A New Bedford man has been arrested in the slayings of two women whose bodies were found in an apartment after the building 's landlord smelled natural gas .
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A New Bedford man has been arrested in the slayings of two women whose <m> bodies </m> were found in an apartment after the building 's landlord smelled natural gas .
A New Bedford man has been arrested in the slayings of two women whose <m> bodies </m> were found in an apartment after the building 's landlord smelled natural gas .
The Bristol District Attorney 's office said just after midnight Tuesday that 35-year-old Gary Gomes was arrested at another house where he was found barricaded with a third person .
Gomes faces arraignment in New Bedford District Court on Wednesday morning on two murder charges and one kidnapping charge .
The names of the women killed , who were 61 and 48 years old , have not been released .
Police Lt. Jeffrey Silva said the landlord 's son found the bodies after entering the second-floor apartment on Tuesday afternoon to investigate the odor .
District Attorney Sam Sutter is expected to discuss the case at a news conference already planned Wednesday afternoon to discuss developments in a 2003 murder case .