TATE COUNTY, Miss. — A man has been charged with murder after two bodies were left in the middle of Wes Williams Rd. near Thyatira in Tate County.
The bodies were found by a driver Sunday Nov. 24 just before daylight.
Those victims were identified as Manuel Olives and Steven Alex Smith, both were 20-years-old, according to Tate County Sheriff Brad Lance
They were found shot multiple times.
Gerdarius Newson has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Original Story: Neighbors heard nothing after two men were dumped in the road
The family of the victims told FOX13's Tom Dees that the victims were laid to rest on Sunday.
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