HINDS COUNTY — Michael Owens, of Edwards, is on trial this week in Hinds County on charges that he killed his wife, Ebony Owens, and disposed of her body in the Big Black River in March 2023.
Ebony Owens was reported missing after she failed to show up for work and stopped responding to calls. Investigators later discovered her burned vehicle near the couple’s home in Edwards. A multi-agency search led to the recovery of her body more than a week later downstream in the Big Black River, where authorities determined she had been shot.
On the second day of testimony, WAPT reported that Michael Owens admitted in a recorded statement to shooting his wife after finding her in bed with another man. According to investigators, he wrapped her body in a blanket, placed it in his car and drove to a bridge and dumped her body into the river…