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Suspect arrested in deaths of man, woman found in St. Pete alley

Charles Edward Hixon Jr., 30, is being charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Kenneth Leo Shook, 35, and Cheryl Lee Casey, 58.

A homeless man has been arrested in the deaths of two people found dead in an alley, St. Petersburg police said.

Charles Edward Hixon Jr., 30, is being charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Kenneth Leo Shook, 35, and Cheryl Lee Casey, 58.

Their bodies were found in an alley off 14th Avenue S. on Tuesday.

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Police said Tuesday the deaths possibly had "drug overtones."

Dixon was released from prison in April in a 2009 robbery, police said.

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