A Stover man has been arrested in connection with the slayings of two elderly residents who were found dead in their home Tuesday.
Ronald J. Blowers, 25, is being held on a $1 million bond at the Morgan County Jail on two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action and burglary after admitting to police officers he was in their home at the time of the homicides.
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