A Vermont man has been charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of a man and a woman in Orleans Tuesday.
Vermont State Police said 23-year-old Cirell Brown of Orleans was arrested at the scene after the bodies of 61-year-old Paula Broe and 65-year-old Steven Luisi were found in a Water Street apartment.
Brown was held without bail pending his arraignment, which was scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday in Vermont Superior Court in Newport.
State police said autopsies would be conducted Thursday to determine how the victims were killed.
The investigation is still in its early stages, police said. The Orleans County Sheriff's Department is assisting state police.
Anyone with information that could assist the investigation is asked to call state police at 802-334-8881 or submit an anonymous tip online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
