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Excelsior Springs police identify 2 men found dead Thursday

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Excelsior Springs police identified two men found dead Thursday in a house in the 200 block of Woods Avenue.

According to an Excelsior Springs Police Department news release, the department received a 911 call at 8:39 p.m. requesting that police check the welfare of the people in the home on Woods Avenue.

Officers found the doors locked, and a family member asked the officers to force their way into the home.

They found Dare M. Kinney, 33, and Chad D. Wooten, 31, dead inside.

Police said that the two men's deaths were from unnatural causes.

No other information was available on how the men died.

Based on evidence found at the home, no suspect or person is being sought in the deaths, police said.

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