Texas ? Two men were indicted Thursday on murder charges in the slayings of five people who were abducted from a fast food restaurant in East Texas more than two decades ago.

Darnell Hartsfield, 44, and Romeo Pinkerton, 47, were charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of the victims, who were kidnapped from a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Kilgore.

Hartsfield was convicted last month of aggravated perjury in relation to the murder case. He previously told a grand jury he had never been to the restaurant in Kilgore, but DNA evidence showed he was there the night of the killings, authorities said.

Hartsfield was sentenced to life in prison on the perjury conviction because of a long criminal record.

Pinkerton remains jailed after being arrested in Tyler in August on an outstanding warrant for a parole violation.

Victims David Maxwell, 20; Joey Johnson, 20; Monty Landers, 19; Mary Tyler, 37; and Opie Hughes, 38, were found in an oil field with gunshot wounds to the head.

Authorities re-examined evidence, using DNA and other technology that was unavailable two decades ago, and uncovered new evidence, Abbott said.