don't give up on shaniya. she's right there with you. just know my little baby is up there with you is making me comfort right now. >> reporter: a father's pain. ♪ >> reporter: shared by a community. >> i have babies that it would devastate me to know that it would happen to my children and to know that someone that this little girl trusted, trusted with all of her heart, trusted that she would travel with them and they would take advantage of her innocence. >> we don't know what happened but we know that the devil did this. >> reporter: those who came were filled with a combination of grief -- >> we was looking for another to find her alive instead of this way and how she died was just horrible. >> reporter: and anger. >> still can't understand why they did this to her. i still want to know why. she's only 5. >> reporter: for one of shaniya's aunts, the answers just aren't there. >> it's crazy. crazy when it first happened. nothing is making sense. nothing is making sense. nothing. none of the stories. nothin

, shaniya? >> she was just -- she's so loving and caring. she's so -- she's always happy and giggling. like you would -- nobody -- you would never think anybody would do that to her. she's just the sweetest little girl. >> everyone, we are taking your calls live along with shaniya davis's half-sister, cheyenne lockhart. out to the lines. patricia in maryland. hi, patricia. >> caller: hi, nancy. i just want to hope lucy gets better, and i pray for her. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> caller: and my question is straight off the bat this mother, she's evidently had problems with child protective services before. now, does she have any kind of sexual abuse in her record? >> i've already checked into her record as best that we can, patricia. she does not have a criminal conviction on her record. but we know child services has been called to that home on many occasions. and what i don't understand is why she had children in the home at all. we know shaniya and her 7-year-old brother often in the h

shaniya was just always laughing. you could never see a frown on her face. >> we are showing the most beautiful photos of little shaniya and i can see how your father cared for her, pulling her hair back, matching her outfits. you know, sometimes, i'm tempted to cut lucy's hair rather than comb through another tangle, and i can just see your dad working with her and making her even more beautiful. to bradley lockhart, thank you for visiting our show tonight, and to byron coleman, thank you. >> thank you. >>> everyone, let's stop and remember army sergeant jonathan walls, 27, west lawn, pennsylvania, on a second tour. from a family of navy vets, awarded the army commendation medal, national defense army medal, so dedicated to army, he returned to duty after damage to his hearing on a roadside bomb. loved video games, being a family man. leaves behind grieving parents, steven and lisa, two brothers, widow, megan, son, hayden, daughters, lily and elena. jonathan walls, an american hero. >>> thanks to our guests, but our

>> shaniya davis. >>> there you have it. just moments ago we heard from shaniya's dad. he had custody of her little girl, raised her. just last month he thought he would let shaniya's mom have a little more time with her daughter. >> i believe every parent would blame themselves. and we all look within ourselves to see what we could have done different. >> is there anything you think you could have done differently? >> possibly. u but i really don't want to get into me. this is about shaniya. this isn't about brad or antoinette or mr. mcneill. this is about shaniya. >> we'll take your calls at 1-877-tell-hln. joining me now, clinical psychologist michelle golin, also mike eiglarsh and michelle sagona. we have the positive i.d. anything new on who may have done this to shaniya? >> what police released earlier, mike, they said more charges will follow. so we can only assume that those charges will also add up on the two people they have in custody. i can tell you that just a couple days ago when i spoke with investigators, that they did say that they feel they have the tw

, little shaniya had vanished. however, that same morning, surveillance video taken at a motel 30 miles away shows the innocent and trusting child seeming to cling to the man holding her. cops say that is mario mcneill, reportedly the ex-boyfriend's of shaniya's sister. he is reported on first degree charges of kidnapping, but sha my ya is nowhere to be found. a frantic search was launched and then at about 2:00 p.m. eastern today, devastating news. >> we have located a body. based on some information we obtained, we can confirm that that body is the child, and it was located off of walker road. >> police told us stand by for more information, but at 4:30 p.m., not much else. >> we're going to wait until we ex i'm that body, get it to the medical examiner's office, get a positive identification on it, and then go forward from there. >> meantime, shaniya's mother is behind bars, charged with a litany of nauseating crimes, including, get this, human trafficking. that's right. antonette davis is accused of forcing her

shaniya just was always laughing.n her face. >> we are awaiting autopsy results tonight. that tiny body is still at the morgue. we are taking your calls live. sonia, oklahoma. hi, sonia. >> caller: hi, nancy. thanks for taking my call. >> thank you for calling in. >> caller: i'm curious about the custody agreement. if the father had sole custody, can he be charged with leaving her with that monster and not notifying the court where the baby was? >> interesting question. i don't believe the mom had any type of formal custody. what about it, marlaina shy you? >> we -- no. there was no formal custody between the two. i think it was more between the two of them and their agreements with each other. >> what about it, gurnal scott, joining us from wptf? >> we know of no formal custody agreement. it seems to be something the two of them figured out. and again, he trusted her and said, i'm going to let my daughter stay with you. >> bottom line, gurnal, true. she may be alive today, she would be alive today if he hadn't left h

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 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

