Authorities in Ontario, Canada, are treating the deaths of two Mohawk men as a double homicide.
Peter Benedict, 31, and Jade Benedict, 27, were found dead in a remote industrial area of Cornwall. The men were described as cousins.
Jade lived on the New York side of the Akwesasne reservation while Peter lived on the Canadian side. Peter is a former convict.
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Two Akwesasnes killed in Ontario
(AP 7/19)
Slain cousins lived very different lives (The Ottawa Citizen 7/18)
Cornwall cops hunt suspects in slayings (The Ottawa Sun 7/18)
Two bodies found in Cornwall area (CP 7/18)
Deaths of Mohawk men treated as double homicide
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
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