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Shaniya Davis body found (photos, videos)

Shaniya Davis body found

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May justice be served for Shaniya Davis!

The body of Shaniya Davis has been found today. Shaniya disappeared from her home in Fayetteville, North Carolina on November 10, 2009. At the onset of her disappearance, Shaniya Davis’ mother, Antoinette Nicole Davis, told authorities that she had left Shaniya Davis asleep on a sofa at 5:30 AM. Approximately one hour later, Shaniya had disappeared. The story was met with skepticism amongst crime sleuths and HLN host Nancy Grace from the beginning. Nancy Grace featured Shaniya’s story from the onset as an Amber Alert had been issued for the missing five year old.

Shaniya Davis lived in the Sleepy Hollow mobile home park, residents in the park found it unlikely that someone would manage to come into the park, abduct Shaniya and disappear without someone hearing anything. There was no indication that Shaniya had walked out of the mobile home and a neighbor, Andrea Moore had stated that she heard banging on the wall the morning of Shaniya’s disappearance. She also stated that she heard someone outside of her mobile home at approximately 3:00 a.m. Police later confiscated Andrea Moore’s garbage after stating that they retrieved a blanket that belonged to Shaniya.

On November 11, Antoinette Nicole Davis’ boyfriend, Clarence Coe was arrested for the kidnapping of Shaniya Davis. The case seemed to have the break it needed, but though Coe was in custody, there was no word of where Shaniya was. On November 13, 2009, Clarence Coe was released and charges against him were dropped. A Comfort Suites motel surveillance video showed Shaniya Davis being taken into a motel with a man, 29 year old Mario McNeill. The video never showed Shaniya or Mario McNeill leave the motel. The video showed Shaniya with McNeill approximately 40 minutes before Antoinette Davis reported Shaniya missing. Mario McNeill was arrested and charged with first degree kidnapping.

The most shocking arrest in the horrific account of Shaniya Davis is that her mother, Antoinette Nicole Davis, was arrested on Saturday, November 14, 2009. Antoinette Davis has been charged with human trafficking, child abuse involving prostitution, and filing a false police report. According to reports and the warrant, Antoinette Davis is accused of giving her daughter over with the intent that she be held in sexual servitude.

Little Shaniya Davis’ body was found today approximately 7 miles from the Comfort Suites hotel where Mario McNeill was seen on surveillance tape, carrying the girl. According to Mario McNeill’s lawyer, his client intends to plead not guilty to first degree kidnapping charges.
According to reports, Antoinette Davis is currently pregnant.
 

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Shaniya Davis was born on Feb. 14, 2004.  Her body was found on November 16, 2009.  She disappeared from her home on November 10, 2009.  Her mother has been charged with human trafficking, child abuse involving prostitution, and filing a false police report.
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  • Stephanie 2 years ago

    The mother deserves to rot in hell, u make me sick, and u deserve to suffer. This beautiful baby dis not deserve this, may the angel rest in peace!!!!

  • SHERMAN 2 years ago

    HOW COULD SOME EVIL PERSON ESPCIALLY YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD DO THIS TO HER OWN CHILD. THIS WOMEN IS NOT A CHILD OF GOD AND SHE DESERVES WHATEVER SHE GETS, HOPES IT'S DEATH, AND THIS GUY IS NOTHING NOT EVEN HUMAN. IN ALL HONESTY, THE MOTHER WAS MAD BECAUSE HER ANGEL LOOKED BETTER THAN HER. THIS BABY WILL BE MISSED, AND DIDN'T DESERVE THIS. SORRY EXCUSE FOR A PARENT.

  • Michelle 2 years ago

    What a horrible, tragic situation. Words can not describe how sick this is. That being said, children are pimped everyday. Most are not pimped in this way but it doesn't mean that there are not other ways to pander. Mothers, black, white, asian, rich and poor turn their backs on their kids who are obviously being molested by their fathers or stepfathers. These moms don't want their "man" taken away from them or to loose their comfortable life style. Yes, it feels nice to say this woman should fry, etc, and I agree but getting all indignant about this and saying a few prayers doesn't help all the ---- still going on.

  • miosoty 2 years ago

    omg how could the aunt of that horrible mother say not to accuse her untill they have more evidance for what she has done how dare she !! she clearly sold her child to some man!! no amount of money in the wolrd should ever amount to a childs life this woman shoult burn on hell with n e one that is defending her also the man that took her life and the man that raped her god bless this baby soul wish her father would have never let her go!

  • jacqueline 2 years ago

    You raise a child for 5 years and then willingly give your baby girl over to a woman who clearly does not have her act together.

