Officials arrest two people related to the 1992 disappearance of a Kentucky woman
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- Anthony Manning was indicted on murder, evidence tampering and corpse abuse charges.
- Barbara Manning was indicted on complicity to murder, tampering and corpse abuse.
- Both were booked in Boyle County on a $2 million bond and face a June 15 arraignment.
Officials have arrested two people in connection with the 1992 disappearance and death of a Kentucky woman.
Court records say Anthony Manning, 59, was indicted in Boyle Circuit Court on Monday, May 18, on charges of murder, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse. Barbara Manning, 76, was also indicted the same day on charges of complicity to murder, complicity to tampering with physical evidence and complicity to abuse of a corpse.
The indictment says Anthony Manning killed Anna Manning sometime between Sept. 14, 1992, and Nov. 7, 1992, and that Barbara Manning acted in complicity to commit the crime. It also says they concealed and abandoned Anna Manning’s body and altered physical evidence with the intent to impair its availability.
Anna Manning was married to Anthony Manning and had a daughter with him, according to prior Herald-Leader reporting. Anna was last seen in November 1992, speaking to an aunt in front of a jewelry store in Danville.
Anthony Manning previously spent 192 days in jail for allegedly kidnapping Anna Manning before her death, according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. She was 23 years old when she went missing.
The FBI, Kentucky State Police, Boyle County Sheriff’s Office and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office previously searched a Lincoln County property owned by Barbara Manning and her husband in March 2016. Officials did not specify what they were looking for, but officials moved a camper and a metal building and, using backhoes, dug holes in the yard.
Anthony and Barbara Manning were booked into the Boyle County Detention Center Tuesday on a $2 million bond, according to jail records. They are scheduled to be arraigned June 15.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
