Second man arrested in slaying of Orange County executive

A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the slaying of an Orange County executive whose business partner admitted to killing him and pretending he was alive by sending phony emails from Africa.

Kenny Roy Kraft, 34, was arrested Monday and charged with accessory to murder in the killing last year of Christopher Ryan Smith, said Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.

Kraft, of Laguna Niguel, allegedly helped Smith's business partner, Edward Younghoon Shin, dispose of Smith's car, clothes and other items, Amormino said.

Shin was arrested Sunday as he got on a plane headed for Canada. He was charged with murder after admitting to killing Smith, 33, in June 2010 rather than pay $1 million to buy him out of their business partnership.

Investigators say he then faked that Smith was still alive and traveling the world. 

Shin sent emails from Smith's account to his family, portraying an exotic odyssey through Africa. Those emails describe him paragliding in South Africa and "sandboarding on huge mines."

In the phony emails, Smith claimed to be using gold to travel and talked about going to Rwanda.