Cops: Shaniya raped, killed same day seen on hotel surveillance video

This is horrible. Poor little girl. I'm so sick of hearing about missing children. She is in my prayers

I would like to know where the mother is in all of this, if that was my child I would be all over the news begging for her return, so far all anyone has seen is the fathers plea... And now they have arrested the 2nd suspect and still no child... how can they still not know where this child is??

Our family really hopes this ends well, this little girl is absolutely beautiful, so sad that there is no compassion and respect for human life regardless of the age, as we have wittenessed for the last weeks, this especially true with little girls that are beginning to live their life. Seems like all these predators are coming out in doves, as if evil itself is gidding the way, may GOD protect us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Nancy,just wanted to say i admire you for everything you stand for and do!I have tried to get on the phone to get my call in but i can never get through so im writing you an email to tell you that i think its great that you keep fighting no matter what!I also think that Sue Moss is awesome!Anyway my question is what about the mom?whats her role in all this?how come the father isnt in her life?Hope to hear back from you!stay well,healthy happy and focused! Judy Jones

Hi Nancy, I agree with Judy Jones above. We all love Susan Moss too! I am quite fond of Mike Brooks as well -hard but fair ! He reminds me of a commander I had in the Army. Good guy.

I also love the added feature of having this blog – great idea Nancy! It gives an outlet for all those people who want to comment on a story, send in a tip, or who can't get through on the phones.

(Of course, I am not talking about Sheba from Ill. – she seems to get through just fine ) )

Your site says: 29-year-old Mario Andrette McNeill confessed . And Anderson Cooper site says: Clarence Darriel Coe, is accused . I just want the latest info.

Hi Nancy,

I also love your show! And I do want to thank you for all the hard work you do and your crew to get updated news to your viewers on time!

I always keep my eyes open when things like this happen. I live in NC as well. I pray that they bring Shaniya home soon and safe! For the life of me, I just dont understand why people do things like this! Why prey on children? On anyone!!! What is thias world coming to!??

As a mother of two and grandmother of two, I can't help but to feel saddened and worried about issues such as this. Most of the time there is a bad ending to it all.

I also wonder, what type of relationship the mother has with these men? Does she owe them money? Is this drug related? And why did she place her daughter on the sofa at 5:30 a.m. unattended? Where did she go after she left her there? This only makes me think this was all a plan!

Let's not blame the mother right at this moment. I am discusted. In our society women and children are too often the victims. Why is there a need to explain why they are victims. The only fault here is the lowlife that took that poor helpless baby from her home and did God know what with her. Nancy, you are a crusader for justice for victims.

HI MS. GRACE!!
I love your show, you and your family! I wish I could be just like you! Your twins are beautiful and blessed to have such a wonderful and caring Mother! Love your book! Thank you for being the voice of the innocent and helpless.
Just a note: I am an animal lover and do believe that voilence against poor, speechless animals, (such as dog and cock fighting), that is so common should be stopped. People who are cruel to any animal should also be prosectued!
I desparately hope that the police find the little girl, Shaniya, alive and well.

what a total group of punk thugs...How can a mother in good consciene allow this kind of animal into her life knowing she has a little girl. She needs to be slapped and really hard. Im not so sure she is oh so innoncent in all of this. This true victum is this sweet little girl. I am sick and tired of all these kids being kidnapped and or killed. This insanity. SOunds to me that mommie dearest owed someone some money...Im not buying your crap for nothing. I pray they return this sweet child to her father. I cannot believe that either one of these animals have the leastvbit of remorse. Sickening. My prayers are with this child.......

okay they arrested him....now where is the baby, this is pissing me off, forget the rules, you have him on tape, torture him until he starts singing. i have a 2 year old & i am at a breaking point with people harming kids. fortunately my husband used to babysit offenders as a parole officer....and trust me they are SICK & should never be allowed freedom.

I pray that she is found safe But we all know most likely what the out come will be...The world is getting so sad and so bad..I have two young grand daughters and I worry when the 6 year old is out playing in our yard..We live in a very very small town But NOONE is SAFE these days NOONE at all..So sad Whats life going to be like when they grow up and have kids...God only knows..My prayers are with her and her family...

The little girl looks just like Mcneil. I wonder if Mcneil was sleeping with Shaniya's mom. Maybe that is why the mother isn't talking.

I'm not from the area, but earlier today I happened to be driving through Sanford, NC. I saw the helicopters, canines, and search teams checking cars. Tears filled my eyes, how could someone let this happen to this precious little girl. I hope and pray justice is served and this little one is found safe and sound. Nancy, you have been blessed and we all know with your help sweet Shaniya will be okay! Thank you for all you do!

