A Missouri Ku Klux Klan leader's wife and stepson have been charged with
his murder, police said Monday. Frank Ancona, 51, was found dead on the
bank of a Belgrade, Missouri river on Saturday,
after he reportedly threatened to divorce his wife. Ancona called
himself the imperial wizard of Traditional American Knights of Ku Klux
Klan, a branch that drew headlines for cross-burning and allegedly
plotting to murder a black man. On Monday, police announced that he had
died of a gunshot to the head. Ancona's wife Malissa, 44, was charged on
Monday with a class A felony of murder in the first degree, felony
armed criminal action, a class D felony of tampering with physical
evidence and a class D felony of abandonment of a corpse. She reportedly
told police that her son Paul Jinkerson, 24, had shot Ancona in his
sleep. Jinkerson was charged with a class A felony of murder in the
first degree, felony armed criminal action, a class D felony of
tampering with physical evidence and a class D felony of abandonment of a
corpse. Before Ancona was found dead, Malissa had reportedly written a
Facebook post asking for a roommate. When police asked about the post,
she told them that Ancona had told her he was going on an out-of-state
business trip, and that he planned to divorce her on his return.
Ancona's employers told the Daily Journal Online that they had not sent
him on a business trip.
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