Police to add new charges in slain NC girl's case

Bradley Lockhart, father of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, speaks during a news conference as his sister Carey Lockhart-Davis, right, begins to cry, Tuesday outside his home in Fayetteville, N.C. Shaniya Davis, who was reported missing by her mother Nov. 10, body was found off a rural North Carolina road Monday.

By: The Associated Press | SCNow
Published: November 18, 2009

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Investigators piecing together why and where a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was killed plan to add new charges on top of one for selling the girl for sexual slavery.

Fayetteville police planned a briefing Wednesday to discuss the case and said new charges are pending in the death of Shaniya Davis.

Authorities are trying to decide where the girl was killed and if the case will be prosecuted in Cumberland or neighboring Lee County.

Her mother reported the child missing from her Cumberland County home last week. Antoinette Davis is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution.

Mario McNeill was accused of kidnapping Shaniya after surveillance footage from a Lee County hotel showed him carrying the girl.