No new significant developments have emerged in the investigation into the murder of a Jefferson City man in May, Jefferson City police said Friday.
Since late last month, police have spent many days searching for the body of Christopher Cray, 23, at the Allied Waste Landfill on Moreau Access Road.
On Friday, police spokesman Capt. Doug Shoemaker said, "We are still investigating a series of leads and other sources of information regarding the case. We have not ruled anything out as of yet to include various locations. We have not stopped the investigation. It is still very open and still very active."
Shoemaker could not say if any remains had been found.
The case went from a missing person case to a homicide on July 1 after police determined there was little chance of finding Cray safe. On May 20, Cray was last seen in the area of Schnucks supermarket, 1801 Missouri Blvd. His abandoned vehicle was recovered in Jefferson City on May 26.
Cray's disappearance was considered suspicious because family members said Cray always kept in contact with them. Since his disappearance, Cray missed celebrating his own birthday and the birth of his child.
So far, two people have been charged in this case.
Adam Moore-Duncan, 25, Jefferson City, is charged with tampering with physical evidence after he allegedly took a trash cart to the landfill and disposed of the cart in the customer self-serve drop off. Video shows him entering the landfill at 8:15 a.m. May 22.
Richard Love, 25, Jefferson City, is charged with tampering with a witness after he allegedly threatened a person to not tell authorities what they knew about the investigation into Cray's death. Authorities said Love "on more than one occasion from June 13-17 threatened (a witness) during this investigation," including trying to get that person to avoid cooperating with authorities in their investigation into Cray's "disappearance and/or kidnapping and/or homicide."
The Cray investigation has caused the department to use quite a bit of overtime, officials said.
"We've also looked at giving the officers compensatory time and adjusting their work cycle, but we are managing as well as can be expected," said Chief Roger Schroeder. "We are still operating under our authorized budget.
"We knew we'd have a spike in overtime, but we still believe we'll be in good shape. Nationally, you see cases like this, but it is out of the norm for us. It's a serious case, and it requires serious staffing time. We have substantial circumstantial evidence, and we are comfortable we are dong every reasonable effort to getting charges filed in this case."