In ancient times, slaying a leopard was not just an act of bravery but a ritualistic feat that conferred societal prestige.

Investigators quickly discovered he had been convicted of another violent sexual crime in California five years before slaying the sweethearts.

Prosecutors said Kelk enlisted the help of several people to carry out the slaying, three of whom have already been charged for their alleged role in the murderous scheme.

A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office in Illinois said two people have been charged in Mack’s slaying: Anthony Montgomery-Wilson and Preston Powell.

Two people have been arrested in the execution-style slaying of popular Woodland Hills doctor Hamid Mirshojae, who was gunned down in the parking lot of his practice as he left work this summer.