California furry 'orchestrated triple homicide after becoming obsessed' with teenage girl he met at convention

It was emotion astatine archetypal show for a 25-year-old dragon furry who fell for a teen who called herself Day Dreamer Fox Wolf. 

But aft her parents forbade the 2 from seeing each different due to the fact that she was underage, helium concocted a twisted program to hitch them out, a California tribunal has heard. 

Frank Felix, 33, who went by the fursona Entey, met past 17-year-old Katlynn Goodwill Yost astatine a 'furry convention' – an lawsuit for radical who get their kicks from dressing successful elaborate carnal costumes. 

Felix knew Katlynn and her parents done the furry community, wherever her parent Jennifer acted arsenic a enarthrosis to thin connected for different furries to assistance them header with their problems. 

Felix's accomplice, Josh Acosta, 29, besides had a transportation to the household and was a known 'Brony' – a antheral who's a instrumentality of My Little Pony. DailyMail.com has learned that Felix's fursona was a dragon.

Felix is charged with 3 counts of execution and faces beingness successful situation without the accidental of parole if recovered guilty.

Acosta was recovered blameworthy connected each 3 counts of execution connected November 8, 2018 and sentenced to beingness successful situation connected December 14 that aforesaid year. 

After discovering her daughter's narration with Felix, who was past 25, Jennifer, 39, told her she indispensable halt seeing him, the tribunal successful Santa Ana, California, heard.

Her person Melinda Giles, who's besides a furry, told DailyMail.com backmost successful 2016: 'To support her daughter, Chris and Jenn were like, "We don't privation you to beryllium friends with our girl anymore".'

After their narration ended, Felix and Acosta, who was past 21 years aged and a backstage archetypal people successful the Army stationed successful Fort Irwin, plotted to escaped Katlynn from her parents, the Daily Bulletin reported.

The obsession, aft their narration fell apart, grew to the constituent of self-mutilation. Prosecutors described however successful 1 instance, Felix chopped himself successful beforehand of the teenager.

During the week starring up to the murder, helium allegedly planned their deaths with Acosta done email.

They carried retired this program during the aboriginal greeting of September 24, 2016.

The bodies of Jennifer, her husband Christopher Yost, 34, and their household person Arthur 'Billy' Boucher, 28, were recovered by their past 6-year-old girl successful their Fullerton home. 

Their 9-year-old girl was besides successful the location astatine the clip of the murder, but was unharmed.

The prosecution laid retired a week-long timeline that, they say, showed the execution was premeditated, during opening statements astatine the Orange County Justice Center.

They purchased bolt cutters, receptor plugs and shotgun ammo successful Burbank, California.

The prosecution stated Felix wrote to an acquaintance: 'I mightiness beryllium assisting idiosyncratic successful murder.' When advised by the person not to spell done with it, Felix switched up and said helium was talking astir an animal.

They besides noted the suspect was 'nervous' successful the email exchanges with Acosta wherever they elaborate their plans. In 1 instance, they wrote whoever answered the beforehand doorway would either beryllium pushed speech oregon shot.

Acosta was the 1 who agreed to transportation retired the murders aft Katlynn told them she had been molested by her stepfather Christopher connected a play ground – she would besides attest astir this successful the erstwhile service mechanic's proceedings successful 2018 successful speech for immunity.

The 17-year-old fto them successful the location and waited successful the car with Felix arsenic Acosta entered the residence.

Using Felix's father's shotgun, Acosta changeable Boucher successful the caput arsenic helium slept connected the couch, past entered Jennifer's chamber wherever helium changeable her betwixt the eyes arsenic she slept and yet gunned down Christopher arsenic helium tried to marque a interruption for it retired the backmost door, showed photos obtained by DailyMail.com.

After the couple's young children recovered their bodies, the teen was regarded arsenic missing until she was recovered later. Authorities astatine the basal wherever Acosta was stationed recovered the 3 shotgun shells that were aboriginal tied to the killing.

Felix told detectives that helium 'knew she wouldn't beryllium harmless if the parents weren't killed,' the Daily Bulletin reported.

The furry enthusiast besides admitted helium knew the kids were location and planned to permission nutrient retired for them aft slaughtering their parents, the prosecution said. They besides knew that Boucher would beryllium staying the night, with Felix admitting helium knew there'd beryllium a 3rd assemblage by the extremity of the bloodshed.

Acosta's defence during his 2018 proceedings argued the brace had been manipulated by Katlynn into carrying retired the murders. It's unclear what space Felix's defence volition instrumentality arsenic they've declined to talk until further into the trial.