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2nd arrest in double murder of U.S. missionaries in Jamaica

NEW YORK -- Jamaican authorities announced Wednesday that a second man has been charged with murder in the deaths of two American missionaries found shot on April 30.

Police say Dwight Henry and Andre Thomas, both 25, killed Randy Hentzel and Harold Nichols during a robbery in St. Mary's Parish Jamaica, where the two American missionaries have lived for years.

Both were shot, but a coroner determined that one of the victims succumbed to machete wounds suffered after the shooting, according to Jamaica Constabulary Force Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay.

Hentzel and Nichols had both worked for a Pennsylvania-based religious organization called Teams for Medical Missions. The two men and their families did evangelism and Bible ministry and built homes.

Thomas was charged on June 23. Police detained Henry the next day, but he was not charged until Wednesday. Both men faces counts of murder and illegal firearm possession.

Court dates have not yet been set for the suspects.

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