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Longview Police ID 2 Men Found Slain Near Railroad Tracks

Investigators are trying to determine who fatally shot two East Texas men whose bodies were found dumped near some railroad tracks.

Longview police on Thursday identified the victims as 20-year-old Dekeilen Joe Nelson of Gilmer and 28-year-old Kevin Lorenzo Stephenson of Henderson.

A Union Pacific railroad worker on Wednesday morning discovered the bodies.

Police are investigating the case as a double homicide. Investigators did not immediately offer a possible motive for the killings.

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