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The Delray, Fla., great-grandmother whose two young great grandkids were found murdered in a beach canal last week is pleading for help with their funeral costs.
At a press conference Wednesday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, grief-stricken Barbara Flint pleaded with the community to help her financially in covering the costs of burying her two grandchildren, Ju'Tyra Allen, 6, and Jermaine McNeil, 10, whose dead bodies were found stuffed in luggage on March 2, floating down a nearby canal (canal pictured below along with Delray police boats).
The children's mother, Felicia Brown, 25, was also found murdered last August and her badly decomposing corpse was discovered in a county garbage dump. No one has been charged with the three deaths.
According to federal prosecutors, the prime suspect in the killings of all three victims is Clem Beauchamp (pictured in the mugshot below), 34, a boyfriend of Brown's. The couple had been together since 2007 and Brown's children lived with him even after she disappeared.
Oddly enough, Brown wasn't identified until last week, when her two children were found murdered. Brown's body had the children's names tattooed on her calf, police said. Beauchamp and Brown had a romantic relationship but broke up months before she was found dead.Police are investigating Beauchamp as the key suspect in the murder case and have held him since last Thursday on a federal charge, alleging that he possessed an illegal silencer for a handgun in a case dating back to 2009.
Apparently, Brown was a witness against Beauchamp on a gun charge. A U.S. Magistrate judge ruled that Beauchamp, who has a lengthy criminal record, should be held without bail and was not only a flight risk but a danger to the community.
Meanwhile, Flint, who is in dire straits financially, cannot afford to bury her two small great-grandkids and is broken up over her lack of funds:
"This hurts me so bad, I don't have the words to say," Flint said wailing, as she was led away by priests.
A memorial service for the three victims is planned for Friday night, with funerals scheduled for Saturday.
It is such a sad state of affairs... first you have the murders of both children and their mother. Second, you have a great-grandmother pleading for financial assistance in burying her relatives. Flint is a woman who is just mired in pain and angst. She has had three close relatives, both children who she helped raise, taken from her, and now she is faced with a huge financial burden.
I totally support the fair and equitable use of capital punishment for those who commit heinous acts, such as evidenced in this case. If Beauchamp is indeed found guilty of murdering the three victims, may his punishment fit the crime.
Watch Flint's heart-wrenching plea here:
If you would like to make a donation to help with the funeral costs, you can send a check or money order to: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, c/o the Brown/Allen family, 188 South Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, Florida 33444.
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By: jean on 3/10/2011 11:48AM
This is not the time nor place for you to express your feelings of being in search of or to promote some website. Have some respect for the family and if you can an ounce of dignaty about yourself. This is a moment of grief, please let the Grandmother have her moment of silence.
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By: Justifyed on 3/10/2011 6:54PM
The grief this grandmother is feeling hurts me so much that I won't even entertain the ignorance being spewd on this blog.
But I would like to ask the author, where we can send donations? My thought and prayers go out to the family. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
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By: Deut818 on 3/10/2011 1:22PM
My heart goes out to the family and their loss..
But let me say this..
..see we have decent black adult males..working hard with REAL JOB, no jail time, no children until marriage, clean cut, go to church-God fearing with GOd given morals and values who want a marriage/FAMILY/CHILDREN in that ORDER..with a 800 point credit score and can sign his name for thousands of dollars worth of credit any day of the week .. but NOOOO- y'all females don't want US..you want these BAD BOY images.. thugs...hustlers... wanna be ballers.. no working.. womanizers..drug addicted, drug selling thief, illegal gun having mamma's boy-punks to have babies by..how many times have we seen this happen?
Keep going for the bad boy types.. don't be surprize how you end up..
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By: Gichaya on 3/10/2011 5:17PM
Deut, I get your point but did you have to make it here? This is about dead babies, not romance. Your stupidity is probably the reason you don't have a woman
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By: RBALLA on 3/10/2011 2:37PM
Just because you wear a suit, it doesn't mean that you're a good guy.
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By: Deut818 on 3/10/2011 2:41PM
@ Cichaya..
yeah I took it there becasue we as a PEOPLE won't TAKE It THERE .. and why these type of situations keep happening in our communities..
BTW.. I have GREAT WOMAN and married dumb-dumb..and yes I said a REAL WOMAN with no children when I met her..real women want marriage and a husband in my BOOK-- I should let my WIFE come up on this tread and deal with your LAME excuse of a comment as a female and your STUPIDITY to assume I don't have a REAL WOMAN--how typical of you as a BF..all mouth with no substance or MERIT.
You don't want to got there with me? I mean really you don't..
