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HOLTS SUMMIT -- The family of a missing woman speaks out after authorities say her husband killed her.
Michael Shane Yarnell, of Morgan County, has been charged with second-degree murder, two counts of voluntary manslaughter and one count of involuntary manslaughter for Angie Yarnell's death.
Police have been looking for Michael Yarnell for some time now and finally caught up with him in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Angie Yarnell was 28 when she disappeared in October of 2003.
Morgan County’s sheriff says Michael Yarnell told police he pushed his wife off of a 10-foot high deck during a fight and then dumped her body on a remote island at the Lake of the Ozarks.
For five years, Marianne Asher-Chapman has been waiting for her daughter Angie to come home. It’s something that will never happen.
Friday, authorities charged her Angie Yarnell’s husband for her murder. It's a charge the family was expecting.
"I’m just so happy. As sad as it is, it's just better than not knowing,” said Marianne Asher-Chapman, Angie Yarnell’s mother.
"To know that for a fact now that she is gone permanently from this world is very difficult for me and my entire family,” said Eric Campbell, Angie Yarnell’s brother. “It’s been difficult for the past five years now. And so close to the holidays too. It's just very tragic."
Since Angie first went missing, her mother has been collecting trinkets to give to her daughter when she returned. This year, an ornament will be added to the growing collection. But it's the last item that will be placed in the trunk.
"At this point, there's no more reason to put anymore presents in the trunk,” said Asher-Chapman.
Finding and bringing Angie's body back home to be buried is what the family hopes for now.
"There's a hole in my heart, but now I feel like I can start to fill that void,” said Campbell.
Authorities in Morgan County spent the day searching for Angie Yarnell’s body. So far, nothing has been recovered.
Side note: Marianne Asher-Chapman and Peggy Florence have founded a website dedicated to the missing and unidentified persons in Missouri. Peggy Florence’s daughter Jasmine Haslag is also missing. Their website is www.missourimissing.org
