller's body was found on a Mississippi River island May 29.

Davis would not say Wednesday whether Clay Waller led police to his wife's body. She had been missing since June 1, 2011, the same day the couple met with a divorce lawyer. Police said they had been living apart for about three months and had financial problems.

Waller was charged last year with first-degree murder, even though his wife's body had not been found at that time. He pleaded not guilty at the time.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/383693/40/Clay-Waller-to-admit-killing-estranged-wife-?source=nletter&sf13579086=1