Okla. woman killed after La. KKK rite identified

[November 13, 2008]  NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Authorities have identified an Oklahoma woman fatally shot in Louisiana after a Ku Klux Klan initiation. The St. Tammany Parish Coroner's office said Wednesday that the woman was 43-year-old Cynthia C. Lynch of Tulsa.

Sheriff Jack Strain says Lynch had been recruited over the Internet to come to Louisiana, join a Klan faction, then return to Oklahoma to sign up more members.

But authorities say she asked to be taken back to town from the ritual site in a rural area.

Strain says a fight followed and Lynch was shot Sunday.

One person has been booked on a second-degree murder charge. Seven others face charges related to covering up the shooting.

[Associated Press]

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