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Police charge man, juvenile in connection with teens' murder

The police report details Rhodes' involvement in May 22 double homicide on River Park Drive as well as his connection to a homicide dating back to May 4.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS 11) -- Police have made two arrests in the case of the two teens found murdered near Shawnee park.

Brice Jamar Rhodes is charged with two counts of murder, abuse of a corpse and a list of other charges. The juvenile is charged in connection to the murders.

The police report details Rhodes' involvement in the May 22 double homicide on River Park Drive as well as his connection to a homicide dating back to May 4.

LMPD said Rhodes did not cooperate with their investigation and did not give police a statement. The juvenile did cooperate with police and gave them a statement.

The arrest report said on May 4, Christopher R. Jones, was shot on S. 41st St. and later died at the hospital.

Police said, on May 22, that Rhodes stabbed the two teenaged victims multiple times, disposed of the bodies at 40th and River Park Dr. and then helped clean up the scene.

The coroner’s office has released the identities of the double homicide victims as 14-year-old Larry Ordway and 16-year-old Maurice Gordon. The coroner’s office said they died from multiple blunt force injuries.

According to LMPD, they know where Ordway and Gordon were murdered, have processed the scene and will not reveal the location.

The arrest report says Rhodes was arrested May 24 on West Jefferson Street and it's not clear at this point if police tracked him down or if he turned himself in.

Police said a school official at Olmstead Academy North helped them in identifying the teens from the sketches they released.

After police released a sketch of the two victims, one woman claimed the boys were her sons.

Marie Wren said they were both in the 8th grade at Olmsted Academy North and were set to graduate on May 26.

Wren says when she learned the gut-wrenching news, she was heart-broken over what she and the boys' teacher calls a senseless murder.

A balloon release to honor the victims is planned for May 25 at 6 p.m. at Wyandotte Park and is open for the community to attend.

As for Rhodes, we're expecting him to face a judge Wednesday morning.

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