she's faced with now. >> the child was last seen in a hotel surveillance video with this guy, mario mcneil. what do we know about this guy, michelle? do you know? >> here's what we know. that particular surveillance was taken last tuesday on november 10th, that morning and according to investigators shaniya and mario were only at that motel for one hour. think about it. antoinette reportedly last saw her child at 5:30 that morning. this was at 6:11 in the morning. from that particular point on someone from the hotel that wednesday evening contacted investigators and said, hey, i think shaniya was here. investigators went out there, pull the the surveillance and were able to issue the photos out to the media quickly and over a period of time that's when mario allegedly stepped forward and said, look, i'm the one that had the child. they were able to charge him at this time with first-degree kidnapping. at this point, antoinette and mario are held at the county jail under the special management section of the jail. this is an area that holds high-risk prisoners and they're only allowed to co

is shaniya, yes, this is mario mcneil. we are able to charge him and move forward. he is not convicted. he is charged with first degree kidnapping. what investigators know i can only assume from the video footage they saw on these surveillances her leaving probably alive. that is why investigators were able to tell everyone today we know when she left that hotel in north carolina that shaniya was alive. though they may hold those photos back for a reason, for the courtroom. >> it is so heartbreaking to see this little girl, the last photos in the surveillance shots, a sleepy eyed little 5-year-old clinging to the mario mcneil character. let's talk about him, mark. let's clarify for everybody, if he is the person who gave shaniya up to whoever bought her as a sex slave, that is kind of what we are looking at, is he an accomplice to murder? >> potentially. it hinges on what specific evidence they have. morally is one thing. i'm sure some of your viewers say hang them both. legally the burden is on the prosecution to show bey

that is 29-year-old mario andrette mcneil. he's got $100,000 bond tonight. carrying little kidnapped shaniya into a hotel room. 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 mcneil 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 race to that hotel. didn't get there in time to catch the two of them there. but it's still not known if they searched whatever room they were in. but they were only in that hotel for a very short time, just an hour. >> so he leaves with the little girl after an hour? >> yes. >> all right. gurnal scott, joining us from wptf radio, gurnal, we assume that he was in a vehicle, correct? >> assuming -- taking into account the time it took to get from the mobile home park in fayetteville to sanford, they would have to travel by vehicle. >> and tonight, gurnal scott, he is admitting -- i guess he has to. we can see him to kidnapping the child. but then he clam

what is mario mcneil's role? >> that is the interesting part. early last week we spoke about a different guy clarence coe was charmed with first degree kidnapping. what i learned is mom, antoinette davis said he took my daughter. and then we fast forward to the video. we had a hotel worker call investigators last wednesday night to report that shaniya was, in fact, at their hotel. shaniya was there for last tuesday morning for only an hour. evidently once that video was put out and those surveillance pictures ma owe said i was the one with the child. they charged him with first degree kidnapping. then over the weekend antoinette davis was charged with human trafficking and prostitution of a child, filing a false police report, just to name a few. >> let's bring in our attorney, eric richmond, if this is shaniya and mom gives her up, what charges is mom facing? accomplice to murder? >> possibly. human trafficking and the promotion of prostitution. human trafficking is an interesting charge here, too, because that is usually in commercial sex indu

a search warrant reveals this man 29-year-old mario mcneil picked her up in front of her home and drove her to a hotel. that was the last time she was seen alive. police collected hair, fibers clothes and a straw from mcneil's car. shaniya's mother antoinette davis facing charges of human trafficking and child abuse. authorities accuse her of selling her daughter into prost tucson. >> not only do we learn that mommy handed over her 5-year-old little girl shaniya to a convicted felon, according to police, we also learned that department of family services had been to the home on several occasions but nobody bothered to tell daddy. >> shaniya davis' body was found dumped near a road. >>> breaking news. investigators retrieved 11 bags of evidence from mario mcneil's vehicle including children's clothing, dna and blankets. nancy grace has the latest breaking developments for you tonight. >>> look at the pictures we are getting of the action outside the international space station. two shuttle "atlantis" astronauts are on the first space walk. they are hooking up spare antennas and cables. t

