Eldon Man Charged With Murder After Versailles Shooting; Victim's Name Released

MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. — A woman is dead and an Eldon man — her former romantic partner — is charged with murder, after a shooting in a government building's parking lot, Monday morning.

The victim's identity and status had not been released by Versailles Police, beyond the initial report of a shooting with a victim in critical condition on Monday. However, a court document named the victim as Johnetta Yeager and the alleged murderer as Robert J. Anselmo.

Johnetta Yeager was murdered in a parking lot in Versailles, Mo. on Monday, Sept. 22. Her former partner, Robert Anselmo, was charged with the crime.

According to the document, Anselmo and Yeager had previously been romantically involved and Yeager had sought a court order of protection against Anselmo. A hearing had been scheduled for Sept. 29, 2025.

Authorities say Yeager was sitting in her vehicle with the door open, in the Morgan County USDA Service Center Office parking lot, when Anselmo — wearing a pink/orange hoodie, blue jeans, boots, gloves, and a mask — allegedly approached the driver's side of the vehicle and shot Yeager in the head.

The court document lists an array of evidence in the case, including:

• Multiple security camera angles showing the suspect hiding near the scene of the crime, shooting Yeager, and leaving in a black truck, which was later found at Anselmo's residence, listed as 96 Tina Lee Drive in Eldon.

• An eyewitness who observed a person walk by the front of the USDA building wearing a pink/orange hoodie and who then heard a gunshot.

• Location data on a phone that police believe to be Anselmo's that reveals locations consistent with the murder.

Anselmo's employer stated he did not arrive at work on Monday morning.

Anselmo was arrested on Monday, Sept. 22 and booked into Morgan County Jail, a little after 6 p.m., about an hour and a half after Yeager was pronounced deceased at Lake Regional Hospital.

Anselmo is charged with 1st Degree Murder and Armed Criminal Action.