03/02/2009

Associated Press

The victims of a double homicide in the northeast Missouri town of Hannibal are identified as 27-year-old Amanda Thomas of Hannibal and 25-year-old Carl Epley of Monroe City.

Both were stabbed to death. The bodies were discovered by police on Saturday at Thomas' apartment in a public housing complex.

The suspect, 32-year-old Manuel Cazares of Hannibal, is jailed on $1 million bond and charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of armed criminal action.

Court records show Cazares had two orders of protection issued against him in Marion County in the past year. Autopsies are planned on both victims.

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