LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Kansas carnival worker posed as a member of a fictitious mafia group and ordered fellow workers to kill a couple as part of an initiation ritual, police in Arkansas alleged in filing charges related to dumping the bodies.

Carnival workers Kimberly Younger, Michael Fowler, Rusty Frasier and Christine Tenney were charged this week in Crawford County Circuit Court, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. The charges include abuse of a corpse, theft by receiving and tampering with physical evidence in the deaths of Alfred “Sonny” Carpenter and Pauline Carpenter.

Younger allegedly 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, according to Van Buren, Arkansas, police. Detectives discovered Younger had a Facebook page in the name of Frank Zaitchik while examining her phone, according to police reports.

Police said Fowler told investigators that Frasier stabbed Alfred Carpenter before Fowler shot him. Fowler then went into the couple’s camper and shot Pauline Carpenter, according to police reports.

Fowler told investigators that the killings were initiation into the carnival mafia, police said.

Asked whether there was even such a thing as a carnival mafia, Van Buren police spokesman Jonathan Wear said in an email that was something the woman “definitely made up.”

Zaitchik also told texted others to clean the inside of the camper and to dispose of the bodies, Fowler allegedly told investigators.

The four suspects loaded the couple’s bodies into the camper and dumped them in a creek bed north of Cedarville, Arkansas, according to police reports. Tenney’s sister-in-law told authorities Tenney called and said she was kidnapped by three others who had murdered an elderly couple and that she’s being held against her will, police said. Authorities found the suspects at an apartment complex.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lofty vision of big tanks, vintage aircraft and modern fighter jets swooping through the streets of Washington in a show of patriotic force crumbled Friday under the weight of logistics, including a $92 million estimated price tag.

Will it be cheaper next year, as Trump contends? Were government budget crunchers “smoking something” like the Pentagon chief suggested? Are corrupt local officials to blame as Trump alleged?

A look at how Trump’s big idea turned into a big nothing:

MY PARADE IS BIGGER THAN YOUR PARADE

Trump got the idea of a military parade during a trip to France in July of last year. At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump watched enthusiastically from a reviewing stand as the French military showcased its tanks and fighter jets, including many U.S.-made planes, along the famed Champs-Elysees.

Washington already has quite a few parades, including some with military participation held on Memorial Day and July 4. There was even a 1991 victory parade following the Gulf War complete with 8,000 marching troops, an F-117 Stealth Fighter, some tanks and a Patriot Missile Launcher.

But even that grand display of military hardware from the Gulf War didn’t seem to be what Trump had in mind. He noted that France had represented uniforms and equipment from different wars and that the Bastille Day parade lasted a full two hours. Trump said he envisioned a similar military extravaganza next July 4 down Washington’s famed Pennsylvania Avenue, which connects the White House to Capitol Hill.

Compared to France’s parade, “we’re going to have to try and top it,” he said.

TANKS WERE THE FIRST TO GO

By the following February, Trump ordered the Pentagon to start planning. Critics compared the idea to the kind of muscular military parades common in authoritarian countries like China and North Korea.

“That’s just not our style … You know how powerful you are, you don’t have to pretend,” said retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden on CNN on Friday, reiterating a common complaint from ex-military officials since Trump first floated the idea.

By the time planning was underway at the Pentagon, one thing became clear: the tanks had to go.

Old U.S. Army tanks can weigh more than 60 tons. In the 1991 parade, the military put rubber covers on the tank treads but there were still reports of tread marks and damage done to city streets. There also was the cost involved with shipping the mammoth vehicles.

The Pentagon declared in a planning memo: “Wheeled vehicles only, no tanks — consideration must be given to minimize damage to local infrastructure.”

THE PRICE INCREASED, THE DATE SLIPPED

Also in February, Trump’s budget director Mick Mulvaney put the parade cost between $10 million and $30 million. Those were preliminary numbers, he cautioned, and would depend on how long the parade lasts.

The date was another issue. According to a report in The Washington Post, the Pentagon wanted to hold such a parade on Veterans Day in November instead. That way it would coincide with the 100th anniversary of the victorious end of World War I instead of being tied to the more political celebration of the country’s Independence Day.

By Thursday, it became clear that a $30 million parade by November wasn’t going to happen.

U.S. officials told The Associated Press that the cost could reach $92 million, with roughly $50 million needed to cover military aircraft, equipment, personnel and other support. The remainder would cover costs by other government agencies and largely involve security costs. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss early planning estimates that haven’t been finalized or released publicly.

Later that day, a Pentagon spokesman said the military and the White House “have now agreed to explore opportunities in 2019.”

