In this image provided by the Virginia State Police authorities late Saturday Dec. 24, 2011 identified the suspect as 27-year-old Jamal Louis Clemons of Richmond, Va. They say Clemons is wanted for abduction, robbery, robbery with a firearm and use of a f
In this image provided by the Virginia State Police authorities late Saturday Dec. 24, 2011 identified the suspect as 27-year-old Jamal Louis Clemons of Richmond, Va. They say Clemons is wanted for abduction, robbery, robbery with a firearm and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony by a convicted felon. A massive Christmas Eve search for a 2-year-old Kaiden Burnside who was in the backseat of an SUV that was stolen following a double-slaying in Richmond ended around midnight with the boy being found safe. Virginia State Police, Associated Press
By Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond, Va., police have identified the two people slain on Christmas Eve that led to a search for a 2-year-old boy abducted from the scene who was later found safe in the backseat of an SUV.

Police on Sunday said 60-year-old Edward Lee Bowmer Jr. and 56-year-old Sheryl Clapp were shot to death.

Bowmer lived in the home where the bodies were found and Clapp was from Mechanicsville.

Neither was related to 2-year-old Kaiden Burnside. Police say the shooting suspect stole the vehicle in which Kaiden was seated.

Police are looking for suspect 27-year-old Jamal Louis Clemons. They say Clemons faces abduction, robbery and other charges.

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On Saturday night, police said Kaiden was to be reunited with his mother. But his whereabouts were not mentioned in a Sunday news release.

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