Self-proclaimed Ku Klux Klan 'imperial wizard' found dead
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Missouri man who described himself as a leader of the Ku Klux Klan was found dead Saturday, three days after he was reported missing.
Frank Ancona, 51, of Leadwood, was found on a bank of the Big River near Belgrade Saturday by a family fishing in the area, Washington County Sheriff Zach Jacobson told the Park Hills Daily Journal.
According to Fox 2 Now, police consider Ancona's death to be suspicious and have taken one person into custody in relation to the investigation. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ancona described himself as an "imperial wizard" of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. A website for the group features a photo of Ancona in a white hood and robe standing in front of a burning cross.
The paper said it had quoted Ancona in the past about reports to curb lealetting by the group in the town of Desloge.