LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas police say one of four carnival workers
accused of dumping the bodies of a slain Kansas couple had ordered the killings
while posing as a carnival mafia member.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports carnival workers Kimberly Younger,
Michael Fowler, Rusty Frasier and Christine Tenney were charged this week in
Crawford County Circuit Court. The charges include abuse of a corpse in the
deaths of Alfred and Pauline Carpenter.
Van Buren police say Younger posed as a carnival mafia member named “Frank
Zaitchik” and texted others last month to kill the Carpenters on the fairgrounds
at Great Bend, Kansas, where the couple were vendors.
Police say Fowler told investigators the killings were initiation into
the carnival mafia.
Younger, Fowler and Frasier are being held on $1 million bond. Tenney is being
held on $250,000 bond. All have pleaded not guilty.
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