The Ellis County Press: DeSoto police identify homicide victims DeSoto police identify homicide victims ================================================================================ Editor on 09/17/2009 16:15:00 STAFF REPORTS The Ellis County Press DESOTO - On Tuesday, Sept. 9, police identified the two men found shot to death in a Toyota sedan about 2:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7 near a DeSoto hiking trail as Cedric Johnson, 40, of Sachse and David Perkins, 36, of Dallas. The vehicle, which their bodies were found on the 1800 block of Wintergreen Road, was registered to Johnson. These are the first reported homicides of the year in DeSoto. Anyone with information can call the DeSoto Police Department at 469-658-3000.