mario mcneil is expected in court today. police say he was the last person to see shaniya davis alive. her mother, originally reported her missing but investigators think that she was actually prst tuting her child. they found the little girl's body on monday, yesterday her aunt spoke to reporters. >> the last time i sasha sa nye area was four weeks ago on a friday. i went to visit her mother. i packed her with two days worth of clothes. i got her out of the car and kissed her good-bye and told her to be a good girl. she turned back to me and said, i love you, aunt carrie, and see you later. i have to go. i'm sorry. month more comments. ♪ and i know he's watching over her ♪ >> last night about 100 people gathered to remember shaniya at a vigil near her mom's home. police are not sure where she was killed. preliminary autopsy results suggest she was suffocated. nancy grace will have any breaking developments on the case 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight. >>> a security expert says that the pentagon ignored a report that could have he

mario mcneil, but no sign of shaniya, huh? >> no sign of shaniya.as you remember a couple of days ago, investigators took into custody a guy by the name of clarence coe. they actually charged him with kidnapping but released him today. then they arrested a man by the name of mario mcneil, as you just mentioned and now he is charged with shaniya's kidnapping. he's held on $100,000 bail. and he is the man that you see in the surveillance photos, carrying shaniya around the hotel. that hotel is about 45 minutes away from where she was initially reported missing throughout the sleepy hollow community. and what we do know from investigators is, is that i can confirm right now that they were only at that hotel for about an hour. around 6:11 a.m. just this past tuesday morning. and what investigators have found was that the tip came in on wednesday, just two days ago, so when they went out to the location, they had a hard time getting into the surveillance video, because there's different codes to crack. and to be able to get into different kinds of footag

but 29-year-old mario mcneil confessed to taking the girl but his attorney says he'll plead not guilty>>> and breaking news tonight, now that the investigators have found shaniya's body, police began the intense manhunt for the little girl's killer. who killed shaniya davis and dumped her body in the woods? nancy grace is investigating every night at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. >>> as expected today, wanda barze,charged in the 2002 kidnapping of elizabeth smart entered a guilty plea today in a federal court in salt lake city. she's charged with kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor and will be sentenced to 15 years in prison with credit for time she's already served. as a part of a plea deal, she agreed to cooperate in the prosecution of her now estranged husband. they're accused of kidnapping smart. smart was found nine months later and was reunited with her family. >>> five members of a missouri family appeared in court today to face charges of sexually abusing children. prosecutors are filing 15 additional charges against burrell mohler senior and his

mario mcneil picked her up and drove more than 30 miles to a hotel in sanford, north carolina. surveillance video from that tuesday here showing him carrying the 5-year-old into that building. monday, her body was found six miles from the hotel. now authorities believe shaniya was sexually assaulted and died of asphyxiation. her mother antoinette davis is charged with trafficking her daughter, and child abuse involving prostitution. so far, she hasn't been charged with murder. last night nancy grace found out davis and her daughter were about to be evicted from their home. >> i filed eviction papers on miss davis. the decision had been made toward the end of october that she was going to be evicted. we were waiting to see if she was going to pay her rent or if we were going to have to cancel her lease. as it turned out, she did not pay her rent. >> what about the conditions the child was living in? >> pig sty. absolute pig sty. that is why the police would not let them go back into the home. >> police are investigating whether she gave her daughter to mcneill to settle a drug d

