Police: Woman slain as she tried to leave KKK rite

An Oklahoma woman who was lured over the Internet to take part in a Ku Klux Klan initiation was shot and killed after the ritual went awry. The group tried to cover it up by dumping her body on a rural roadside and setting her belongings aflame, authorities said.

But the plan failed: By Tuesday, a local Klan leader sat in jail on a second-degree murder charge, and seven others were charged with trying to help conceal the crime.

The woman, whose identity was not released, was supposed to be initiated near the village of Sun, La. and then return to her home state to find other members for the white supremacist group.

It wasn’t clear what rites awaited her at the campsite, but authorities believe the initiation had begun by the time the shooting happened.

Foster was charged with second-degree murder and is being held without bond.

Seven others – five men and two women ages 20 to 30 – were charged with obstruction of justice and were held
on $500,000 bond at the St. Tammany Parish Jail.

Brief by The Associated Press