A 5-year-old North Carolina girl Shaniyah Davis is still missing 3 days after a man was arrested and charged with kidnapping her. Police suspect Shaniya Davis’s mother (pictured below) provided her to 29-year old Mario Andrette McNeil for sexual favors in exchange for drugs and/or cash. Fayetteville, NC police arrested Shaniya’s mother, Antoinette Nicole Davis, and charged her with child abuse involving prostitution, human trafficking and filing a false police report. According to arrest reports, Davis “knowingly provide(d) Shaniya Davis with the intent that she be held in sexual servitude” and she “permit(ted) an act of prostitution.” Shaniya had only lived with her mother for one month before she went missing.
McNeil (pictured above) has been charged with kidnapping Shaniya after he was seen on a hotel surveillance camera on Thursday (11/12) carrying the child into a Sanford hotel room about 40 miles from Fayetteville. Shaniya’s mother ( pictured above) reported the girl missing Tuesday morning (11/10) from a mobile home community in Fayetteville, and authorities began searching nearby wooded areas. She said she last saw her around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. Police responded to the home around 6:50 a.m., and immediately suspected foul play was involved in the girl’s disappearance. “There is definitely something not right about the situation. Foul play is suspected,” Fayetteville police spokeswoman Theresa Chance said Tuesday evening. The mother’s live-in boyfriend and her sister, along with an infant and Shaniya’s 7-year-old brother were also in the home when the girl went missing.
On Thursday, police took the mother’s boyfriend, Clarence Coe, 30, into custody and charged him with kidnapping. But Coe was released the next day and all charges were dropped. Investigators said they found a blanket that might have belonged to Shaniya in a garbage can outside a neighbor’s home, along with other items the little girl was wearing. Shaniya was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt and pink underwear. Police sealed the home Tuesday and prevented family members from entering, citing extensive sewage leaks inside the mobile home.
Bradley Lockhart, center, father of missing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, cries during a news conference at the police station, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 in Fayetteville, N.C. Shaniya’s father, Bradley Lockhart, told The Associated Press he raised his daughter for several years but last month decided to let her stay with her mother. He said Shaniya’s mother struggled for years with alcohol and drug abuse as well as financial difficulties. He said she recently found a stable job and her own place so he decided to give her a chance to raise their daughter.
“I should’ve never let her go over there,” Lockhart said Saturday night. “There have been major DSS issues with this family – who has custody, switching back and forth,” Chance said. This summer, officers served a search warrant at the home and found a variety of drugs inside.
Lockhart said police have not told him whether they are any closer to finding his daughter. “I just want her to come back safe my friend,” he said. “I love her very much and I hope she is OK.” He described his relationship with Davis as a “one-night stand” and said he and Davis never argued about him raising Shaniya. “Shaniya is a precious young lady and she is special,” Lockhart said.
Fayetteville police say they interviewed three registered sex offenders in the area. The sex offenders are not considered suspects. Police have not said whether they believe Shaniya is dead. “We’re treating this as a child in danger, with the information we have,” Chance said.
11/17/09: UPDATE – SHANIYAH BODY FOUND – MOM 1ST COURT APPEARANCE – READ HERE
NO WHAT IM SOOOOO TIRED OF THIS. HOW MUCH LONGER WILL OUR LITTLE INNOCENT ONES BE SLAUGHTERED, RAPED,OMG. AND THE MOTHER? LORD PULEEZ SOME OF THESE WOMEN NEED NO CHILDREN.BUT WAIT TILL SHE GET IN PRISON, THOSE WOMEN WILL BE AWAITING. I JUST CANT SAY ANYMORE
Antoinette Davis is a sick indivisual who needs a lot of help.She should rot in hell for what she has done to her baby girl. This is unbelievable.
that is so sad if somebody did that to me i will come back and hunt them.
All the parents should be charged. The father knew this woman was unstable and should of been smart enough to know not to send her with her. I hope God sents a wrath upon these evil people.
