Just after some days of discovering the body of a leader of the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) on a riverbank in Missouri on 13th February 2017. His wife and stepson were arrested and charged for murder and dumping his body. 44-years old Malissa Ann Ancona and her 24-years old son Paul Edward Jinkerson Jr. were charged with first-degree murder by the authorities in St. Francois County. Just before 4 days of their arrest, both attempted armed criminal action and tampering with physical evidence of the death of 51-years old Frank Ancona. The office of the county prosecutor Jarrod Mahurin informed that both suspects are scheduled for further legal process on 21st February 2017.
Mahurin also informed the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the death of Frank might have a marital issue due to Ancona has been considered an Imperial Wizard for the Traditional American Knights of the (KKK) Ku Klux Klan had recently asked from his wife that he is looking to divorce her wife. Point to be noted that reports have indicated that his step son Jinkerson wasn’t living with the couple, but Jinkerson shot Frank in his bedroom at his home in Leadwood. The vehicle of Jinkerson was used to carry the body for dropping near the Big River in the central Missouri. The police report indicated that the car of Ancona was found in the Mark Twain National Forest on 9th February 2017 and the wife of Frank, Malissa Ancona has accepted for helping and cleaning the blood after the shooting.