Dad questioned in children's death facing firearm charge (Delray Beach, Florida)

This article turns every cartwheel possible to avoid identifying CLEM BEAUCHAMP as the father of the dead children, though it is certainly hinted that he is. And lo and behold, even though the reporter refuses to identify Beauchamp as the father, the Great Dad Brigade is already out in force! A "very good father," a "neighbor" (Daddy's drinking buddy?) tells us! All because the neighbor saw him bounce a ball around, so we know this is a fact! Notice that this is the SAME GUY where the mother of his children is "missing" (e.g. probably also murdered, but with no body found). A guy with a felony conviction for aggravated assault that was committed during an arrest for a robbery. Also a daddy with an unregistered silencer for a firearm. This is a "very good dad?" Just what do you have to do to be considered a bad dad these days? Do you think a mom with this criminal history would have folks saying she was a "very good mom"? Of course not.

http://www.wpbf.com/news/27077240/detail.html

Man Questioned In Children's Deaths Facing Firearm Charge
Court Documents: Beauchamp Had Homemade Silencer In 2009
POSTED: 8:15 am EST March 4, 2011
UPDATED: 9:20 am EST March 4, 2011

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- The man questioned in the deaths of two children found in a Delray Beach canal is facing a federal firearms charge.

Clem Beauchamp was charged with making an unregistered silencer for a firearm in October 2009.

U.S. District Court documents, signed Thursday, state Beauchamp had a felony conviction for aggravated assault stemming from an arrest for robbery while masked when he was arrested for making the silencer.

Beauchamp was booked into the Palm Beach County jail Thursday evening.

On Friday, Detectives returned to Beauchamp's home at SW 7th Avenue in Delray Beach. Investigators were digging in the back yard.

Officers said he was being questioned in the case of two children found in a canal along the border of Delray Beach and Boca Raton. Police have not charged Beauchamp, but investigators said he was a suspect.

On Wednesday, someone reported an unusual object floating in the C-15 canal. That object was a duffel bag. Inside was the body of a little girl, between the ages of 6 and 10.

Later that afternoon, as police were searching the canal, they found a suitcase just west of the area where the duffel bag was found. Inside of it, police said they found the body of a boy between the ages of 10 and 12.

It's still not known how long the bodies were in the canal, and autopsy reports haven't been released.

A Delray Beach police spokeswoman said it's believed that the children are victims of a "domestic" situation but declined to elaborate. She said police believe they know the identities of the children and are now working to figure out how they were killed and who killed them.

On Thursday, divers were using sonar to search for more clues. Investigators said they didn't think they would find another body but weren't ruling it out.

Police said the girl was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, dark pants and blue Polo brand sneakers. She also had braided hair with white beads on each strand. The boy was wearing dark blue shorts.

The girl's body was taken to the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office, where they were trying to determine a cause of death.

"At about 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., we located a second child," Guerriero said. "We located that child approximately a half mile west of the area the first child was located."

Beauchamp A 'Good Father,' Neighbor Says

Neighbor Kenneth Marshall said he has known Beauchamp for years.

"He was a good father, I mean a very good father. I mean he threw the ball at his kids and did everything he had to do," Marshall said.

Marshall said his neighbor didn't seem like himself the last time he saw him.

"The last days that we saw him, he was very distraught. He was going to the church and praying. He cut his hair," Marshall said.

Margaret Gissome said Beauchamp used to date her sister. She said she believed the kids found in the canal are her niece and nephew. Gissome told WPBF 25 News that her sister was also missing.