A 40-year-old woman in Arkansas and her 51-year-old boyfriend are accused of killing her ex-husband and the father of her child only three days after her divorce was finalized and she was denied custody.

Amanda Penny and Michael Hogue were taken into custody this week on charges of first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm in the slaying of Kevin Nikel earlier this year, authorities announced.

Nikel was a former WWE wrestler who competed under the name Knuckles Madsen.

According to a news release from the Benton County Sheriff's Office, on the night of July 11, deputies responded to a report of a shooting along Highway 12, near Rogers. Upon arriving at the scene, first responders said they located an adult male, later identified as Nikel, suffering from an apparent gunsho

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