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Missing KKK Leader Found Shot To Death Near Missouri River
The body of a KKK imperial grand wizard who was reported missing last week was found dead Saturday near a Missouri river.
The body of a missing KKK leader who was reported missing last week was found dead Saturday near a Missouri river, according to multiple media outlets.
Missing KKK leader found
Frank Ancona, 51, who was an imperial wizard of the Traditionalist American Knights near St. Louis, was found with a gunshot wound to his head, the Daily Journal newspaper reported, citing the results of an autopsy performed Sunday.
His wife, Malissa Ancona, allegedly told investigators that she last saw him when he was called to make an out-of-state delivery for work on Wednesday.
Local authorities, however, found that Ancona hadn’t received such a call. His employer reported him missing when he didn’t show up for work on Friday, according to local outlet KMOV.
Ancona’s vehicle was found in Federal Forest Service Property on Thursday, according to local authorities. The discovery wasn’t reported as suspicious because a missing persons report had not been filed at the time, KMOV reported. Police searched the surrounding area the following day, but did not find anything substantial.
Ancona’s body was found along the riverbed by a family fishing along Big River near Belgrade on Saturday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.
A later search of Ancona’s home in Leadwood uncovered a number of anomalies, according to The Daily Journal.
A safe was found in the missing KKK leader’s home pried open with its contents gone. Although the contents were missing, authorities do not believe it was a burglary. All of but one of Ancona’s firearms were missing. Malissa Ancona said her husband took them with him when he left on Wednesday, Dickey said.
Authorities also questioned Malissa about a Facebook post she wrote the day she says her husband left. The post announced she needed a roommate, and she reportedly told authorities she had written the post because her husband had told her he planned to file for divorce and that she’d need help covering rent.
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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes northeastern United States
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake in Lebanon, New Jersey shook the northeastern United States on Friday morning.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the northeastern United States on Friday morning.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected near Lebanon, New Jersey, at 10:23 a.m. Friday.
The earthquake was felt in New Hampshire down to Maryland.
According to the Richter scale, which is used to measure earthquake magnitude, they considered the event a “light” earthquake. Still, the geological survey posted on X that it was “notable.” They went on further to say earthquakes are “uncommon but not unheard of along the Atlantic Coast”.
It’s not yet clear if anyone was hurt in Friday’s quake.
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9-year-old cancer survivor killed in tragic school bus accident
A family is in mourning after a 9-year-old cancer survivor was tragically killed in an accident in Orlando.
A family is in mourning after a 9-year-old cancer survivor was tragically killed in an accident in Orlando, Florida.
9-year-old cancer survivor tragically killed
Elyas Amyr Marshall-Rodriguez got off the bus Tuesday afternoon and, as he was walking away from the bus, he dropped his football when he crawled under the bus to get it and the vehicle began moving.
Marshall-Rodriguez was in remission for leukemia when he was killed on Tuesday after being diagnosed at 2-years-old, according to his family who spoke at his vigil.
He loved life
“He was the life of the party,” said Trenae Gayle, Marshall-Rodriguez’ cousin. “He loved football; he loved basketball. He loved all sports.”
The family has set up a GoFundMe.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the incident and the investigation is currently ongoing.
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Hero teen saves baby whose parents were electrocuted by downed power line in Portland ice storm
A teenager in Oregon is being hailed a hero for putting herself in danger to help save the life of a 9-month-old baby.
A teenager in Oregon is being hailed a hero for putting herself in danger to help save the life of a 9-month-old baby.
Oregon teenager saves baby
Majiah Washington, 18, of Portland, said she was inside her home on Wednesday when she saw a flash outside her window.
Washington said after looking outside, she saw a car with a downed power line on top of it, and man and a woman who had been trying to put their child in the car.
“The baby’s mom was yelling to the man, ‘Take my baby out of the car. Take my baby out of the car,'” Washington recalled at a press conference Thursday at the headquarters of Portland Fire & Rescue.
Intense rescue
Washington witnessed the infant’s father attempt to walk up an icy hill with the child, before slipping and falling backwards. The mother attempted the same, followed by another person, who all were unfortunately electrocuted.
Washington ran outside and called 911. When she saw the baby’s head move, she sprung into action. Despite what she had just witnessed and the dangers, she said she walked on the driveway to reach the baby.
Majiah Washington was heroic
Portland Fire and Rescue spokesman Rick Graves described Washington’s efforts as “heroic.”
“We do have fortunately with us a [child] that is going to be able to thrive and do what they possibly can as they move forward,” Graves said Thursday. “And they are here, in part, because of the heroic acts of a member of our community.”
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