    I am sure the biological father never imagined the tragedy that was to follow but I can't understand why he would just ship her off and say ok, you have a job now, take her.

    I can only hope that someone responsible and loving will take care of this womans son and unborn child.

  • JoAnn 2 years ago

    Just because a woman gives birth to a little girl it does not make her a mother. Yes, this case is tragic. This goes on every day and most cases are not reported. YES they should be reported. In my case my mother let it happen from the time I was 6 years old. It stopped for awhile and I blacked it all out. When I was in my early teens it started again and I thought it was all my fault, after all he said it was my fault. I myself finally put a stop to it when I was 16, he was very hatefull. I didn't realize at what age it started until I was much older and my own daughter was about to turn 6. I started having flash backs that at first I didn't understand. Thought I was losing my mind. From that point on my daughter NEVER visited her grandmother until she was a grown adult. I myself didn't visit their home for over 20 years and only a few times in the last 10. Never did confront my mother and her second husband. He's now dead and hopefully burning in hell.

  • Wyatt King 2 years ago

    This hurts so badly, I don't know what to say... I prayed that they would find her alive, and look at this craziness... Why???
    A little teeny baby Girl who trusted them not to hurt her... Rest in Peace Baby; They're going to Get what they deserve...

  • pc 2 years ago

    I can't believe a so called mother would do such a thing. I pray that the little girl's soul is at peace now...resting in a better place.

  • James Martin 2 years ago

    There's a lot of sick puppies out there folks. Time for us all to turn to Jesus if you haven't done so already

  • RETTA 2 years ago

    EVEN A DOG KNOWS NOT 2 RELEASE THEIR PUPPIES OFF IN 2 THE
    WORLD TILL THERE ABLE TO FEN FOR THERE SELFS
    PEOPLE THIS WORLD IS SICK DO WE NOT HAVE MORE COMMON SENSE THEN AN ANIMAL THINK GOD SHE'S IN A BETTER PLACE WORRIED FREE HOME
    THEN THIS PLACE CALL EARTH WHERE THERE IS ONLY, LIES,PAIN,CHILD SEX OFFENDERS,R.I.P SHANIYA DAVIS

  • TC 2 years ago

    THIS WORLD LIES IN SATAN HANDS. THAT'S WHY THERE'S THIHGS GOING ON LIKE THIS. GOD SEES ALL THIS CRIME AND VIOLENTS GOING ON AND HE WILL DESTROY ALL THOSE WHO ARE MURDERS AND CHILD MOLELESTERS.

  • lorraine 2 years ago

    It's a shame yes most of us are outraged /speechless ,however lets not forget movin forward we all have a responsibilty to protect CHILDREN from unstable adults . yeah we all have full a plate ,staring right here right now im committmg to take a stand againist adults/people whoam through their unstability can cause children harm especially if it's a family members even though I don't allways agree with child protection services they r neccessary! so lets do what we have to do to protct our Children Denial kills a child

  • zanetta 2 years ago

    I hope that the prisoners get a hold of the mother and the man that has done this. I hope she never makes it to court because noone deserves to be alone as a child and go through this. She should have a picture of her in her solitary room of the autopsy pictures there if they choose to let her live. She needs to ask for the electric chair not a needle because you go in peace that way she needs to feel everything her daughter was going through till the last day of her life.

  • tisha 2 years ago

    this is so uncalled for so senseless. i hope evrybody that was involved in taking this baby's innocence and death ROT IN HELL. If a mother doesn't protect her daughter or any child for that matter needs to ROT IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish it was back in the old days when you could get stoned to death cause that's what they both deserve.

  • iffy 2 years ago

    I don't even kno where 2 begin I've never heard such a situation it made me sick 2 my stomach to kno tha she would sell her own baby n think any1 should care how she feels n tha she's pregnant .... her she didn't care about ruining her daughters inocent life !!!!!!!!she's not human n neitha is he!!!theirs so many levels of sickness 2 this tha we would b hea all night but I also kno tha theirs NO DRUG n the world. Tha would make me sell my babygirl n when ur high comes down afta u just sold ur kid ur gonna think about it n then 4 him 2 take her n bring her 2 a hotel or even out the house how could HE wowwww she's 5 how could u even ,
    .I can't even speak theirs no words n this is why I'm so overprotected over my kids n tell them about crazy people n this world how can u take a 5 yearold n rape her HOW??I can't I really can't but I'm gonna stop now becauz I have soooo much 2 say

  • Shamika 2 years ago

    The case of Miss Shaniya Davis was very troubling to me as a young adult female. I have to raise kids one day and I aspire to become a social worker and diminish the happenings of cases like this. I don't understand how a mother could give her own baby to some dirty grown men for MONEY! That's the problem with the world now, everything is based off of money. Noone will have their money or any other riches when our saviour comes. We are only living to prove that we deserve everlasting life with the Lord. Rest in peace sweetie......

