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When It Hits Home: Intimate Partner Violence Yields Deadly Outcomes for Black Women
The Facebook post read, “MISSING: Téa B. Choates, Last seen Tuesday 8/6 in Lithonia Ga area.” The social media plea came from Choates’s mother, Ebony King. The 19-year-old was last seen by her fiance, Aldeyshaun Locklear. Seven days later, Choates’s body was recovered from a wooded area on the outskirts of Atlanta, CBS46 reported. Locklear,…
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‘I Ain’t No Killer, Bro’: Derion Vence Proclaims Innocence in Death of Maleah Davis During Jailhouse Interview With Houston Reporter
The man jailed in connection to the death of 4-year-old Maleah Davis is protesting his innocence from the confines of his Texas jail cell. “I ain’t no killer, bro,” Derion Vence told KTRK ABC 13. “[…] I loved Maleah so much. I did for her more than her own parents. … I would never do…
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Medical Examiner Confirms Remains Found in Arkansas Are Those of 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis
Decomposed remains found in Arkansas late last week have been confirmed to be those of 4-year-old Maleah Davis, the Houston child reported missing from Texas in early May by her mother’s then-fiance, who was subsequently arrested in connection to the case. As KTRK ABC 13 reports, police in Fulton, Ark., Friday said a road crew…
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Derion Vence Allegedly Confesses to Dumping Body of Maleah Davis; Police Find Human Remains [Corrected]
Houston-based activist Quanell X, leader of the New Black Panther Nation, claims in a report by KHOU that while visiting Derion Vence in jail Friday morning, Vence allegedly confessed to dumping five-year-old Maleah Davis’ body on the side of a road about 20 miles outside of Hope, Ark. Police later found human remains in the…
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Maleah Davis Likely Dead While Cooperation Wanes, According to Houston Law Enforcement
Houston police believe Maleah Davis, the 4-year-old girl last seen near a highway in Houston, has been killed, according to CBS News. Now, they need help finding and identifying her body. “She deserves to be found, she deserves to be recovered and she deserves to have a proper burial,” Chief Art Acevedo said at a…
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Derion Vence Arrested in Connection with Maleah Davis’ Disappearance
Twenty-six-year-old Derion Vence was arrested Saturday near Houston in connection with the disappearance of 4-year-old Maleah Davis, who has been missing since May 3. According to police, Vence was charged with tampering with evidence, specifically a human corpse. “At this point in time those are the charges we have filed and I can’t say any…
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Mother of Maleah Davis Now Believes Ex-Fiancé Bears Responsibility for Disappearance, Police Say His Story Doesn't Add Up
According to outlets including the New York Post, little Maleah Davis, the 4-year-old Houston child last seen May 3, was in danger before what her stepfather characterized as abduction at the hands of three hispanic men. Police issued an Amber Alert for Maleah Sunday. Sgt. Mark Holbrook of the Houston Police Department’s Homicide Division told…
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Mom Terrified as Search Continues for Missing 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis of Houston
As a desperate search continues for 4-year-old Maleah Davis, her mother says she’s terrified for her child, who recently underwent brain surgery and requires medical care. “My spirit is broken. I feel so lost,” the girl’s mother, Brittany Bowens, told KTRK. “I can’t concentrate. I can’t focus. It’s just … it’s so overwhelming for me.…
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Amber Alert Issued for Five-Year-Old Maleah Davis, Last Seen in Houston
An Amber Alert has been issued for five-year-old Maleah Davis, last seen in the 16500 block of the Southwest Freeway in North Houston, Tex. on Saturday around 9 p.m. According to a local ABC affiliate, Maleah was wearing a pink bow in her hair with a light blue zip-up jacket, blue jeans and gray, white…