From Kim Minugh:
Sacramento County sheriff's detectives have arrested two men in connection with Thursday's homicide in Carmichael Park, according to authorities.
Park employees found the body of 57-year-old Richard Seeger lying in the parking lot early Thursday. He had suffered "multiple sharp force injuries" to his upper body, said sheriff's Capt. Scott Jones.
On Friday, detectives arrested 35-year-old James Ray Alden (top left photo) and 24-year-old Bobby Brady (top right photo) for Seeger's killing, Jones said. Both men were booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on one felony count each for murder, robbery and violating probation. They are ineligible for bail.
Detective say robbery was the motive for the killing.
Seeger was living in his sports utility vehicle, which he kept stationed at the park, officials said. He was working at a local eatery.
Detectives found Seeger's vehicle in the neighborhood where Alden and Brady were staying, Jones said. They linked the suspects to the crime through physical evidence and witness statements, he said.
At the time of his arrest, Alden was in the process of serving five years of formal probation after pleading no contest to a felony charge of possessing stolen property in 2008, according to Sacramento County Superior Court records.
Brady was on probation after pleading no contest to second-degree robbery, a felony, in 2008, records show. His criminal record dates back to 2003 and includes no contest pleas to misdemeanor counts of drug and weapon possession, according to records.
Seeger's slaying was the sixth in the sheriff's jurisdiction this year. That includes one death resulting from an officer-involved shooting.
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