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November 16, 2009 10:41 AM

Shaniya Davis: Missing 5-Year-Old Seen in Horrifying Hotel Video

Posted by Edecio Martinez
(AP Photo/Fayetteville Police Dept)
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (CBS/AP) Police have released horrifying still frames from a hotel surveillance video that shows a man carrying missing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis through a hotel hallway and towards an elevator.

PICTURES: Shaniya Davis Found Dead
PICTURES: Shaniya Davis' Vigil

Officials say a hotel worker called police to report seeing a child matching Shaniya's description, but by the time police got there, the man and child had left.

Police identified the man as Mario Andrette McNeill, according to Fayetteville Police spokeswoman Teresa Chance.

(AP Photo)
Photo: Shaniya Davis.

PICTURES: Shaniya Davis Found Dead
PICTURES: Shaniya Davis' Vigil

Shaniya was seen with him Tuesday, about an hour after she disappeared from her home in Fayetteville, roughly 30 miles away.

Authorities are uncertain of the connection between McNeill and the child, said Chance.

McNeill was arrested Friday and charged with kidnapping, but that has not led to police finding Shaniya.

Nor has the arrest of the girl's mother, Antoinette Davis, 25, who was arrested Saturday and charged with human trafficking, felony child abuse involving prostitution and filing a false police report.

(AP Photo)
Photo: Mario Andrette McNeill.

PICTURES: Shaniya Davis Found Dead
PICTURES: Shaniya Davis' Vigil

Antoinette Davis reported the child's dissapearance from their Fayetteville mobile home park Nov. 10.

Searchers returned Monday to look for the girl as her father tearfully begged for her safe return on national television.

"We just ask that they bring her home safe," Bradley Lockhart said. "Shaniya, if you're listening to daddy, I miss you so much, honey. I'm waiting for you. I'm not going to give up. You don't give up either, honey."

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PICTURES: Shaniya Davis Found Dead
PICTURES: Shaniya Davis' Vigil

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November 17, 2009 - Shaniya Davis Vigil: Tearful Father Bradley Lockhart Prays, "She's Right There With You"
November 17, 2009 - Antoinette Davis, Mom Accused of Selling Shaniya Davis as Sex Slave, is Pregnant Again
November 17, 2009 - Shaniya Davis, Fallen "Angel" Remembered In Pictures
November 16, 2009 - Mario Andrette McNeill: Things May Get Much Worse for Man Charged With Kidnapping Shaniya Davis
November 16, 2009 - Shaniya Davis Found Dead; Mother Turned Little Girl Into Sex Slave, Say Police
November 16, 2009 - Bradley Lockhart, Shaniya Davis' Father, Pled For Girl's Return in Vain
November 16, 2009 - Shaniya Davis Found Dead; Mother Turned Little Girl Into Sex Slave, Say Police
November 16, 2009 - Shaniya Davis Not Found: Cops Fear Missing Child is Dead, Search Focuses on Body
November 16, 2009 - Shaniya Davis: Missing 5-Year-Old Seen in Horrifying Hotel Video
November 16, 2009 - Shaniya Davis Missing: Mother Arrested for Human Trafficking, Putting Daughter in "Sexual Servitude"
November 11, 2009 - 5-Year-Old Shaniya Davis Missing; Foul Play Suspected

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by Eric_H November 27, 2009 9:55 AM EST
I cant even start thinking what to write, this is probably the worst I have seen in my life, its that its happening everyday everywhere...right now, later and forever. I dont cry much, but this just made tears run down automatically, couldnt even control it. no they should not die right away (too easy), rather suffer for as long as possible, excruciating pain for as long as they can handle....I hope they suffer and suffer the worst possible...... These images are just to much.
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by richardtrifan November 25, 2009 4:30 PM EST
Bury this garbage (the male AND the female garbage) alive, so they can asphyxiate like Shaniya had to undergo. I would happily take both their lives and serve whatever prison time society thought appropriate, just to not let this garbage BREATHE ONE MORE TIME when the poor girl is already dead. Police authorities, please let me know where they are incarcerated so I can disguise myself as a defense lawyer (another kind of garbage) and extinguish the lives they do not deserve.
Richard Trifan, Stonetown Rd., Ringwood, N.J. 07456 (201) 314-1690
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by thepunnitsquare November 20, 2009 11:18 AM EST
http://thepunnitsquare.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/the-unchanged-need-for-change
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by thepunnitsquare November 20, 2009 11:15 AM EST
I am outraged about this as well as Glen Nelson of Florida and his alleged infant rapes. Yes I said infant. Please read my blog regarding these situations and my elected officials basically ignoring me when I want to see change. We have to protect our children and get the laws to truly do so. http://thepunnitsquare.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/the-unchanged-need-for-change
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by lovelygirl6983 November 19, 2009 10:16 PM EST
I just left Shaniya Davis's candlelight vigil outside of her home tonight. Folks are ANGRY and HURT. Someone at the vigil said "not to judge". It's impossible not to though. An innocent child has died HORRIBLY. Imagine what pain that child must have felt as she slipped away from this world after being raped, beaten, and choked. I hope that sicko McNeill and the idiotic mother get everything comin to 'em...
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by swedisholga10 November 19, 2009 1:35 AM EST
I follow most stories about missing children, but something about seeing this man holding her in his arms, and her holding onto him in trust, just sends me into an absolute blind rage, it just fills me with a fury deeper than I could ever have believed I would feel for a stranger. Her little feet dangling over his arms, and she just has this complacent look on her face, no fear, just trust. Because no child would EVER believe that their mother would hand them over to someone that would hurt them. That's the hardest thing for me to deal with, looking at her little face, and knowing she had no idea what was in store for her. That's the worst part...I don't know why these grainy surveillance videos affect me so, but they do. There are no thoughts, no violence, nothing that comes to mind that could be bad enough for what this man deserves. I don't think I'll ever get that image out of my head, her little hand holding onto him.
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by jimbryho November 18, 2009 5:59 PM EST
kill them.
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by wyodutch November 18, 2009 9:18 AM EST
"Horrifying" and "Chilling"... Two of the most overused words in America today. Just lightly less irritating than "Connecting the dots", "Ramping up" or "Boots on the ground".
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by why-them-lord? November 17, 2009 10:20 PM EST
just look at her tiny hands and feet , just 5 years old . this is the most heart wrenching ,vile, in humane act to do to a child . something must be done to put the fear of god in any person who even thinks of doing what that sick ****** did to her . this @#&$ needs to stop ! children need to feel safe in the world today , it is no fair that kids and parents have to be worried sick about their[kids] safety like they do these days
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by why-them-lord? November 17, 2009 10:05 PM EST
there were so many children before this beautiful little girl , for all of them and for her i have to ask as a believer in god where was god ? okay i believe in free will too lord but to an extent and this crosses the line . no child should ever have to face such a fearful, frightening thing such as this .. ever ! i am sick to death of hearing stories in the news just like this 1 . god where is your mercy ? not only is it how can a mother allow this to happen to her child and willingly hand her over , but how could god let this happen to her . in this world okay we were put here , not of ourselves but by a higher power , where is love and protection we each deserve when we are thrown into this world . doesn't any body love us god ..
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