OMFG……….WHAT SICK PERSON WOULD SELLL THEIR CHILD TO GET SOMTHING SHE/OR HE DIDINT NEED PLEASE LORD LET HERE CONCENCE TEAR HER APART.
TO THINK THAT THIS LADY USED TO WORK FOR MY GRANDMA AT VILLAGE GREEN AND SE HAD HER CHILD KILLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT WOMEN IS A BAD PERSON.
Children do not deserve to be treated like livestock. This beautiful child should not have been left with a JUNKIE. Junkies don’t care about lives,they only care about the fix. the mother and her boyfriend should burn in hell.
This HAS TO stop. Im sick of seeing beautiful innocent children being murdered like theyre nothing. I live in Orange Park, and Im still getting over the Somer Thompson case. I pray every night for God to be with her family and other families that deal with that situation or for the children to be able to return home safetly. And to see that a mother would sell a child, let alone her own daughter for whatever reason makes me sick to my stomach. They will get it, when they burn in hell for all eternity. RIP little Shaniyah and I pray that the Lord will comfort her family and friends.
This story is one of the saddest storied i’ve heard in my life! to give ur child away for drugs is jus dispicable! i cant believe a person would do that to the blessing that god gave her!! The mother is at fault for this, and so is the drug dealer that would take the child! i dont believe that Shaniyah’s father should take any of the blame, he jus decided to put faith in Shaniyah’s mother at the wrong time! im truly praying that lil Shaniyah is still alive!!
Here is another case of a parent that should’ve never been blessed with any children. I don’t believe that her dad should be held acounted for her actions. He was just trying to allow her to finnally grow up and raise her daughter. I don’t understand why this world is turning upside down. What are we doing to our children? Where are these sick people coming from? yes, the mom and the kidnapper should both be raped and beaten. Both of them will have their day in jail as well as on judgement day. They better be care not to drop the soap!
yall know what i did tonight, i wrote a letter to our prez. i told him something need to be done about the slaughter of our little ones here in the USA.i hope he get to read the letter.There need to be a nationwide outrage and media out cry about this. and this to all women with boyfriends who are not your kids daddies,dont LET THEM AROUND YOUR CHILDREN. if u get horny find a babysitter and then go to a hotel and release yorur self. im on a mission to try to save our littleones.i now it sounds unrealistic,but you gotta start somewhere.
yes maria the death penalty is too easy for them. in prison, the vultures will be awaiting.
ugh dem some sick bastards i hope he get raped in jail & i hope she go 2 hellllllllllllllll
Amen @bococa you are absolutely right and we need to do better as a people. These children are our future, why arent we taking better care of them. I hope your letter get read and people start doing more to protect our children. The Amber Alert was a great start, but how do we prevent having to use Amber Alerts in the first place..
Somethings really sick about this woman but no need to say she will get hers. You don’t mess with God’s lil Angels.
This story is one of the saddest storied i’ve heard in my life! to give ur child away for drugs is jus dispicable! i cant believe a person would do that to the blessing that god gave her!!You don’t mess with God’s lil Angels.Here is another case of a parent that should’ve never been blessed with any children.THe daddy should of never gave the mommy a chance you know ones you get on drugs you CAnt never stop god bless your soul lill mama R.I.P Praying for you?
she was a pretty little girl and that was mean what they did to that little
Omg…that’s crazy all I can say is I hope God have mercy on their souls! And r.I.p niyah!
ayee, i dnt lik tht…i think tht the mom Uhh..i just dnt lik dat beq Shaniyah is my best friend Cuzzin n her damily n her are hurt beq of what happened!…why did it have to happen to her!..SHE IS JUST LAME!..{IM TLKN ABOUT THE MOM]…she should have thought how all this was gonna b on the newz and on the t.v. EVERYWHERE!…uhh she a lil bitch!..the mom!
