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>Last weekend, police were called to the scene by a 6-year-old girl after her parents — Jennifer Yost, 39,and Christopher Yost, 34 — as well as friend Arthur Boucher, 28, had been shot dead at the Yost’s home in Fullerton, California.
>Two men, Frank Felix and Joshua Acosta, have been charged with the murders.
>However, it has now emerged that both the alleged killers and their victims were members of a local “furry” community, also known as Furry fandom, which involves dressing up as anthropomorphic animals as a hobby.
>Furry fandom also involves attending regular furry conventions for fans to show off their animal alter egos, with victim Katlynn Yost’s chosen species being a wolf, according to her Twitter.
>The motivations behind the killings are still unclear, although Melinda Giles, a friend of the family and fellow furry, told the Associated Press that she had prevented Frank Felix from seeing her 17-year old daughter “in order to protect her.”
>A vigil was held for the victims by the local furry community, with the organiser Parque-Johnson, whose own alter ego is that of a racoon, adding that the furry community had been “devastated” by the killings.