I heard that the child was in the fathers custody but was then given to the mother. Is that true? If so why did the father give shaniya back to the mother? I just hope they knock some sencs into this sick mother and lock her up forever. Any monster that sells their own kid isnt going to bring any good to society.

man why do people feel they need to have sex with kids . what is this . why they r babies and kids all the way up to 18 yrs of age. no adult has the right or should be having sex with kids EVER. yes innocent till proven guilty but there is way to many holes in this story all of em should be sat down together and lets see whos lying and whos guiklty cause i bet they would roll over on each other right there and we would find out whats going on. i sure hope they find this little girl unharmed and safe. but in this tragic and sick world her outlook is probally not good and has passed its time all to keep a secret and lies that will eventually come out , and all because of selfish sick people and her mother gave her to them.
my god not have mercy on these sickos

Found baby not alive... And this child died at the hands of her mother... no good mother would do this to their baby, this world is filling up with monsters... My heart goes out to the father.

From the very beginning you could tell the MOM (if you can call her that) had something to do with this. If it was my child I would be every TV station, Radio or newspaper to push my child picture out. Come on lady you didn't want to tell them where your precious baby could be found. You would rather her be alone how selfish is that she wasn't something you could just throw out.
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITH YOURSELF. I hope everytime you close your eyes you see that beautiful angel.

I just don't understand society. We worry about people harming our babies and now it seems it's always the partents that are doing it. What ever happend to protecting your own? Now parents are selling prostituting, and killing their own babies. These people should be put to death. I don't care about bi-polar/ mentally ill claims. People know right from wrong. That poor little Shaniya is now finally free from the pain and anguish her so called mother put her through. Rest in Peace little angel.

omg! i cant believe a mother would do that to her own. it makes me sick to my stomach.that poor child.so beautiful...a life lost.God is with her now.she is no longer suffering...it's just a shame her life was cut short.but then what kind of life would she be in?when her own mother was killing her in the inside.she would havebeen suffering day to day mentally and emotionally as she grew older...i hope her mom gets charged with murder or some kind of murder charges. she deserves life in prison.she deserves to rought in prison. if it was like back in the day she would deserved to be hanged!!!!

I was wondering why we have not seen the video from the hotel of the suspect leaving with or without Shaniya. I assume he took the elevator back down or took the stairs to exit the hotel. Assuming he was only in the hotel for two hours as reported, I think that he was seen on video leaving with the child. Our hearts and prayers go out to the father and family members that had nothing to do with this horrible crime.

Domestic violence is horrible and has been at the forefront of the news lately – they've done a good job at making the world know that it is unacceptable.

Now someone has to bring out on every talk show out there that sexually abusing and murdering children has got to be the most sickest thing any human being can do.

What are we waiting for to let it be known that anyone who so much as hurts a child will be punished in the most extreme and worst way possible – go straight to jail and be executed immediately. This I am sure will scare off many sickos out there who would even dare to think of doing it.

Save these innocent children and do whats needed and put these sickos to death who do not belong on this earth.

Way too many child killings in the United States....way too many....and way too much abuse going on.......money is the problem......drugs....and all those ugly videos of pimps & their sexy girls.....thats the DEVIL thats caused all the problems....and it all started with fame and money......thats the U.S. of A......and then who suffers? the innocent children who can't protect themselves.....Not enough love for children in the United States of America....very very sad country.....children are the most beautiful gifts from God....shame on Americans....start by getting rid of all that garbage on TV and bring out the beauty of children and it is the responsibility of all to protect them......the word 'PROTECT'....protect our children.

Well, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE GRAND MOTHER NOW?
I'm not being rude to you Joanna, PLEASE DO NOT THINK I AM.
I was suspious of her from the second I heard the story. It just didn't make any sense to me. Especially when the father stated he was giving the mom another chance?? That told me mom had obviously been doing and acting not in a motherley way. The father had raised the child. When this happens , as a general rule, there are HUGE problems with the mothers. They should NOT be mothers.
I just had to comment to your post when you said " let's don't blame the mother".
I do realize the story had just broke when you made your post , so PLEASE DO NOT THINK I AM BEING RUDE TO YOU BY REPLYING TO YOUR POST THE WAY I DID. I MENT NO HARM OR CERTAINLY DID NOT WANT YOU TO FEEL BAD. I DO AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID. DO NOT THINK I DONT. I DO.
SORRY I JUST HAD TO REPLY. I HOPE YOU DO NOT HAVE HARD FEELINGS WITH ME FOR POSTING BACK. IF YOU DO I AM VERY SORRY AND I DO ASK YOUR FORGIVNESS IF I HURT YOUR FEELINGS.