  • mark 2 years ago

    hopefully neiter one of them last very long behind bars,,before the trail,,or even exicution,,,,but are brutally raped then killed behind bars ,,by thier own kind,,,i can only wish this to both of them,,equally for the mother,,and mario..if GOD is watching down over this,,,HE should allow this to happen to them,,and it should happen,,

  • Nancy Hull 2 years ago

    What has happened to that precious little girl is very disturbing. It has really affected me as a human being and parent. Watching that video in the hotel just turned my insides out! That, being the last time she was alive in the arms of and the intentions of that man, must be sickening for her father to see. It sickens me and has permanently left a scar on my heart. My heart goes out to those who loved her. I cry for her. God Bless Shaniya Davis, may she spread her little wings in heaven and be at peace.

  • Mindy 2 years ago

    RIP Beautiful, Shaniya!! I've been following this story from the beginning and I, like many others, hoped for a better ending! Especially after seeing this baby alive on surveillance camera at the hotel. It sickens me to know what the intentions were when that monster took her to that hotel. How could anyone rape and murder a child?!!? It makes me sick and I feel so bad for the pain little Shaniya endured. Shaniya trusted her "mother" to keep her safe and she did just the opposite of that. Shaniya was such a beautiful and happy little girl with her father, why couldn't she just stay there, where she was obviously well taken care of and LOVED?!! I wish he would've never trusted her sick, crack-head, coke-whore, piece of crap "mother"!! Why didn't Antoinette sell her own body for drugs....why sell your baby girl???? I'll never understand this! I hope both antoninette and Mario get what they deserve in prison from other inmates.

  • Jennifer C. 2 years ago

    I pray that God gives the family strength to endure in their time of grief. My heart is saddened and I pray that justice is served. May God Bless the family. This is not a race thing because we all know that this type of thing happens in every race and its awful. May Shaniya rest in peace. I know that she is in Heaven in God's Loving Arms. I want the family to truly understand that God has her with Him and nothing bad can ever happen to her again. I know that you will miss her, but she will forever be with you in your hearts and minds. Look up and smile at her and you will see her smiling back. Live for God and you will see her again.

  • carlea 2 years ago

    death is too good for them, they both need to suffer for a very long time and in a very brutal way. that beautiful little girl, how could the father part with her. i just can't imagine parting with my child after four years of nurturing and loving them. no way no how.

  • linda 2 years ago

    my heart is broken to million of peices

  • linda 2 years ago

    God bless this liitle angle. my heart is broken...whatb a mother

  • Diamond 2 years ago

    god it hurts me to even think about this me and shaniya were very close she was my little cousin and how dare her mmother would do this!!!! i wish that she was here now and keep her just so so so safe with her our family. R.I.P shaniya!!!

  • Ericka 2 years ago

    U C DIS LIL GURL RIGHT HERE SHE WAS MY LIL SIS FRIEND THEY WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER NOW DAT HER CRACK HEADMOTHER SOLD HER FOR DRUGS MAKE ME WANNA KILL MYSELF AND MY LIL SIS CRY TO SHE HIT THE WALL <<< NOT FUNNY Y? Y? WOULD A MOM SALE HER OWN DAUGHTER FOR DRUGS SO U TELL ME Y??? HMM A DUM BISH SHE MOTHER FKING IS AND DIS LIL GURL I LOVED HER LIKE SHE WAS MY OWN LIL GURL I GAVE HER EVERYTHING........ KNOWING SHE GONE.... IDK WAT I WANNA DO NOW *PRAY* BORN:2004-DEATH:2009 <<<NOT

  • Shady 2 years ago

    God, God, God my heart is so broken, so torn right now, God everyone is hurting. Even the ones like myself that don't even know this baby, this baby that you has taken as your own. How can someone that has the title of ma, mom, mommy, mother, be so cruel to their own. Can someone be so sick. I somehow wish I could direct this to McNeil, the baby murderer, he is one sorry lazy indiviual, and yes he deserves to live, dying will only relieve his mind of what has occured, why dont he and the whatever she is, she is not a mother, be put in a room, strapped to a chair in front of a wide screen TV, and watch the furneral service over and over til they flip out. Or maybe that will be to easy, but it sure will be a good start.

