plus, they still don't know where little shania davis is. she disappeared from her home in fayetteville, north carolina, on tuesday you. her dad made a desperate plea for her safety. >> i just ask that they let her go and bring her home safe. we all miss her and love her very much. if you're listening to daddy, i miss you so much, honey, and i'm waiting for you. i'm not going to give up, and you don't give up either, honey. >> so heartbreaking. this is the man charged in the case, and he's the mother's boyfriend according to the manager of a mobile home park where shania lives. he says he's not guilty. detectives have identified the man we saw earlier on the tape with shania, but they're not sure of the connection between him and her family. >>> breaking news, the accused mastermind of a 9/11 attack may be tried in civilian court rather than military commission. many reports say sha can lid shaikh mohammed and four others detain years will be sent to new york for trial. president obama said this. >> i am wiabsolutely convinced that khalid sh

about a half-hour from now, the man charged with raping and killing 5-year-old shania davis will be in the courtroom. he picked her up in front of her home on the morning of november 10th and then drove more than 30 miles. surveillance video from that tuesday shows him carrying the 5-year-old into the building. now monday, her body was found six miles from the hotel. authorities believe she was sexually assaulted and died of asphyxiation. her mother antoinette davis was charged with trafficking her daughter and child abuse involving prostitution but so far she has not been charged with murder. hln's nancy grace wants to know why. >> why no murder charge on mommy? she handed her child over according to charges for this child to be put into prostitution. a 5-year-old girl, kessler. that's a felony. this is a felony murder. she, according to police, committed a murder and a death occurred shelf didn't have to plan the murder for her to be charged with a felony murder. >> it's coming. i can't imagine they're thinking maybe there is a state's evidence. they don't have mcneil good enough. >>

plus, they still don't know where little shania davis is. police won't say how he is connected to the man seen with her on the video. she disappeared from her home in fayetteville on tuesday and her dad made a desperate plea for her safety. >> let her go and bring her home safe. we all miss her and love her very much. if you're listening to daddy, i miss you so much and i'm waiting for you. i'm not going to give up. you don't give up either, honey. >> oh, that is so heartbreaking. police charged shaniya's mother's boyfriend with kidnapping. he says he is not guilty. detectives have identified the man on the tape with shaniya but are not sure of the connection between him and her family. >>> new this morning, president obama is in japan and economic ties between the two countries are expected to be an important topic. so is the future of u.s. military bases. there's a local protests about a plan to relocate a key u.s. marine base. president obama's trip will also take him to singapore, china, and south korea. that darned ida is still a proble

shania davis. her mother told officers she last saw her daughter early yesterday morning. police say they found no evidenced of foul play. they've been searching the woods nearby. >>> those were the headlines. welcome back. good morning, sleepy wednesday. i'm robin meade. >>> thousands of people gathered yesterday to remember the victims of the ft. hood shootings. there are new developments in the investigation we should cover this morning. richard lui starts us off with that. >> almost a week since the incident. fbi agents showing up at the texas mosque where the alleged shooter major nidal hasan worshipped. they wouldn't say what they were looking for, but they searched through a trash bin outside the islamic community center of greater killeen. the mosque president had to leave the memorial service to sign what appeared to be a search warrant. leaders at the mosque have condemned this attack. >> the fbi said that they think major hasan acted alone. it wasn't a conspiracy. and his attendance at the mosque is part of that reasoning? how goes that? >> interesting point. a

police say they have information that shania davis' remains may have been dumped near fayetteville. over the weekend they charged her mother with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. the man whom police say was seen carrying the child into a hotel last week turned himself in. authorities say he admitted taking her but plans to plead not guilty. when that man turn himself in, they dropped charges against this manning the mother's boyfriend who says she was at home when the girl was taken. >>> the weather is getting rough in the midwest. check out the surf here. that is at would-be island. in fact, high-wind watch in e fm effect there. bob van dillen is telling us more. >> the winds are peaking at 65 miles an hour or maybe stronger. it is right around bc. you can see the way it's dropping towards the east. rain showers from portland. it will change from snow to rain in the higher elevations. we have avalanche warnings in the cascades and olympics and heavy rain is out there. snow slippage is a possibility. av ladies and gentlemen warnings out for the northern part

cnn has confirmed investigators have found shania davis's body. police in fayetteville have been searching all morning after getting a tip she had been dumped along a highway in south central north carolina. they're planning to hold a news conference in 30 minutes to give us more details. in the meantime, police have charged shaniya's 25-year-old mother with human trafficking and felony child abuse. antoinette davis is due in court about half an hour. shaniya lived with her father until last month, and he said he was hesitant to let her be with her mother, but said she deserved a chance to be part of her life. >> of course i had some reserves, but i know she had been trying and had been working for at least six months, and she had been trying to get her life back on track and she said she just recently got her own place. so i was wanting to give her a chance. she had asked if she could be a mother, and i felt that she was sincere in asking, and felt i could give her a chance. >> police in north carolina have also filed kidnapping charges in the ca

