to gurnal scott with wptf radio. gurnal, something's not right about the story. give me the nuts and bolts of what happened. >> well, as we know right now, nancy, the child was last seen in the home around 5:30 or so in the morning. the call wasn't made to police, or police didn't respond, should i say, until about two hours later or so. and that's when the search ensued for this 5-year-old little girl, shaniya. helicopters, search dogs had been out. the thing about the search dogs, they never picked up a scent of the child outside the home. that's a little disturbing to police officers because if there was any trace of the child outside the home they say the dogs would have picked that up. so as of right now, and the search has been called off for this evening, but as of right now police -- no one knows exactly where 5-year-old shaniya is. >> i'm just sick about it, gurnal scott. you know, gurnal scott, you and i go back a long way covering stories. >> yeah, we do. >> what are police saying about this? or is simply their silence deafening? >> well, there are thi

>> straight out to gurnal scott with wptf radio. gurnal, this is certainly not the ending you and i expected, especially after that grainy surveillance video emerged showing her, albeit in the arms of the man now who allegedly kidnapped her, going into a hotel room. we knew that wouldn't have a good ending. but to discover her body has been hidden, hidden not far from that hotel. i mean, the time period we thought that we could find her alive. >> that's true. seven miles south of that hotel that she was last seen in. those surveillance video you that said that we all saw gave us all hope. but now everybody has left. us covering the story, many people who have been close to it, wondering how could this have happened. >> how could this t. have happened? gurnal. put him up on the screen. how did it happen? well, according to the police, her father normally took care of her, her biological father, but he had to go traveling for work. and he left her. he thought mother finally wanted to be a mother instead of the animal that she has appar

. >> straight out to gurnal scott with wptf radio. gurnal, thank you for being with us. gurnal, please give me the latest. i want to hear the details of the crime scene because, gurnal, i've got a theory. i think where that child's body, her initial burial ground, where her body was left suggests very strongly that this is a local person that knew where to put a body. >> that's what you would think when you see where deer carcasses and trash, someplace where they knew that it would be hard for a body to be found. if you look at it that way, yes, you're right. it seems like somebody knew the area, knew the place to put a body, and it would make it tough for any searchers, police, dogs, perhaps masked any scent that i body would -- would come off a body with the deer carcasses. they would know that that could throw people off. >> you know, gurnal scott, just to hear you describe it is making me literally nauseous, to think that beautiful child, that gorgeous little girl was left here under all that kudzu and downed branches and tree trunks beside a dead deer carcass is jus

. >> i'm just sick about it, gurnal scott. you know, gurnal scott, you and i go back a long way covering stories. >> yeah, we do. >> what are police saying about this? or is simply their silence deafening? >> well, there are things we're learning about this case as it goes along. we're finding out that dss was no stranger to this household. there had been custody issues that they have dealt with in this household from time to time. there had at some point been drugs found in this house. so they're not saying that this is involved in this case per se, but if you're a police officer and you're doing this investigation you have to keep that in mind. >> marlaina schiavo, what more can you tell me? >> well, what i can tell you, nanc nancy, is that police still don't know how this little girl left the home. that's the mystery they're trying to figure out. they have questioned all the neighbors in the area including the three sex offenders that live in the immediate area. so far no suspects at this time. so that's what police are say

gurnal scott, how long did he stay in that hotel room that we know of? the video surveillance should reveal it. >> yeah. from what we know, that mario mcneill and shaniya davis only stayed in the hotel for about an hour. as soon as police found out that that video existed, they made a

to gurnal scott with wptf radio. gurnal, something's not right about the story. give me the nuts and bolts of what happened. >> well, as we know right now, nancy, the child was last seen in the home around 5:30 or so in the morning. the call wasn't made to police, or police didn't respond, should i say, until about two hours later or so. and that's when the search ensued for this 5-year-old little girl, shaniya. helicopters, search dogs had been out. the thing about the search dogs, they never picked up a scent of the child outside the home. that's a little disturbing to police officers because if there was any trace of the child outside the home they say the dogs would have picked that up. so as of right now, and the search has been called off for this evening, but as of right now police -- no one knows exactly where 5-year-old shaniya is. >> i'm just sick about it, gurnal scott. you know, gurnal scott, you and i go back a long way covering stories. >> yeah, we do. >> what are police saying about this? or is simply their silence deafening? >> well, there are thi

