A man accused of killing a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old who were camping in the Mount Ord area of Tonto National Forest in Arizona earlier this year was a former member of the Minnesota National Guard.

According to CBS affiliate KPHO , 31-year-old Thomas Brown was linked to the deaths of 17-year-old Evan Clark and 18-year-old Pandora Kjolsrud, both of Phoenix, Arizona, through DNA found on bloody evidence and the car belonging to the teens. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and is being held on a $2 million cash bond.

The teens' parents told police they had left for a day-long camping trip on May 25 and were supposed to return the next day. However, a parent of one of the teens called the police after they didn't return from the trip. A vehicle was found near

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