Blanket believed to belong to Shaniya Davis found in neighbor's trash

November 11, 6:49 PMCrime ExaminerCindy Adams

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Shaniya Davis (Family Photo)

On Wednesday, police continued their search for 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, who went missing from her Fayetteville, NC home early Tuesday morning.

Investigators have now recovered a blanket from a neighbor’s trash can that may belong to the little girl.

Neighbor, Andrea Moore, told WRAL that police said the blanket found in her garbage belonged to Shaniya.

Moore also said loud noises outside her home woke her up at about 3 a.m. on Tuesday.
“It sounded like somebody was beating,” Moore told WRAL.

She was awakened again shortly thereafter when police knocked on her door to tell her they were confiscating her trash due to evidence it may contain.

“Every time I think about it, it upsets me," said Moore. The idea that this baby was missing is bad in itself, but actually feeling like I had something to do with it, that’s pretty hard to deal with—this evidence being in my trash can.”

She also told the news station that police revealed the blanket was covered in feces and feces was also found on the Davis’ back porch.

“I hope that she’s found alive. I don’t know what to think about this. From what I’ve heard and how the situation happened, it doesn’t add up to me. I don’t know what happened to her. I don’t know what happened at the house,” Moore said.

Police dogs have searched the neighborhood of the Davis home, in addition to a wooded area nearby, but didn't pick up Shaniya’s scent.

Sgt. Tracey Bass-Caine of the Fayetteville Police Department told WRAL, “Anytime you have a child of this age [missing] or a child where the circumstances [of her disappearance] are questionable, then of course, this takes precedence.”

Shaniya is described as 3 feet tall, weighing 40 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt with pink underwear. She is thin and has a scar on her foot.

Authorities are asking anyone with information to call Fayetteville police at 910-433-1856.

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