. >> straight out to gurnal scott with wptf radio. gurnal, thank you for being with us. gurnal, please give me the latest. i want to hear the details of the crime scene because, gurnal, i've got a theory. i think where that child's body, her initial burial ground, where her body was left suggests very strongly that this is a local person that knew where to put a body. >> that's what you would think when you see where deer carcasses and trash, someplace where they knew that it would be hard for a body to be found. if you look at it that way, yes, you're right. it seems like somebody knew the area, knew the place to put a body, and it would make it tough for any searchers, police, dogs, perhaps masked any scent that i body would -- would come off a body with the deer carcasses. they would know that that could throw people off. >> you know, gurnal scott, just to hear you describe it is making me literally nauseous, to think that beautiful child, that gorgeous little girl was left here under all that kudzu and downed branches and tree trunks beside a dead deer carcass is jus

to gurnal scott with wptf radio. gurnal, something's not right about the story. give me the nuts and bolts of what happened. >> well, as we know right now, nancy, the child was last seen in the home around 5:30 or so in the morning. the call wasn't made to police, or police didn't respond, should i say, until about two hours later or so. and that's when the search ensued for this 5-year-old little girl, shaniya. helicopters, search dogs had been out. the thing about the search dogs, they never picked up a scent of the child outside the home. that's a little disturbing to police officers because if there was any trace of the child outside the home they say the dogs would have picked that up. so as of right now, and the search has been called off for this evening, but as of right now police -- no one knows exactly where 5-year-old shaniya is. >> i'm just sick about it, gurnal scott. you know, gurnal scott, you and i go back a long way covering stories. >> yeah, we do. >> what are police saying about this? or is simply their silence deafening? >> well, there are thi

back to gurnal scott. what can you tell me about that? did the mom state why she put the baby on the sofa at 5:30 a.m.? >> we still don't know why it happened. a lot of people have brought up that point. first of all, a child is usually not up at that hour in the morning, at 5 years old. they are wondering why the child was put on the couch. many other things are still -- that police are trying to figure out in the case as far as, how, like you mentioned earlier, no one in the house heard anything. you are to consider the weather. it's raining a lot here. the evidence that's out there may have been washed away. >> cadaver dogs can smell in the rain and under water. >> but no scent has been found as of yet and it's puzzling police. >>> police tape surrounds the mobile home where shaniya davis was last seen. when her mother went to check on her, she was missing. andrea moore, a neighbor, heard someone outside her house about 3:00. >> it sounded like someone was banging. >> she went to sleep. when she woke up, police were at the door. >> the

>> straight out to gurnal scott with wptf radio. gurnal, this is certainly not the ending you and i expected, especially after that grainy surveillance video emerged showing her, albeit in the arms of the man now who allegedly kidnapped her, going into a hotel room. we knew that wouldn't have a good ending. but to discover her body has been hidden, hidden not far from that hotel. i mean, the time period we thought that we could find her alive. >> that's true. seven miles south of that hotel that she was last seen in. those surveillance video you that said that we all saw gave us all hope. but now everybody has left. us covering the story, many people who have been close to it, wondering how could this have happened. >> how could it have happened? wait. gurnal. put him up on the screen. how did it happen? well, according to the police, her father normally took care of her, her biological father, but he had to go traveling for work. and he left her. he thought mother finally wanted to be a mother instead of the animal that she has appa

one question, gurnal scott, yes, no? do we know what time they placed the child in the car with the defendant? >> caller: the answer to that as far as police are saying, they're not giving up that information. so, no, we do to the know exactly what time that. >> so the answer is, no. and you know where i'm going with that, marlaina schiavo. if somebody could tell me the time that they see this man right there on the screen with this little girl in his car, then i will know if mommy is lying because mommy says to police, i put the baby on the sofa at 5:30 a.m. why she left the child unattended, i don't know. at 6:30 a.m. she says she notices the child is gone. so unless he had the child between 5:30 and 6:30, then mommy's time line is way out of whack, marlaina schiavo. >> that's right, nancy. and what we're trying to find out from police is who saw these two in the and where was shaniya in this car? and police said about the mother, they have not cleared her, nancy. so they are asking her about this time line. they're tr

