Wife, step-son charged with Ku Klux Klan leader’s murder

The wife of Frank Ancona, a Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard who had been missing for several days and was found dead on a Missouri riverbank yesterday, has been charged with murder, along with her son, according to ABC news.

Ku Klux Klan leader’s murder suspects

Malissa Ancona, Facebook

Malissa Ancona, 44, was arrested Sunday evening for first-degree murder and is being held without bond at the St. Francois County Jail, Deputy Jason Chandler of the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department told ABC News.

Malissa Ancona’s 24-year-old son, Paul Edward Jinkerson Jr., was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse. Jinkerson is also being held without bond.

About Frank Ancona

Ancona, 51, who was a self-proclaimed imperial wizard of a Ku Klux Klan chapter near St. Louis, according to a website promoting the group, was found dead by members of a family who went to the Big River in Missouri to go fishing, according to Daily Journal.

Autopsy

An autopsy reveal he died from a gunshot wound to the head. He was last seen going to work last Wednesday morning by his wife, according to the Daily Journal.

Speaking briefly to ABC News before he arrest on Sunday, Malissa Ancona described herself on social media as a self-employed volunteer at a local animal rescue.

Frank Ancona

She married Frank Ancona in December 2010, according to her Facebook account.

According to Daily Journal, Malissa Ancona told officers that Frank Ancona said he was leaving to go out of state on a job and that he would be filing for divorce after he returned.