‘Worship leader’ faces another statutory rape case in Pulaski County
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man who was described as a “worship leader” in court documents – who was charged earlier this year with a child sex crime in Morgan County – has been charged again in Pulaski County.
George Hancock, 36, of Richland, Missouri, was charged in Pulaski County on Wednesday with first-degree statutory rape. A warrant was issued and a $500,000 bond was set. He is currently being held at to Morgan County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
He was charged earlier this year in Morgan County with first-degree statutory rape. A pretrial conference is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 22 and a jury trial is set for 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2, 2026.
The probable cause statement in the recently filed case says that he met the child victim through church in December 2023 and that multiple assaults occurred throughout 2024. The assaults were discovered by someone described as a witness who saw text messages on the victim’s phone, the statement says. Hancock seemingly admitted to the assaults in a text message exchange with the victim, the statement says.
Previous reporting indicates he met the victim in the Morgan County case through the social media app Discord.
Hancock allegedly crashed his vehicle when his wife confronted him about the assaults during a phone call, the statement says.