Created: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:15 a.m. CST
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Indiana police investigate deaths

By The ASSOCIATED PRESS
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HAMMOND, Ind. – Police in northwest Indiana said charges had been filed against two teenagers in connection with the deaths of a Hammond couple whose bodies were found in an Illinois forest preserve.

Hammond police said at a Monday news conference that 17-year-old Reo Thompson and 18-year-old Gregory Brooks Jr., each have been charged with two counts of robbery, auto theft, two counts of burglary and four counts of confinement.

Hammond authorities said they continued to investigate the homicides of 78-year-old Milton and 76-year-old Ruby McClendon, who were the parents of Chicago CLTV host Garrard McClendon.

Both teenagers are held in Chicago and waived extradition hearings Monday.

The charges against the men were announced as more than a thousand mourners gathered at a Munster church for the McClendons’ funeral.

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