  • dp 2 years ago

    why did her stupid mother do that i feel bad for the baby that she is having. i hope you get the chair in jail both of you. you are goona rot in hell you are a sick mother who in the world would do that to a little kid you rapers out here you will go to hell!!! man you passed your little girl around for sex and now she's dead go to hell and mario you and shaniya's so called mom are sick twisted baster. rip shianya i will always love you even though i didn't know you i still care rest in peace baby girl and shianya's dad you are the best father a girl could dream of you took care of her and you never lost hope!!!!!

  • Jen 2 years ago

    I was deeply saddened and cried when I saw the news about Shaniya on the Nancy Grace show. My heart and prayers goes out to Shaniya and her family. May they find peace and comfort knowing that God will never forsake us during this time of sorrow. Even though we know that Shaniya is in better hands now with our Lord, it is such a tragedy way Shaniya's precious life was taken away so soon. We may never understand why or how a mother can do this to their own children but I pray for her unborn baby, I pray that she will come to her senses and come to know the Lord. I pray also for her son that Child Protection Services finds him a good place. I'm so thankful to Shaq for supporting the Davis family and also for everyone who prayed and supported Shaniya's family.
    For Shaniya's family, please accept my heartfelt sympathy for the loss of your precious angel.
    Let's all pray for a better world and for everyone to come to know the Lord.

  • Kiyya 2 years ago

    HOW COULD SOME EVIL PERSON ESPCIALLY YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD DO THIS TO HER OWN CHILD. THIS WOMEN IS NOT A CHILD OF GOD AND SHE DESERVES WHATEVER SHE GETS, HOPES IT'S DEATH, AND THIS GUY IS NOTHING NOT EVEN HUMAN. IN ALL HONESTY, THE MOTHER IS GONE ROTT IN HELL.THIS BABY WILL BE MISSED AND LOVED BY MANY, AND DIDN'T DESERVE THIS. SORRY EXCUSE FOR A PARENT.IM A TEEN MOTHER AND I WONT LET MII BABY OUT OF SITE CAUSE OF THE SICK PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD..R.I.P. ANGEL YOU GONE BE MISSED...

  • carol 2 years ago

    u should suffer the same slow painfull death with a blown up pic of your daughter for u to look at as u die even w/ that it wouldnt be enough.that poor poor baby

  • Stephanie s tillman 2 years ago

    He should be castrated and made to eat his own organs; she should be split into two torn at the limbs- both publically, then hung... And blugeoned to death. My god, why? Why? A baby? A baby. Rape. A baby. She was sodomized as well reports say. I'm sick by this, literally sick. Where do we go from here when we have sub-sapiens among us ??
    further, This behavior is not animalistic, for animals are more dignified. The comparison is a degradation to animals. These creatures are the devil realized. They should be hung. Period.

  • tina 2 years ago

    iTS SO PAINFULL TO SEE THIS......HOPE MOTHER BURNES IN HELLS.....SHE DESERVES TO DIE....AIDS....BITHCH

  • danny24 2 years ago

    honestly i am sooo sick of these people messing with these kids it just doesn't make any sense i feel that they should die the same way that these precious children died it is unbearable to even think about the pain and fear that these children endured the last moments of their life , my heart goes out to each and every one their families and i pray that those little Angels can rest in peace now, God Bless

  • Katherine P. 2 years ago

    Such a beautiful little soul that did not ask to be here but the Lord wanted her to be here. I have read and watched the clips and my heart goes out to the other family. What a tragic lost, but do know now "Little Angel" u r back home with the one who delivered u and may r soul rest in peace!

  • Jazmine (Shorty) 2 years ago

    THIS IS SOOOOOO SICK !! POOR BABY

  • LIL BLACK 1 year ago

    WELL TO BE TRUEFUL TO YOU THIS LIL BABY AINT NUN BUT AN ANGEL AN THE MAN WHO DID IT HE SHOULD STAY IN JAIL ARE WHERE EVER HE ARE IN THER EFOR LIFE WITH OUT EVEIN MISSIN WATEVA KUX THIS RITE HERE WAS SUM REAL BUMP UP SH*** AND HER MOTHER LADY THIS IS YOUR DAUGTHER YOUR BLOOD HOW COME YOU GO GIVE HER UP LIIKE SHE IS SUM KIND OF TRASH ON SIDE OF THE ROAD I JUST DNT GET THESE PPLE COME ON MAN AND HER MOTHER YOU SHOULD ROTT IN HELL FOR LIFE R.I.P LIL ONE............

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