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2 bodies found in New Mexico lake still not identified

Investigators are still working to learn the identity of two bodies recovered from Quemado Lake in the Northeastern part of the Gila National Forest in New Mexico.

According to police the two bodies are badly decomposed and are being taken to Albuquerque for identification.

Two teens have been missing from the Apache Creek Deaf and Youth Camp since Sunday evening.

They are 15-year old Noah Hooper from Longmont, Colo. and 16-year old Seth Stephenson of Chaparral, New Mexico.

Neither of the two teens were deaf or mute. They were last seen earlier in the day near the west end of the lake.

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