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2 arraigned on charges stemming from Flint River bodies

2 arraigned on charges stemming from Flint River bodies | iNFOnews.ca
Flint Police investigate after two bodies were found along the bank of the Flint River on Thursday, July 12, 2018, under the I-475 overpass near the intersection of Lyman Street and Riverside Drive on Flint's east side, in Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

FLINT, Mich. – Two additional suspects have been arraigned on charges linked to the discovery of two bodies found under a door floating in the Flint River in eastern Michigan.

WJRT-TV reports a 16-year-old is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and using a firearm to commit a felony, and 47-year-old Melinda Kelly is charged with felony counts of tampering with evidence and being an accessory after the fact to a felony. They were arrested Sunday.

Twenty-four-year-old Robert Wheeler was arrested at the scene when the bodies were found July 12. He faces two counts of first-degree murder, tampering with evidence and using a firearm to commit a felony.

Police say the victims were 32-year-old Rodney Harden Jr. and 19-year-old Tedmundo Meeks, both of Flint. Police haven’t said how they died.

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Information from: WJRT-TV, http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt

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