R.I.P NIYAH!
look at this beautiful little girl oh my gosh wo would do such i thing. I think davis didnt know that he would kill her though bt still thats no excuse to do that. . .what kind of world do we live in?
why would a grown man do something like this to an innocent little 5 year old girl who hadnt really had a chance at life her mother is a sick ill humane person who should be put on death row along with the sick pervert they should be rapped and tortuered to she how it feels to be vialted my heart goes out to the family along with prayer.
This is some bull shit who ever did this to this baby girl they gone get with they deserve im tired of seeing little kids getting treat the way they do people need to get some help all i can say is R.I.P niyah
i wish i can find the person who did this i will give them something
FIRST LET ME SAY THAT SHANIYAH WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL!!! I JUST CAN’T UNDERSTAND HOW COULD A MOTHER GIVE HER CHILD TO A MAN WHO SHE KNEW WAS GOING TO TOUCH HER IN SEXUAL WAYS. THAT’S SO SICK. HER MOTHER IS NOTHING BUT A PIECE OF TRASH & THE MAN THAT RAPPED & KILLED HER IS SUCH A LOW LIFE THE LOWEST OF THE SCUM OF THE EARTH!!! THEY BOTH WILL BUST HELL WIDE OPEN. THEY NEED TO CUT OF HIS PENIS AND MAKE HIM PAY. I HAVE A FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND TO THINK OF SOMEBODY DOING THAT TO HER MAKES ME SO SICK. I CRIED WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS STORY ON NANCY GRACE IT WAS JUST SO HARD TO EVEN WATCH. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH SHANIYAHS DAD,BROTHER,AND AUNT. IM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
That is so dam sick twisted an crazy I actually have a daughter this is devastating I don’t even want to think or even try to put myself in that place wit my child I wouldn’t even knw how to go on my daughter iz my everything dam this sht has my stomach doin flips an twist I love my daughter with my heart soul an every inch of my body how could they do this !!!!!
that is such a shame i have no children and it really just makes me wonder about women that could do such things to there children i hope she stays in jail FOREVER>>>>> my hearts goes out to the little girls father’s family
THAT MAN KNEW BETTER THAN PUTTING HIS HANDS ON A FIVE YEAR OLDER WHEN THERE ARE LOTS OF GROWN WOMEN IN THE WORLD THAT HE CAN GIVE IT TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT NIGGA KNEW BETTER AND HER MAMA IS STUPIDED FOR GIVING THE BABY AWAY AND I DONT KNOW HOW SHW SO PERTTY HER MAMA UGLY AS HELLLL!
THAT NIGGA KNEW BETTER AND HER MAMA IS STUPIDED FOR GIVING THE BABY AWAY AND I DONT KNOW HOW SHE SO PERTTY HER MAMA UGLY AS HELLLL!
I DONT KNOW WHY THE MAMA PREGNENT AND SHE IS NOT GONE GET THE BABY PUT HER IN THE STING CHAIR SHE A LIER TALKING ON THE NEWS SAYING MY BABY LOST SHE WOKE UP AT 5:30 AND I CANT SEE HER ANY WERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
man this isn’t riqht i want that dumb retaded man in the electric chair asap. That is just sickning! Why would he even dream of doing such a thing? Man burn in helL;
You know, a lot of people do not want to believe this, but in Matthew 24:12 it says” And because iniquity (sin) shall abound, the love of may shall wax cold”. This means that mothers will be against daughters and fathers against their sons. It’s sad hear and to see that someone, instead of just sending her back to her father kept her to use her for her on little benefits. One thing we must do is pray for the family, the ones that truly loved her and we must know that God has the record…Judgement will come!
I thank people in this world are very sick and to thank that her own birth mothrer would do somthing like this i outraged![obama needs to do his job][innocent kids are losing their lives foR CRACK AND MONEY!!!THAT WOMEN WHO DID THIS SHOULD BE EXECUTED!!!
