Police probing leads in Edgar deaths

PARIS – Authorities in Edgar County said Tuesday afternoon they were following up on a number of leads in the murders of two friends found dead in a rural Chrisman home Monday night.

But police said they had no suspects in the fatal shootings of Ryan Riddell, 32, of Villa Grove, or his friend Mark Prasse, 32, who lived in the home where the pair were found by a sheriff's deputy sent to check on their welfare.

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