Two charged in 2005 slayings

Two men were arrested and charged with murder yesterday in the 2005 killings of two homeless men found in an old military bunker just outside a Hingham park.

Eric J. Snow, 25, of Bridgewater, and James S. Winquist, 23, of Weymouth, are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Hingham District Court, the Plymouth district attorney's office said in a statement.

The suspects are accused of killing William P. Chrapan, 44, and David P. Lyons, 46, Weymouth natives who lived in the abandoned bunker outside Bare Cove Park.

The victims' partially decomposed bodies were found May 9, 2005.

Autopsies conducted the next day determined that both men died of head trauma, including skull fractures, the district attorney's office said.

Hingham police and State Police detectives assigned to the Plymouth district attorney's office investigated the death for more than two years.

"I want to commend the hard work of the investigators in this case," Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz said in a statement. "They have worked tirelessly on this case for the past two years, and as a result of their hard work, the murderers of David Lyons and William Chrapan will be brought to justice."

Bridget Norton Middleton, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, said she could not comment on what led investigators to Snow and Winquist until after their arraignment.

Ryan Haggerty can be reached at rhaggerty@globe.com.