. >> police have filed kidnapping charges against 29-year-old mario mcneil captured on camera last tuesday. he admitted to taking her but his attorney says he will plead not guilty to that charge. >>> breaking news tonight, watch "nancy grace" for late-breaking details for the search for shaniya 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on hln. >>> new arrest in the case of a missouri family accused of horrid sex crimes against children. 72-year-old daryl mohler brought into a central florida courtroom saturday and charged with two counts of forcible rape against girls ages 5 and 9. mohler has, quote new york idea about the allegations. his bail's set at $40,000. mohler's brother and four sons back in missouri are charged with crimes including bestiality and forcing an 11-year-old relative to have an abortion. mohler has grown apart from his relatives and has nothing to do with them. >>> a body found in the chicago river and investigators believe it is this man, michael scott, president of chicago's board of education. an autopsy is under way. president of the cook county board issued condolences to sco

they said mario mcneil is the subject captured on a hotel surveillance video carrying the little girlnto a room the day she was reported missing. authorities still don't know where she is. last thursday they arrested davis' boyfriend, but have since dropped kidnapping charges against clarence coe. >>> president obama is asking lawmakers to hold off on any investigations since into the ft. hood shooting. he says they should wait until law enforcement and the military finish their investigations first. he also asked lawmakers not to turn this event into what he called political theater. >> if there was a failure to take appropriate action before the shootings, there must be accountability. beyond that, and most importantly, we must quickly and thoroughly evaluate and address any flaws in the system so we can prevent a similar breach from happening again. our government must be able to act swiftly and surely when it has threatening information. and our troops must have the security that they deserve. >>> lawmakers say they want to look into e-mails between shooting suspect major nidal ma

we have arrested mario mcneil. >> cops say mcneil admits kidnapping the little girl and there is shockingsay that's mcneil carrying little shaniya into a hotel room. he's in jail. but shaniya is still missing. >> she looks relaxed like she's waiting for elevator to come. she's in his arms. not like she's fighting him. >> the key piece of evidence or the key clue in this may have come right from that girl in that video. i'm wondering, myself, who was in the elevator? if they could get footage as to who was in the elevator, that might give us something to look at. >> they're looking at the stories and trying to make it fit together to find out what happened to this little girl. >> kidnapping charges have been dropped against the man had arrested on wednesday. please take a good look at shaniya here. her father says he wants liz little girl back home. >> i miss you so much. i'm not going to give up. >> i'm pat lalama in for nancy grace. extraordinary surveillance footage we're looking at tonight. this girl, at least, as of tuesday, was alive and with any luck and hope she still is. gurnal sc

they say mario mcneil is the suspect captured on a hotel surveillance video carrying the little girlto a room the day she was reported missing. authorities still don't know where she is. last thursday they arrested davis' boyfriend but have since dropped kidnapping charges. >>> president obama is asking lawmakers to hold off on any investigations into the ft. hood shooting. he says they should wait until law enforcement and the military finish their investigations first. he also asked lawmakers not to turn this event into what he called political theater. >> if there was a failure to take appropriate action before the shootings, there must be accountability. beyond that, and most importantly, we must quickly and thoroughly evaluate and address any flaws in the system so that we can prevent a similar breach from happening again. our government must be able to act swiftly and surely when it has threatening information. and our troops must have the security that they deserve. >> lawmakers say they want to look into e-mails between shooting suspect major nadil malik hasan and a cleric in

two, we know mario mcneil the 29-year-old man caught on camera taking the child into the hotel room had 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 know? >> as a result of the drug raid that happened over the summer, they found instruments in the home to manufacture drugs out of her home. we know people were in and out of the home selling drugs. she had dealings with mcneil before shaniya disappeared. she owed him money. you would have to conclude possibly she owed him money for drugs. >> that is what sources are telling us tonight. >> to matt, the producer on the story. let's talk about mcneil for a moment. what is his history? >> it's a mile long. it started in june, 2001. he was arrested for shooting someone in the face, neck, shoulder and arms. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. shooting someone in the face, neck, shoulders and arm. if i'm correct, matt, two other people, that makes three people injured in that shooting incident. >> you're right. he was out waiting on trial

