He planned to divorce and she murdered him

 

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

Deputy Jason Chandler of the St. Francois County Sheriff's Department told ABC News that

Malissa Ancona, 44, was arrested Sunday evening on a first-degree murder charge and is being held without bond at the St. Francois County Jail. Her  24-year-old son, Paul Edward Jinkerson Jr., was arrested  and charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse. He is also being held without bond.

Frank Ancona was last seen going to work on Wednesday morning by his wife, Daily Journal reported.

According a local newspaper Daily Journal Frank Ancona, 51, who was a self-proclaimed imperial wizard of a KKK 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.

An autopsy revealed that he had a gunshot wound to the head.

Malissa Ancona who describes herself on social media as a self-employed volunteer at a local animal rescue, 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