Police collected samples of red stains along with personal belongings in a search of the South Richmond apartment shared by Tameka Claiborne and Michael Solomon, according to a search warrant.
Further details on the stains were not immediately available, but the inventory of items seized from the residence yesterday in the 700 block of Blandy Avenue included a pillow, a cigarette butt, clothing, a laptop computer and a purse.
Police fear that Claiborne, the mother of a 2-year-old boy found alone in a Chesterfield County apartment complex parking lot Tuesday night, may have been harmed. Solomon, her boyfriend, is being sought as a person of interest in the case.
Claiborne's family members have said the key to finding her is to locate Solomon.
Earlier today, a friend of Solomon said he and Claiborne planned to be married but decided to postpone. And Solomon's sister said that her brother and Claiborne quarreled over finances last weekend.
Cynthia Solomon said her brother and Claiborne had argued because they were worried about how they would pay their rent and were concerned that they could be evicted from their apartment. She said both had called her Saturday while they were arguing.
Solomon said the last time she saw her brother was when she talked to him at her house in Prince George County on Sunday.
"I was trying to ask him what was going on. It was like he was stressed out," she said.
"But he wouldn't tell me what was going on."
Solomon said her mother last saw him on Tuesday when he went to Hopewell to cut her lawn.
"She said he was in a good mood. He was OK."
Richmond police say Michael Solomon's car was seen in Hopewell around noon yesterday, Wednesday. Police are asking anyone who has seen the vehicle recently to call Crimestoppers at (804) 780-1000.
The vehicle is a gold 2006 Chevrolet Malibu with Virginia license plate number XTU-2530.
David Anthony Blake, who lives next door to Solomon's mother in Hopewell, said he has known Solomon for 15 years and described him as a "caring person" with a "caring heart."
Blake said he doesn't believe anything bad has happened to Claiborne.
"I hope nothing happened to her," he said.
Claiborne's son, 2-year-old Malik, was found 11:30 p.m. Tuesday standing on a truck bumper in a parking lot the Addison at Swift Creek apartments in Chesterfield. He was unharmed and reported to be doing well yesterday under the care of Child Protective Services.
(This has been a breaking news update. Check back for more details as they become available. Read a complete account in tomorrow's Richmond Times-Dispatch.)
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