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2 men charged in connection with quintuple homicide

Terrance Wesley and Anthony Watkins
St. Louis County Police

ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOX/AP) — St. Louis County Police say two men have been charged in connection with Saturday's quintuple homicide in the 1900 block of Chambers Road, west of Halls Ferry.

Terrance Wesley and Anthony Watkins have each been charged with five counts of attempted robbery, 10 counts of armed criminal action, and five counts of first-degree murder.Five men were found dead just after noon on Saturday at a vacant apartment. Investigators say narcotics were found at the scene but they've not said anything about a motive.


St. Louis County Police confirmed Saturday afternoon in a news conference posted to the department's Twitter page that all five people killed were adults.

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— St. Louis County PD (@stlcountypd) July 6, 2019

Police say the victims are 40-year-old Ronald Brewster Jr., 37-year-old Rodney Holt, 65-year-old Rondall Mullin, 54-year-old Derrick Penny and 54-year-old James Penny.

Police would not disclose how they believed they had been killed. Police Chief Jon Belmar said only that investigators were certain they were victims of homicide. They also have not said why they were all in the apartment.

Police say the group and a sixth person had been at the apartment Friday night. Police say the sixth person left sometime overnight and returned around noon Saturday to find the bodies.

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