Eldon Man Arrested in Shooting Death of Versailles Woman

An Eldon man was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action Monday night, accused of causing the death of a woman who was shot outside an office building on South Burke Street in Versailles on Monday morning.

56-year-old Robert J. Anselmo is a suspect in the shooting death of Johnetta Yeager, who was rushed to the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, where she was later pronounced deceased.

According to a probable cause statement, Yeager was found Monday morning outside a USDA office building in Versailles.

Investigators said it appeared as if she was exiting her vehicle to go to work when she was shot.

Versailles Police responded around 7:34 a.m., to the 100 block of South Burke Street, where they found Yeager unconscious with a head wound.

According to a witness who heard the sound of a gunshot, the suspect ran south on Burke Street.

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Versailles Police requested the assistance of the Lake of the Ozarks Major Case Squad.

Surveillance footage showed Anselmo’s vehicle at the scene.

Court documents show that Yeager had sought a protection order against Anselmo, her former domestic partner. Yeager was involved in a civil suit against him.

Anselmo was arrested Monday evening in Miller County around 6 p.m., according to Prosecuting Attorney Dustin G. Dunklee, and booked in at the Morgan County Detention Center at 7:52 p.m. Monday night with no bond.