Comments on: Spotted but Still Missing: Shaniya Davis (North Carolina) http://blog.blackandmissing.org/2009/11/13/spotted-but-still-missing-shaniya-davis-north-carolina/ Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Natasha http://blog.blackandmissing.org/2009/11/13/spotted-but-still-missing-shaniya-davis-north-carolina/#comment-1835 Natasha Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:06:42 +0000 http://blackandmissing.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/spotted-but-still-missing-shaniya-davis-north-carolina#comment-1835 Murder, rape charges pending in Shaniya Davis caseNovember 19, 2009 9:35 p.m. EST The body of Shaniya Davis, 5, was identified Tuesday. Murder charges will be filed soon, police say.STORY HIGHLIGHTS Mario Andrette McNeill will be charged with murder, rape, police say Shaniya Davis' mother also has been charged in North Carolina case The girl's body was found about 30 miles from where she was reported missing (CNN) -- Murder and rape charges will be filed against a North Carolina man in the death of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, police said Thursday. Mario Andrette McNeill had already been charged with kidnapping the Fayetteville, North Carolina, girl. She was reported missing last week, and her body was found Monday beside a road near Sanford, about 30 miles northwest of Fayetteville. Preliminary autopsy results indicate the child was asphyxiated, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine told reporters Thursday, but testing is still being completed and a final report has not been issued. McNeill will be charged with first-degree murder and rape of a child, Bergamine said. The new arrest warrants were being served Thursday night. The girl's mother, Antoinette Nicole Davis, has been charged with human trafficking and other offenses. Police have said they believe Davis was prostituting the child. According to police, surveillance video taken November 10 from a hotel in Sanford, North Carolina, shows Shaniya in the company of McNeill. Authorities had said Wednesday they would need to determine where Shaniya was killed before filing additional charges. Fayetteville is in Cumberland County, while Sanford is in Lee County. Bergamine said Thursday jurisdiction in the case would remain in Cumberland County. "We started it from the beginning and wanted to finish it out," he said. Video: NC girl's death a homicide The video timed out attempting to play. Please ensure that you do not have any Flash or JavaScript blocking plugins active. Video: Shaniya's brother speaks RELATED TOPICS North Carolina Missing Children Criminal Investigations Police still are not sure exactly where Shaniya was killed, Bergamine said. Police earlier had said they believe the child was alive when she left the hotel. "Current charges on Ms. Davis are standing as they are right now," Bergamine said. But he told reporters the investigation was ongoing. Murder, rape charges pending in Shaniya Davis caseNovember 19, 2009 9:35 p.m. EST

The body of Shaniya Davis, 5, was identified Tuesday. Murder charges will be filed soon, police say.STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Mario Andrette McNeill will be charged with murder, rape, police say
Shaniya Davis’ mother also has been charged in North Carolina case
The girl’s body was found about 30 miles from where she was reported missing
(CNN) — Murder and rape charges will be filed against a North Carolina man in the death of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, police said Thursday.

Mario Andrette McNeill had already been charged with kidnapping the Fayetteville, North Carolina, girl. She was reported missing last week, and her body was found Monday beside a road near Sanford, about 30 miles northwest of Fayetteville.

Preliminary autopsy results indicate the child was asphyxiated, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine told reporters Thursday, but testing is still being completed and a final report has not been issued.

McNeill will be charged with first-degree murder and rape of a child, Bergamine said. The new arrest warrants were being served Thursday night.

The girl’s mother, Antoinette Nicole Davis, has been charged with human trafficking and other offenses. Police have said they believe Davis was prostituting the child.

According to police, surveillance video taken November 10 from a hotel in Sanford, North Carolina, shows Shaniya in the company of McNeill.

Authorities had said Wednesday they would need to determine where Shaniya was killed before filing additional charges. Fayetteville is in Cumberland County, while Sanford is in Lee County. Bergamine said Thursday jurisdiction in the case would remain in Cumberland County. “We started it from the beginning and wanted to finish it out,” he said.

Video: NC girl’s death a homicide The video timed out attempting to play. Please ensure that you do not have any Flash or JavaScript blocking plugins active.
Video: Shaniya’s brother speaks
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North Carolina
Missing Children
Criminal Investigations
Police still are not sure exactly where Shaniya was killed, Bergamine said. Police earlier had said they believe the child was alive when she left the hotel.

“Current charges on Ms. Davis are standing as they are right now,” Bergamine said. But he told reporters the investigation was ongoing.

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