. >> straight out to gurnal scott with ptf radio in raleigh north carolina.hank you for being with us. please tell me i'm wrong. reports that the life of 5-year-old shaniya was worst nothing more to the mother than payment on a drug debt? >> i hope we can tell you you are wrong. we know there's a connection that they have been together, they have hung out together, there may have been a debt that needed to be paid. we are understanding she may have owed him money. you, i, everyone are finding it hard to believe a little girl's life could be used as payment. we don't want to believe that. >> let's see if we can add two and two together tonight. okay, work with me. number one, we know, according to you and your sources last night that drugs were allegedly sold out of the home, number one. two, we know mario mcneil the 29-year-old man caught on camera taking the child into the hotel room had a drug history. he's got a rap sheet as long as the interstate. she hands over the baby, according to police, to mckneel, to be a child prostitute. what more do i need to kn

gurnal scott, reporter wptf radio. tell me about the suspect.nal history but nothing related to children or sex crimes i know of. >> from what we understand, no. he has been arrested for fleeing police, assault on a female, many drug arrests that we understand, but as far as any kind of harm to children, that we have not seen in his record. we're giving it no indication he has a history of that. >> was he recently released from prison? i know he spent a few years in prison. am i wrong in. >> that was mr. ceo who was recently released from this i think as recently as august. in his case after a charge he was in jail on. >> marlaina schiavo, what's next for this person? arraignme arraignment? i understand he's going to plead not guilty? >> yes. he put in a plea of not guilty and he's being held right now on $100,000 bond. the same exact situation that clarence ceo was facing yesterday. >> bradford cowen, if he's saying, admitted to kidnapping but he's going to plead not guilty, are you going to argue or would you argue about this alleged confessio

one question, gurnal scott, yes/no? do we know what time they placed the child in the car with the defendant? >> the answer to that, as far as police are saying, they're not giving up that information so, no, we do not know exactly what time that is. >> so the answer is, no. and you know where i'm going with that, marlaina schiavo. if somebody could tell me the time that they see this man right there on the screen with this little girl in his car, then i will know if mommy is lying because mommy says to police, i put the baby on the sofa at 5:30 a.m. why she left the child unattended, i don't know. at 6:30 a.m., she says she notices the child is gone. so unless he had the child between 5:30 and 6:30, then mommy's timeline is way out of whack, marlaina schiavo. >> that's right, nancy. and what we're trying to find out from police is who saw these two in the car and where was shaniya in this car? and police said about the mother, they have not cleared her, nancy. so they are asking her about this timeline. they're trying

back to gurnal scott. what can you tell me about that?y on the sofa at 5:30 a.m.? >> we still don't know why it happened. a lot of people have brought up that point. first of all, a child is usually not up at that hour in the morning, at 5 years old. they are wondering why the child was put on the couch. many other things are still -- that police are trying to figure out in the case as far as, how, like you mentioned earlier, no one in the house heard anything. and we have to consider the weather as well. it's been raining a lot here. any evidence that may be out there may have been washed away. >> cadaver dogs can smell in the rain and under water. >> but no scent has been found as of yet and it's puzzling police. >>> police tape surrounds the mobile home where shaniya davis was last seen. when her mother went to check on her about an hour later, the girl was missing. andrea moore, a neighbor, heard someone outside her house about two hours earlier around 3:00. >> it sounded like someone was beating like that. >> when the banging on her

gurnal scott, reporter wptf radio. tell me about the suspect.but nothing related to children or sex crimes i know of. >> from what we understand, no. he has been arrested for fleeing police, assault on a female, many drug arrests that we understand, but as far as any kind of harm to children, that we have not seen in his record. we're giving it no indication he has a history of that. >> was he recently released from prison? i know he spent a few years in prison. am i wrong in. >> that was mr. ceo who was recently released from this i think as recently as august. in his case after a charge he was in jail on. >> marlaina schiavo, what's next for this person? arraignment? i understand he's going to plead not guilty? >> yes. he put in a plea of not guilty and he's being held right now on $100,000 bond. the same exact situation that clarence ceo was facing yesterday. >> bradford cowen, if he's saying, admitted to kidnapping but he's going to plead not guilty, are you going to argue or would you argue about this alleged confession? >> of course. i wou

. >> straight out to gurnal scott with wptf radio joining us from raleigh, north carolina. with us. please tell me i'm wrong. reports emerging tonight the life of 5-year-old shaniya was worth nothing more to the mother than payment on a drug debt. >> i hope we can tell you that you're wrong. we do know looking back there is a connection. antoinette davis and mario mcneill have been together, they hung out together. there may have been a debt that needed to be paid. we are understanding she may have owed him money. you, i, everyone are finding it hard to believe that a little girl's life could be used as payment. we don't want to believe that. >> marlaina schiavo, our reporter on the story. let's see if we can add two and two together tonight. okay, work with me. number one, we know, according to you and your sources last night that drugs were allegedly sold out of the home, number one. two, we know mario mcneill, the 29-year-old man caught on camera taking the child into a hotel room, had a drug history. he's got a rap sheet as long as the interstate. all right. we know she