THATS HOW I FEEL!!
tht=e little girl is so pretty i dont see how her mother was able to sell her, because if i had a daughter that pretty i would hold her close and never let her go but the worse thing about it is what she sell the little girl for. No matter what you dont sell your loved one for any thing no matter how bad you need it at that time you would just have to WAIT and get it. Well i just think the mother made a big mistake in letting this happen to her little girl . I hope nothing but the best for Shaniya’s father and i hope he’s taking this one day at a time not trying to rush into anything new (which i dont think he is anyways) but i will keep them in my prayers and i have nothing but love for them and you cant say you hate any of them even if you want to so bad but her mother and the man that did this get the punishment they deserve (no heart feelings).
and oh yeah i forgot to add this ti the other one R.I.P Shaniya Davis im pretty sure you will be missed by all your loved ones and im sorry your life had to end so suddenly.
yo dese 2 mother fuckers is so fucking sick that its fucking crazy like what the fuck did he see n a fucking 5 year old gurl that made him want her that bad. i dont care about how many drugs those losers were on, dey look like they was on them shits for a long ass time and most people like that know how to function strait so that is no excuse to be murdering a goddamn child. i hope something terrible happens to them. and no offense but white people dont ever fucking think! how da fuck do dis dumb ass man give his baby to a fucking crackwhore just because she have a house and a job. that makes me fucking sick to my mother fucking stomach! most crackwhores got a house n a job that dont mean shes fucking stable.
that was so wrong how he did that little baby she was only so small how could you force your self to do that to a little girl he should go to jail fo life and her sick od mother r.i.p and i hope your her father get well soon
they should b sick. dha men should beat the mess out fo him n the women should do the sme. she dnt ned any children they should tke alll ha children from hert. rip.niyha
this is sooooo sick what a sick mother?!!!!!!!!!i would beat the **** out of her mom…..but she a beatiful lil girl and shes in a better place……
r.i.p.baby gurl i luv u and i miss u and now u r with our father in hevaen in a betta place and i know that ur family and friends do miss u but we all know hear u at in hevaen smiling down on us.that was so damn wrong and dirty that they did that to lil shaniya i hope that they go to hell for killing that baby.to lil ms. shaniya nicole davis i luv u with all of my heart and soul in u will be in my heart in on my mine at all tyme,s u will be missed we luv u baby
I hope when McNeil goes to jail, the inmates rape him every single day, so he can feel it! I am sure shaniya was screaming, crying and kicking when he was killing her! What kind of a MONSTER are you! I hope the inmates get the MOTHER, THE BOYFRIEND, EX-BOYFRIEND AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS INVOLVED IN HER DEATH! BURN IN HELL!! I want to be at this trial!
i think that the mother of shaniya davis should have not saled her but her mother and the man that killed her should stay in jail for years
Im so sick of this mess =[
uhh stupoid
When I first heard this it literally made me sick! This woman does not deserve the title of mother. What mother does this to her child? And five years old? That’s not even sickness. There’s no word to describe her.
My heart deeply goes out to the father and the other family members of this poor little girl.
THIS IS CRAZY HOW THIS GIRL WANTED HER FREAKIN BABY KILL THIS IS HOW IM FEELIN THAT SHE NEED TO DIE OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT BABY IS TO PRETTY TO BE ALREADY WID OUR FATHER. BUT SHANIYAH RIP ND YEA I DIDNT EVEN KNOW YOU BUT ILL BE THERE SO OR LATER….
I pray for this entire family. This child is gone from us now. No one even looks at how this culture is so screwed up. No one is trying to help. DSS is a joke. It hurts me so much to see this. Your baby is with my baby now in heaven. Why has the media stopped talking about this. Tiger Woods didn’t get hurt a bit. But thats who the want to cover. This family and families just like this one need help. John Edwards running around having babies got all those houses. Instead of paying his ass all that money, put it back into these communities to get these people straightened out. Shaniyah you can dance and play all you want now baby, God bless you.