03-03-2011, 07:28 PM
PALM BEACH POST
DELRAY BEACH — Detectives suspect a man with a violent past in the murders of two children who were found folded into black bags and tossed into a canal near the city's south side, police said this evening.
Police are questioning Clem Beauchamp, 34, of 105 Southwest 7th Ave., in the deaths of a girl between ages 6 and 10 and a boy between 10 and 12, said Sgt. Nicole Guerreiro, Delray Beach police spokeswoman. The children were found Wednesday bobbing in the C-15 canal.
Records show Beauchamp was arrested five times between 1995 and 2010, on charges ranging from armed robbery to marijuana possession.
Neighbors described him as a doting father of four children who had been having relationship problems and, lately, acting strangely.
Earlier today, Delray Beach Police said they identified the two children whose bodies were found Wednesday stuffed in luggage in the C-15 canal.
At the earlier news conference, Guerriero declined to name the children.
Meanwhile, police put up crime scene tape around Beauchamp's house, where at least four children lived, neighbors said.
DELRAY BEACH — Detectives suspect a man with a violent past in the murders of two children who were found folded into black bags and tossed into a canal near the city's south side, police said this evening.
Police are questioning Clem Beauchamp, 34, of 105 Southwest 7th Ave., in the deaths of a girl between ages 6 and 10 and a boy between 10 and 12, said Sgt. Nicole Guerreiro, Delray Beach police spokeswoman. The children were found Wednesday bobbing in the C-15 canal.
Records show Beauchamp was arrested five times between 1995 and 2010, on charges ranging from armed robbery to marijuana possession.
Neighbors described him as a doting father of four children who had been having relationship problems and, lately, acting strangely.
Earlier today, Delray Beach Police said they identified the two children whose bodies were found Wednesday stuffed in luggage in the C-15 canal.
At the earlier news conference, Guerriero declined to name the children.
Meanwhile, police put up crime scene tape around Beauchamp's house, where at least four children lived, neighbors said.