Just a note: I am an animal lover and do believe that voilence against poor, speechless animals, (such as dog and cock fighting), that is so common should be stopped. People who are cruel to any animal should also be prosectued!

I AM ALSO A HUGE ANIMAL LOVER AND AGREE WITH YOU TO THE HILT. I DONT THINK STORIES GET OUT ENOUGH ABOUT ANIMALS BEING MISTREATED AND ABUSED. MOST JUST LOOK AT DOGS AND CATS AS ANIMALS, HOWEVER MY BABY IS MY DOG!! I HAVE NO CHILDREN NO ONE. JUST MY DOG WHO I LOVE WITH ALL MY HEART. I LIVE FOR MY PET. RIGHT OR WRONG. AND GOD I SHOULD ALSO SAY. BUT MY DOG IS WHY I GET UP EVERY DAY. I AM DISABLED WITH VERY FEW FRIENDS. ONE TO BE HONEST. AND BESIDES GOD FIRST MY PUP SECOND THEN MY ONLY ONE FRIEND THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO LIVE FOR. SO KEEP LOVING OUR FOUR LEGGED CHILDREN THEY ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT IN SO MANY PEOPLES LIFE AS CHILDREN ARE TO PARENTS.

She is in a better place now. If you are a good person you cannot understand why a mother would do this to her own child. What if the child had survived her entire childhood and teen years? She would struggle throughout the rest of her life, and possibly turn out just like her mother. I'm not saying this justifies her death, or any horror she already went through. I'm just saying, she may rest in peace now. Jesus will love her more than anyone in her family ever has.

Lets not be so quick to say the mother was a victim of anything right now the only victim is the child that was killed.

If the mother was involved by allowing men to take her daughter for sexual satisfaction than the mother is by far a victim of anything but somone who did nothing to help the very child she was suppose to love, protect with her very own life and if the mother didn't do those things than she can hardly be called a mother. If the mother is the one that allowed men to use her 5 year old daughter for sex she is not a mom in any sense at all but instead a freaking monster. These stories of these sick woman that are suppose to be moms make me sick and disgust me to the very core. May everyone of them rot in HE_L.

I feel that that the father should of never gave the girl back to the mother that fast. He should of taken baby steps as far as her getting back into the mother's life.

Now that the body has been found, this so called mother,and I hate to even use the term for her, should be spared a lenghty trial and just hanged. Lethal injection is too humane for the likes of her. Anyone who would even entertain the thought of doing such a thing, does not even deserve to live. This disgusting looking piece of -– and her disgusting looking accomplice need to be erased from the human race!!! My heart is breaking for the father in all of this, He will forever blame himself for letting her go to live with the woman who gave birth to her.

Why can not this country institue a law that any child killer, rapist will be tortured in public until brought to death. They can air it on national TV at 8 pm on Friday evenings. Maybe then these monsters will think twice before doing this to innocent children. Eye for an Eye. Enough is enough!!

this is truly sad. what have these days come to? poor little baby girl. she had her whole life ahead of her and someone stupid and sick took that away from her. she is forever in my prayers

"may God let those who did this to do have justice done to them" ameen

Hi nancy love your show looks like to me someone would seen that guy carry that little girl in that hotel room and would had called the police .I hope the mother and the guy gets everything coming to them just makes me sick

they should hang everyone involved

Shaniya You will be missed by many. Your were a beautiful child. Rest peacefully in Jesus arms. I am glad that you will no longer feel pain, and you will not have to endure years of struggle due to the abuse that you endured. You will not have to relive the days, nights or moments of abuse any longer. I am sorry you will miss out on growing up and achieving many firsts. Jesus took you to a better place. We will make sure that your abusers will not enjoy any part of their life. I hope they rot for what they did to you. I pray that the rest of your family is able to continue living as they deal with your loss.

Ok there is a surveillance tape of them going in the hotel room , so where is the tape of them coming out???????? Because the tape can show if the girl was hurt or if she was in tears or afraid or even if she was ASLEEP in his arms meaning she probably was dead already and maybe she was killed in the hotel room. That's ashamed the hotel employees didn't see nothing strange of a little girl going in a hotel room with a guy at 6 am coming out at 7 or whatever time was wearing simple a t-shirt , is that normal ??????????????? or suspicious??????????