so many new developments in the death of 5-year-old shania davis. her body was found along a highway in north carolina, the unthinkable allegations against her own mom, antoinette davis charged with offering up her daughter for sex. now police have released her 911 call from that day that little shaniya went missing. listen to mom here crying, pleading for her little girl. >> i woke up this morning and my daughter was not in the house. i don't know if she walked out -- i don't know what's going on, but she's not here. >> how old is your daughter? >> she's 5. >> 5? >> yes, ma'am. >> what time did you wake up? when did you last see her? >> i saw her at 5:30 last night. >> 5:30 last night. is that when you put her to bed? >> yes, ma'am -- no, when she went back to bed. >> that was 5:00 this morning, is that what you're telling me? >> yes, ma'am. >> were there any doors open or anything like that? >> she know how to unlock the front door. >> okay. what is her name? >> shaniya davis. >>> there you have it. just moments ago we heard from shaniya's dad. he

. >>> the new details and new 911 call are shedding light on the death of 5-year-old shania davis. her body found off a road in north carolina has been positively identified. authorities are still trying to determine how she died. her mother is accused of prostituting the little girl and we now have the 911 call to police. authorities now say that since shaniya's body has been identified, more charges are on the way. nancy grace talked with shaniya's brother last night and the father was too dus tragt to talk, but did offer support for his son. >> have they told anybody what was the cause of death, byron? >> i haven't heard anything. i don't think my father has either. we're not really sure too much yet. we're still trying to figure it out now. >> and there is your dad, right there. >> yes, ma'am. >> there is your dad. >> cannot imagine. we're going to have more of their emotional interview at the bottom of the hour. >>> pirates have attacked a u.s. flagged cargo ship for the second time. pirates fired automatic weapons at the ship this morning. private security guards on the ship

. >>> police arrested a suspect, we have learned, in the disappearance of 5-year-old shania davis.yetteville, north carolina say they took clarence coe into custody last night. he has been charged with first degree kidnapping. he has a record dating back eight years, including convictions for assault on a female and felony breaking and entering. but let's get back to sha mia here, she was reportedly missing from her home tuesday morning and how she was taken is a mystery. because police found her favorite blanket in her neighbor's trash can covered with feces, but they have not been able to uncover her scent in the neighborhood. a man charged with kidnapping, but where is shaniya. nancy grace investigates right here on hln "news and views." >>> investigators are urging anyone with information on a sex abuse ring to come forward. here's what we know. the five men are charged with rape, bestiality, forcing children into fake marriages, and forced abortion. investigators are searching the property for possible bodies and jars with buried notes from the children documenting the alleged

this just into us on the search for shania davis. wral in north carolina is reporting police searching for the 5-year-old girl have possibly found her blanket in a neighbor's garbage can. the little girl reported missing yesterday morning, 5:30 a.m. here's the rough timeline we have. mom says she put her on the couch, noticed her missing an hour or so later. according to local media, a neighbor told police she was woken up by noises outside her home at about 3 a.m. saying it sounded like somebody was being beaten. we'll take your calls, 1-877-tell hln. some disturbing developments we're hearing about. joining us to talk about it, we welcome back special agent in charge don clark and michelle, an investigative journalist. michelle has been on the ground talking to cops investigating this case. michelle, you have a development yourself we talked about. let's get everybody up to speed about surveillance footage that could be key in this case. what do we know? >> there is a woman by the name of barbara davenport. she is a former investig

but we still do not know where shania davis is.she was spotted with this man an hour after she 'tis appeared on tuesday. shaniya was seen 40 miles from home with him. police used this surveillance video from the hotel to confirm their identities. with his arrest, kidnapping charges have been dropped against the man police had arrested on wednesday but please take a good look at shaniya. the father just wants his little girl back home safe. >> i just ask that she comes home safe. we all miss her and love her very much. if you're listening to taddy, i miss you so much, honey, and i'm waiting for you. i'm not going to give up and you don't give up either. >> authorities could learn more when mac neil makes his first court appearance this afternoon. the breaking news tonight, nancy grace having the late breaking developments in the sex for shanuya davis at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. on hln. >>> meanwhile, five alleged 9/11 plotters are headed to civilian court. the attorney general eric holder announced today the justice department will seek

the little girl's father said davis hadn't even been involved in shania's life until last month.arge. >>> a sarah palin is giving tough love to her daughter's ex-fiancee. the former veep candidate was 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