‘NOW WE CAN BUY SOME MORE JET FIGHTERS!’

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis questioned the $92 million figure on Thursday, telling the AP that whoever leaked the figure to the press was “probably smoking something.”

Then he took a page from Trump’s playbook in criticizing the reporters: “Whoever wrote it needs to get better sources. I’ll just leave it at that.”

But by Friday, Trump acknowledged that the costs would be exorbitant. In a tweet, he blamed local politicians and accused them of price gouging, even though much of the price estimate was believed to come from transporting expensive military equipment and other logistics, including security.

“When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it,” the president tweeted.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says that’s not true. The city estimated that the federal government would need to provide $21.6 million to cover the police presence that would be needed, as well as other fire and emergency medical services.

For now, Trump is leaving the door open.

“Maybe we will do something next year in D.C. when the cost comes WAY DOWN,” he later added. “Now we can buy some more jet fighters!”

The cost of a single fighter jet can vary dramatically, but some models could cost about the same as the $92 million estimate.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City-area businessman Greg Or-man’s name will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot as an independent candidate for Kansas governor, presenting a new obstacle to Democratic efforts to defeat conservative Kris Kobach in November.

The state Secretary of State’s office on Friday posted a short statement saying Orman had presented enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot along with his running mate, John Doll.

Orman, 49, will face Democratic State Sen. Laura Kelly of Topeka and Kobach, whose nomination was only settled this week after Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded in a primary with a razor-thin margin of some 350 votes out of more than 316,000 cast.

Orman says he’s in the race to win and rejects suggestions that his role will be as a spoiler who complicates Democrats’ efforts to recapture the governor’s office after eight years of Republicans.

Democrats were gearing up for a potential legal challenge to Orman’s filing. Many Democrats have worried that Orman will pull votes away from Kelly, 68, making it far easier for Kobach, who is the secretary of state.

The GOP began a clean sweep of statewide and congressional races in 2010. But the state also has a solid bloc of moderate GOP and independent voters and a history over the past 50 years of alternating between electing Republican and Democratic governors. Orman says he can build a coalition starting with voters upset with both parties, and he cites the value of having an independent governor who will lack “natural political enemies.”

Kobach, 52, is a favorite of President Donald Trump and has a national conservative following thanks to his strong stance against illegal immigration and his fervent defense of voter ID laws.

Orman ran as an independent against U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts in 2014 and did so well in initial polling that the Democratic candidate dropped out to create a better chance of toppling the veteran Republican. Orman lost by 10.5 percentage points after Roberts got campaign help from several GOP stalwarts, including Sarah Palin, Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Rand Paul.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Zoo has a special rhino that’s kept hidden from the public.

The Kansas City Star reports that an eastern black rhinoceros named Imara spends all day inside a barn or a small shaded pen because of a skin condition that makes it dangerous to be in the sun.

Kirk Suedmeyer is the zoo’s head veterinarian. He says Imara has a loss of melanin granules in the basal layer of her skin, making her vulnerable to direct sunlight.

Zoo keepers noticed one of Imara’s nostrils turned pink when she was 2 years old. Suedmeyer says the pink coloring progressed to her limbs and a biopsy revealed her condition.

Animal manager Katie Muninger calls Imara a “special rhino,” saying zookeepers have a special bond with her from socializing daily.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican super PAC is deploying workers and attention to two Kansas congressional districts.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the Congressional Leadership Fund recently set up offices in Kansas’ 2nd District and 3rd District.

In the 2nd District, Democrat Paul Davis faces Steve Watkins, a GOP newcomer. In the 3rd District, Rep. Kevin Yoder is facing Democratic newcomer Sharice Davids.

Each CLF office will have a full-time employee working with volunteers who inform targeted voters on the work that their representative in Congress does on their behalf. The goal is to help encourage them to go to the polls in November.

Michael Byerly, a CLF spokesman, said the offices are part of the group’s effort to protect the Republican majority in the U.S. House.

Democratic leaders say the move indicates the GOP is concerned about losing the two Kansas districts.

FLOYD, Va. (AP) — The moon over Virginia was half-visible that May evening, as was the one on the softball field, authorities say.

Debbie L. McCulley, 57, is accused of mooning the stands, but a judge Thursday said the indecent exposure charge could be dropped.

McCulley’s husband coaches Glenvar High softball. A Floyd County sheriff’s deputy’s report says McCulley took the field after a loss to Floyd County High School and exposed her right butt cheek. Mc-Culley said she thought the other coach was going to attack her husband, so she refocused attention.

McCulley has written an apology and will perform community service. She will likely have the charge dismissed or receive a suspended sentence at a February administrative hearing.