another man, mario mcneil is facing kidnapping charge. >>> a sarah palin is giving tough love to herwas on the show promoting her new book and she talked about levi johnston, the father of her grands grandson, and his photo shoot for "playgirl". >> by the way, i don't know if we call him levi. i hear he goes by the name of ricky hollywooded, this aspiring porn, some of the things he's doing. it's kind of heartbreaking. >> the "playgirl" centerfold. >> yes. i call it porn. a bit heartbreaking to see the road he's on. >> palin also says johnston has an open invitation to thanksgiving dinner. in a few minutes you'll hear what she says about a possible presidential run. >>> you may be one of 15 million people who could have to give back hundreds of dollars in stimulus money to the government? some people are, like, out of my cold dead hands! jennifer westhoven, what's the deal here? p it's really a mistake. you were supposed to get that tax rebate, $400 or $800 depending on your situation. but a lot of people got that tax rebate and then some. so it's not that the government wants more f

the man seen with her they were is this man, mario andretti mcneil.e arrested a different man in the case. police will not say if there's a connection between the two men, but as you can imagine, shaniya's father just wants his little girl back home. >> i just ask that they let her go and bring her home safe. if you're listening to daddy, i miss you so much, honey. i'm waiting for you. i'm not going to give up and you don't give up either, honey. >> clarence coe, this man, police arrested on kidnapping charges, he was in court yesterday of the judge asked him if he knew why he was there. he said no, but added he wasn't guilty. >>> breaking news tonight, though, cops are desperately looking for that man caught on surveillance video at a hotel with shaniya. nancy grace has the late-breaking developments tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. >>> surrounded by tight security, the man suspected of killing at least 11 women appeared in an ohio courtroom today. not for any of these deaths, though. anthony sowell was arraigned for allegedl

a man caught on hotel surveillance video mario mcneil is facing kidnapping charges. neither will be charged with murder until police determine where the girl was died. her body was found in lee county, north carolina, but disappeared from her home in neighboring cumberland county. >> several of the details regarding the investigation have a direct impact on which county will assume jurisdiction in prosecuting this case. as you may be aware of, the district attorneys from the involved jurisdictions are discussing the matter and ultimately will make that decision. until that time no further charges will be forthcoming until the jurisdiction has been determined. >> the little girl's body was found almost a week after her mother reported her missing and the cause of her death hasn't been determined yet. shaniya davis spent most of her life with her father. last month lockhart agreed to let shaniya spend time with her mother. his son byron coleman appeared on "nancy grace." how is your father doing tonight? he is just heartbroken. >> yeah. my father is taking it real hard

we have arrested mario mcneil. >> cops say mcneil admits kidnapping the little girl and there is shockingage. police say that's mcneil carrying little shaniya into a hotel room. he's in jail. but shaniya is still missing. >> she looks relaxed like she's waiting for elevator to come. she's in his arms. not like she's fighting him. >> the key piece of evidence or the key clue in this may have come right from that girl in that video. i'm wondering, myself, who was in the elevator? if they could get footage as to who was in the elevator, that might give us something to look at. >> they're looking at the stories and trying to make it fit together to find out what happened to this little girl. >> kidnapping charges have been dropped against the man had arrested on wednesday. please take a good look at shaniya here. her father says he wants liz little girl back home. >> i misyou so much. i'm not going to give up. >> i'm pat lalama in for nancy grace. extraordinary surveillance footage we're looking at tonight. this girl, at least, as of tuesday, was alive and with any luck and hope she still is.

was she sold into prostitution because shaniya's mom owed this man, mario mcneil, money? issues is all over the story as we uncover the allegations of prostitution and murder. >>> and a horrifying hate crime, too graphic for television. a gay teenager killed, set on fire, arms, legs, and head ripped off of his body. now the gay community is outraged. saying people who lead this type of lifestyle need to be aware that this will happen? how is this possible in the 21st century? >>> and if at first you don't succeed, try, try again a woman trying to kill her new husband three times. she was caught on tape giving an undercover cop instructions on killing her hubby, even telling this woman, her husband was already killed. it's video that you have to see to believe. her performance is worthy of an oscar. "issues" starts right now. >>> major >> i didn't do anything. and i didn't plot anything. >> of course you didn't. that was dalia dippolito. she denies she hired a hitman and plotted his murder. police arrested dalia after stationed a 911 and i must say a brilliant, fake murder