The Lamar County Sheriff's Office has charged James Henry Elrod III with two counts of murder for the April 26 deaths of a 38-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man in northwestern Lamar County.
The deceased are identified as Ronald Edward Hostetler Jr., 53, from Paris and Cassie Mullens Head, 38, from Wright City, Oklahoma.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to both families in their tragic loss," Sheriff Scott Cass said.
Deputies were dispatched to a deceased person call on April 26 in northwest Lamar County, where two bodies were discovered, Cass said. Detectives learned a vehicle was missing from the residence belonging to the family of the deceased man. Detectives also learned that James Elrod III and Carylon Lynell Elrod were living at the home, and they were missing.