The father may be a religious man, but his choice to give his precious daughter back to the mother without checking in on her living conditions, her school continuity, and whether the mother's claims of work, housing, and income were true... well, he is partly responsible for her death. That may not be politically correct to say, but holy man or not - he dropped her off with the Mom because his work scheduled conflicted with taking care of her, his sister didn't want the burden, and she paid the price. This whole situation could have been avoided had the father just taken the time to check things out, even at the most superficial level - sad sad sad.

In response to the comment that 'she is in a better place now'... that does not remove the horror of the torture she endured prior to her death. Whatever you believe awaits in the afterlife is not a good enough excuse to terminate living people in deplorable situations, so why in the world would you say about a murder victim that "she is in a better place now" ??? she is dead, at the hands of a negligent father, a drug addicted cruel mother, and a brutal pedophile. That is the equivalent of saying... she would have been better off never being born. If you are saying that... I might agree!

My thoughts and prayers are with Shaniya and her family. I really am just saddened by this event. Ya know its sad enough that random strangers snatch and harm and in most cases do worse to children, but as a parent why would you give your child to someone to do what they wished with! People are absolutely sick these days. I to be honest with you wont allow my children to play outside unless im out with them! Makes me want to think about not having anymore children and also what is even sexually attractive about a CHILD! I just don't understand.

Men need to stop using thier thing as a wepon. It is sad how little control they have over thier little wangs. If you have to resort to taking advantage of an innocent child in order to get your rocks off something is wrong. Men need to learn how to control those urdges and not F*** everything in sight. Its discusting.

i hate what happen to shaniya davis it is very scary i have 2 daughters myself the world is not safe my daughters don't even go outside thats sad.

I just don't know what is wrong with these people. They are sick in the head. How do we protect these children from there own. There had to b some signs of abuse or neglect.That is why I have my degree in social work and plan on being a family crimes detective.

I think before checking into a hotel,motel,they should start checking for identification,you just dont let a man walk into a motel room with a young five year old without confirming if they are father and daughter,but then again these days even father's raping they own daughters.We need to find a way to protect these innocent children from the pedophiles

A law should be passed ASAP to reduce the number or appeals these scumbags have and place a time limit on filing these appeals!!
Also bring back the electric chair or better yet bring back hanging. What punishment these convicts get will never compare with how the victims died or the never ending pain to the families.

It breaks my heart. I can't imagine what that poor child went through. She is now with her maker and safe from the sick people in this world. the man and her mother should be put to death so they can burn in HELL

these two animals need to be given the death penalty. how can any human being do a helpless and vulnerable child like this! DEATH PENALTY!!!!!!

This makes me sick and has been bothering me since this started. What do adults see in young children.. Their bodies aren't even developed enough to have intercourse. In my opinion is that he needs the same thing done to him. It is horrible!

reply to angry mother: shaniya's mother prostituted her out. that's why she's wasn't on the news pleading for her return.

I am so tired of missing and/or dead children. If Congress really wanted to make a difference for the children of this country they would make sexual molestation of a child a Federal crime with real consequences. We have a "War on Drugs" (that is not working) when what we really need is a war on pedophiles.

I have been watching the news about this little one and it broke my heart when they found her dead and raped. She was a beautiful little girl and It breaks my heart to think of her last moments filled with terror and abuse. I could not be a good person if this occurred to my child. I would just have to go to jail or be put to death because this fellow would never make it to trial! Nor would her mom who was supposed to always protect her. God Bless the family that loved her. She was obviously a very loved little girl by her daddy's family and her daddy. I haven't seen much on the mothers family but surely there are those that loved her there too. I hope you all can find peace. I know I wouldn't.

So many people all over the USA is outraged to what happend to this precious little girl. Lets hope the man that took her to the hotel and the mother as sentenced to death. No mercy for what they did . this act is not forgivable. Hearts ach to what this child indured. So sad

I have no frickin idea what is going on in todays society but is has to stop!!!! these guys need to be sent to the gas chamber, do not pass go do not collect any sympathy!!!

To MM or anyone else
I have been trying to find out what I can do, who can I write to... these laws MUST be changed... I've been crying for days over this.. it breaks my heart. If anyone knows where to write,what to write, please post, if possible!

i am just waiting for the mother to be hit with the murder charges... she is just as guilty as the son of a gun who did this to the little baby. i just hope that they don't have to make some kind of deal with the guy to get the mother because that would be just awful. i mean she handed her daughter over to him just like she was a peace of meat or she was really a "pimp." i just can't believe it. i also don't know how i feel about the father in this situation, he had the child her entire life and why all of sudden he had to give her to the mother. i know he feels bad and all but, he should. if he had to go out of town for work or whatever the case may have been, his teen daughter who got on the show could have watched the child, his wife who was also on the show, i mean his parents where was everybody at that failed this child???were they getting tired of her because she was black or they would watch her why he was gone out of town because it wasn't her child i mean i just don't feel that he deserves all the pitty he's receiving because he also failed little shaniya to, i just pray for her soul and that she finds eternal peace and safety in heaven.......R. I. P. with the rest of the angels baby girl....

