CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed criminal charges Thursday accusing a county coroner of stealing cash from a dead person and misstating the causes of death for several people. Bailey also filed a motion that seeks to remove Cape Girardeau County Coroner Wavis Jordan from office. "To that end, I am moving for the immediate removal of the Cape Girardeau Coroner.”Jordan said he had not been informed of Bailey's allegations and declined comment. Jordan, a Republican, was elected coroner in the southeastern Missouri county in 2020.

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Persons: Andrew Bailey, Bailey, Wavis Jordan, ” Jordan, Jordan Organizations: —, Cape, Republican, Cape Girardeau . Police Locations: CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo, — Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau, Missouri