NEW YORK ( CNN ) -- A Fort Drum soldier has been arrested in the deaths of two fellow soldiers found stabbed in an apartment near the upstate New York military base , the Jefferson County Sheriff 's Office said . The suspect , Joshua Hunter , 20 , is being held at an undisclosed location in Ohio after being charged with two counts of second degree murder , Undersheriff Tim Dowe told CNN . The sheriff 's office identified the victims as Spc . Waide T. James , 20 , of Cocoa , Florida , and Spc . Diego A. Valbuena , 23 , of Port St. Lucie , Florida . The two men were found dead with multiple stab wounds Tuesday in an apartment at Meadowbrook Apartments in LeRay , New York , Dowe said . The complex houses mostly military families near the main entrance of Fort Drum , he said . The motive is unknown at this time , Dowe said . Sheriff 's deputies were called to the apartment complex after the soldiers were reported missing for duty , but the sheriff 's office could not say when that report was filed . James and Valbuena , who joined the Army in 2007 , worked as motor transport operators with the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion , 10th Mountain Division , according to a Fort Drum press release . Both had served in Iraq , it said . Police and Fort Drum officials would not release information about the suspect , including his rank or relationship to the victims . CNN 's Evan Buxbaum contributed to this report .
and Joshua Hunter , 17 , charged with two counts of second degree murder . Two soldiers were found dead at or near Fort Drum ##mer . Victims identified as Spc . Waide T. Williams , and Spc . Diego A. Valbuena .