Castration and death should be the only sentence options!!!!!!!

Hi Nancy.. Something is not right with the father.. How could he leave Shaniya to live in a place unfit to be in? How could he not know she wasn't in school you have to sign a child in and out to go from one district to the next . Why is there a trust fund set up.. who will that money go to? it is my knowledge the funeral was paid for. and why was she dropped off with only two days worth a clothing. I just think this lil Angel could have been still here with us he would have left her with responsible people who wanted to care for her...and one more question how was he able to get a room with a child for a hour and leave with her, it surely should have been signs of abuse when he left with her! so many people failed Shaniya!!

I was wondering if there was surveillance video of the man taking Shaniya out of the hotel room. was she alive then? What was her demeanor coming out of the room? Did he kill her in the room? They must have video of him coming out if they had of him going in.

This is just horrible, I can imagine how terrified this poor little girl
was before she was murdered. I am so tired of all these sickos
running around raping children. As far as I concerned they should
all be put to death for their crimes, sometimes they seem to be treated
as victims because they had a bad life. Well, when you become an
adult you know what is right and wrong. If the punishment fit the
crime maybe there wouldn't be so many of them. AND THE MOTHER
SHOULD ROT IN HELL.

Out of many news I've heard about children being murdered, this particular case made me cry. She was so beautiful and she didn't deserve to have this done to her. I hope both her mother and the bastard who did this fry for life!

MM, NL . . . very Christian of you. What of salvation? What of redemption? Are they Christian precepts only when it is convenient or easy? Don't get me wrong . . . I detest the repulsive acts of anyone who hurts another, especially children, but it is on ME to understand the complexity of my specie. The Bible charges ME to demonstrate its teachings always, not just when I find it easy to do so. That is the real test of faith, of trust in God.

I understand why the death penalty should be in place for some crimes. Why should this creep, and the mother of the child, be allowed to live in prison? Why should they be allowed to eat, sleep, socialize, laugh, and talk when they took away the life of this little child?

i read CNN on line evry single day and have kept track in reading Shaniya's story. It broke my heart to know that an innocent angel can endure that nightmare! I cant fathom what a monster her mother was to "sell" her own flesh and blood for her debt. Sick in the head! I really hope agencies can seriously look into events like this that "kill" the future of such innocent angels. I continue to pray for you sweet Shaniya.... you are safe now in God's sweet arms.

We all know these mean people will get by with this crime. Before another sweet child is raped or murdered we should hang these two lowlife criminals. I do not care about there rights or their drug problems.The moment that so called mother let this child go with this creep.they lost their rights. I will gladly provide the tree and the rope. We have to save our innocent children now!

Justice will NOT be served. Justice would require the girls mother who sold her to the man who raped and then killed her to be executed in a timely manner, along with this vile man. What will happen is both will go to jail on our dime for a few years and then be paroled and given the opportunity to do it again. And the simple fact is once released on parole these perpetrators are likely to to do it again too. There is no cure for pedophilia, the only treatment shown to have any real effect on this behavior is chemical castration. That means the pedophile must be medicated for the rest of his/her (women do it too) life. But then again we do not do that here in this country as a general rule, and we lack the funds and man power to see it enforced even if we did. Instead we will spend more money to house these perverts in jail separate from the general prison population. Why? Because the general prison population would brutally kill them both. Makes one wonder, if they the criminals will not tolerate them to live, why do we?

Jail is not the answer unless it is for life with out parole. If we as a society do not want to pay that bill, and we do not want to put them to death either for this crime that so richly deserves death, then we need to chemically castrate them and pony up the funds to enforce it and better monitor them too. To make sure it does NOT happen again.

I can only imagine the guilt and pain that poor girls father is going through. It is he whom I feel the most sympathy and compassion for. He received a life sentence with no parole of guilt and pain for his honest mistake of trusting his lovely daughter to the care of her mother. After all we should all be safe in our mother's arms right? This is NOT fair, this is NOT just, This is just plain wrong. -Ann

where is the mother in all this???...the mother is the blame, she allowed this to happen, she allowed the man to take her beautiful daughter, as she allowed other men to take her daughter, and for what??? money and to pay off debts.......well how will she get out of the debt......burn them all in hell!!!! very slowly!!!!!