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An Arkansas woman has allegedly confessed to authorities that her late husband murdered a mother and son who have been missing for nearly two decades.
Barbara Krusen told FBI agents during a post-polygraph interview this month that her now-dead husband, Clarence, killed Angela Mack Cox, 20, and her 4-year-old son Thomas Michael Rettew. Authorities believe Clarence Krusen incinerated their remains at Cox s Alton, Missouri farm in December 2002. [Clarence] had done away with both Angela Mack Cox and Thomas Michael Rettew by killing them and destroying their bodies in a furnace that they had attached to their farmhouse,” Fulton County Sheriff Al Roork said in a news release. She stated when they moved from the farmhouse, he told her the furnace had to go because of what it had been used for.”
Widow confesses late husband murdered missing woman, child
Widow confesses late husband murdered missing woman, child By Region 8 Newsdesk | April 9, 2021 at 11:52 AM CDT - Updated April 9 at 7:39 PM
FULTON COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - More than 18 years ago, a Fulton County woman and her young son disappeared.
Now, investigators say a manâs widow has confessed he killed them and destroyed their bodies in an outdoor furnace.
On Sept. 1, 2002, Sheriff Al Roork was the Salem police chief when Tommy Rettew reported his 4-year-old son, Thomas Michael Rettew, was missing.
The boyâs mother, Angela Mack Cox, had also disappeared.
According to an April 9, 2021, news release, sheriffâs investigator Dale Weaver interviewed several of her friends.
PHOTO: Fulton County Sheriff Al Roork
Fulton County Sheriff Al Roork announced Friday that a 19-year investigation into the disappearance of a mother and her child has been declared a double murder.
Authorities believe Angela Mack and her 4-year-old son, Thomas Michael “Mickey” Rettew, were killed by Clarence Krusen at his Alton, Missouri, farm in December of 2002.
Clarence Krusen and his wife, Barbara, had been caring for Mickey Rettew while his mother was in California. Clarence Krusen allegedly killed both Angela Mack and Mickey Rettew when Mack returned to the farm to pick her son up, authorities said. Clarence Krusen then destroyed their bodies in a furnace attached to the farmhouse, authorities believe.