..so yeah I took it there which is quite a PROBLEM in the BLACK community.. no one wants to TAKE IT THERE, WHY? No OUTRAGE and NO one wants to SPEAK the TRUTH so therefore these murders of our children and women keep happening at the hands of these so called what you females call men and think are the bomb who will put foot in your tail and beat your children that aren't his and who are nothing less than immoral being ..and all you concern about is the fact I took it there?.. How ignorant.. but typical of you..and to others who believe and speak like you...
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By: Greg D. on 3/10/2011 4:25PM
@Duet,
I have to agree with you. I'm not so concerned about the timing of your comments. That grandmother isn't likely reading this blog anyway seeking relief from her suffering. No, your comments are directed toward those who still have a chance at something.
You're right! We don't ever want to go there. That's part of the problem.
I was just telling my wife (of 30yrs) the other day. I'm sick of black women claiming there's no good black men out there when all so many seem to do is chase the bad ones. Or try to turn crap into gold.
My sisters need to put themselves into a position to attract what's worth keeping. Give these good brothers a chance. Better yet, be worthy of THEM! Stop worrying much more about what you put on your face and body (don't neglect it though) and do something about what you put in your minds.
I know they're out there. I attend a church of 1400 members. 43% of them are eligible/black/straight MEN. If that's one church, think of how many more are out there.
I'm not saying that every church going guy is gonna be right for you. But the odds of finding him there are better than the clubs or what you've BEEN doing.
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By: Gichaya on 3/11/2011 11:01AM
Duet, don't be an a$$hole. I acknowledged that there is truth to your statement, but this is not the place to boost your owe ego. No one is denying that there are issues regarding people like the one that killed this family. But if you want to bring your wife up in here, bring her and bring your mama too because you're going to need her
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By: Justifyed on 3/10/2011 6:55PM
You're a dumb ass, and your wife is even dumber for marrying you.
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By: Deut818 on 3/10/2011 7:22PM
@ Cichaya...
..see the problem was that you called me stupid and assume I didn't have a WOMAN--SPEAKING OUT YOUR MOUTH backwards..SO YOU GOT checked..
BTW ..my wife read your silly comment.. and laugh.. and stated that I probably hit your door step with my comment..
..anyway before you ASSUME and make yourshelf look like that BUTTHOLE by further making ignorant comments about someone you don't KNOW on this thread.. think again..
..and my wife alone who is in EXCELLENT PHYSICAL shape and a kick boxer..I WILL LEAVE THAT RIGHT THERE..
AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MY MOTHER? HUH?
.. MY MOTHER DIDN'T RAISE NO WEAK BUTT MAMMA'S BOYS SO THEREFORE I DON'T NEED HER TO SPEAK FOR ME UP AGAINST YOU ..SHE AND MY FATHER RAISED THEIR SONS TO BE MEN NOT MAMMA'S BOYS...MY BROTHERS AND I HANDLE OUR OWN AFFAIRS AS MEN..AND THE "REAL WOMEN" IN OUR LIVES APPRECIATE THAT AS FACT..SO CALL IT EGO IF YOU WANT ITS A FACT REGARDLESS IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANY ADULT MALES OF SUCH MAGNITUDE..
..I LOVE MY WIFE.. WE ARE A FAMILY AND THE MEN IN OUR FAMILY LEAD AND OUR FEMALE- SISTER-INLAWS ARE OUR MISSING RIB REPLACED..AS GOD HAS PLAN AS SUCH..AND WE HONOR GOD AS FAMILY OPERATING IN THE REIGNS OF MORALS AND VALUES AND WE ARE ALL BLESSED IN GOOD HEALTH, GOOD JOBS, EDUCATED, NOT LACKING IN NOTHING AS GOD WORD STATES FOR THOSE WHO OBEY & HONOR GOD IN ALL WE DO..
AND WITHOUT OUR MORALS AND VALUES...SUIT OR NUBIANS LOCK.. you ain't got nothing COMING IN THE POSTIVE..AND God HELP THOSE IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN..THE CYCLE never stops..DESTRUCTION AFTER DESTRUCTION/GRIEF AS THIS GRAND MOTHER EXPERIENCED IN THE FAMILY FOR GENERATION TO COME unless..SOMEONE goes there AND SPEAK THE TRUTH NO MATTER HOW BAD IT MAY HURT..
SO JUST KNOW IF YOU COME OUT OF YOU MOUTH BACKWARD AND MAKE ASSUMPTIONS NOT FOUNDED--MOST LIKELY YOU'RE GONNA BE CHECKED...
..you can have the last word..IF IT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER...
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