, shaniya? >> she was just -- she's so loving and caring. she's so -- she's always happy and giggling. like you would -- nobody -- you would never think anybody would do that to her. she's just the sweetest little girl. >> everyone, we are taking your calls live along with shaniya davis' half sister, cheyenne lockhart. out to the lines. patricia in maryland. hi, patricia. >> caller: hi, nancy. i just want to hope lucy gets better, and i pray for her. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> caller: and my question is straight off the bat this mother, she's evidently had problems with child protective services before. now, does she have any kind of sexual abuse in her record? >> i've already checked into her record as best that we can, patricia. she does not have a criminal conviction on her record. but we know child services has been called to that home on many occasions. and what i don't understand is why she had children in the home at all. we know shaniya and her 7-year-old brother often in the ho

that was the same morning shaniya goes missing. tonight, where is 5-year-old shaniya? >> are you clarence d. coe. >> yes, sir. >> mr. coe, you are charged with a felony of first degree kidnapping. this is your first appearance. do you understand why here sir? >> no, but i'm not guilty. >> police have arrested a suspect in the disappearance of a 5-year-old, shaniya davis. though, still no sign of her. fleece fayetteville, north carolina, say they took clarence coe into custody. he's charged with first degree kidnapping. >> sir, the state of north carolina alleges that on or about the date of november 10th, 2009 that you did commit the felony of first degree kidnapping of shaniya davis and terrorizing antoinette davis, do you understand that? >> i understand. >> sir, i must advise you that first-degree kidnapping is a "c" class-z felony you could get 261 months in prison. do you understand that? >>> and tonight, live to oregon in the disappearance of a gorgeous young satellite tv sales woman. mother of two. jayme sue aust pichb she calls her mom to say her water is on th

shaniya davis. >> a body was located of a small child a little while ago off of walker road. about 100 feet off of the road. at this time, a positive identification will be made by family. and as soon as we have that positive identification, we'll have more information. >> cops have been searching for shaniya all morning and say they got a tip saying she had been dumped along a highway in central north carolina. investigators have charged her 25-year-old mother with human trafficking and felony child abuse. antonette davis is due in court at any moment now. shaniya had been living with her father until last month, and he said he was hesitant to let her stay with her mother, but he thought she deserved ab opportunity to be part of shaniya's life. >> of course, she had been trying, and i know that she had been working for at least six months, and she had been trying to get her life back on track, and she said she had just recently got her own place. so i was wanting to give her a chance. she asked if

and i was told that family members were in and out of the house where shaniya lived, where shaniya's mother lived, and there were family members selling drugs outside. >> you know, jail is too good for this woman and her cohort. everyone, we are taking your calls live. but as we go to break, on a happy note, believe you me, i'm going to be hugging them in their sleep when i get home. the n.g. family album. here are some photos of the twins. some of my favorites. this is right after we brought them home from intensive care and they had that little play toy. here they are in their double stroller. they couldn't hold their heads up. i had to put a towel or a blankie above their heads to keep their heads up. here are family photos from our friends of the show. connecticut friends vicki, 2-year-old daughter ava dressed as a tiger for halloween. kentucky friends of the show linda, brian, kayla, michael, furry friends jazz sxhin rooster. they never, ever miss a show. >>> we love you so much. i can't bless you for this day, but i bless you for my daughter. >> yes, lord. >> the last time i sa

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

who killed little shaniya. why hasn't anyone been charged with her murder. >> it was crazy when it first happened. nothing is making any sense. nothing is making any sense. >>> police say that was shaniya's mom, full of you-know-what when she called 911. ken sealy, an expert. police are saying this woman is flying flat out. even though we're hearing this distraught, emotional-filled voice. how does that dovetail with addiction? >> well, jane, what you're seeing here, again, is what we keep reporting on. but i love that you want the solution. because that's what this is really about. is bringing the answers. and yes, the people that watch the behavior and had seen the red flags, they need to be held accountable. because the addicts do what they do. the addict is an addict. they lie, they steal, they cheat. they do bad things. but the people that are healthy in the addicts' lives need to hold them accountable. they need to be monitored. they need to be put into a program where they're being held accountable, that

shaniya just was always laughing. on her face. >> we are awaiting autopsy results tonight. that tiny body is still at the morgue. we are taking your calls live. sonia, oklahoma. hi, sonia. >> caller: hi, nancy. thanks for taking my call. >> thank you for calling in. >> caller: i'm curious about the custody agreement. if the father had sole custody, can he be charged with leaving her with that monster and not notifying the court where the baby was? >> interesting question. i don't believe the mom had any type of formal custody. what about it, marlaina shy you? >> we -- no. there was no formal custody between the two. i think it was more between the two of them and their agreements with each other. >> what about it, gurnal scott, joining us from wptf? >> we know of no formal custody agreement. it seems to be something the two of them figured out. and again, he trusted her and said, i'm going to let my daughter stay with you. >> bottom line, gurnal, true. she may be alive today, she would be alive today if he hadn't left

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. i mean, it is really hard on our family. it is just a tough time. this is actually our second time going through another death in our family. my mom passed away when i was 10 years old. >> when do you know are they going to release her body? have they told anybody what was the cause of death, byron? >> actually, i haven't heard anything. i don't think my father has either. we are not sure too much yet. we are still trying to figure that out now. >> and there is your dad right there. >> yes, ma'am. >> we really do want to thank everybody for the support and the prayers. it does mean a lot. we just want everybody to stay as strong as we are trying to. for mothers out there, please don't let that happen to your child. >> if you could pass on to your father that i thought

tonight, our prayers to heaven for little shaniya. see you tomorrow night 8:00 sharn sharp eastern and until then, good night, friend. >>> tonight on "the joy behar show," for the first time nancy grace joins me. she'll talk about crime and punishment, the issue, not the book, and she'll talk about what really gets her fired up. >>> then sarah palin insisted comments she made last night would have liberal heads spinning. well, she couldn't be more wrong. my head is fine. for now. >>> and the latest edition to late night, george lopez, explains why he could never make his grandmother happy. eeeee >>> tonight on "the joy behar show," she can't stop poets with her bare hands or leap tall buildings in a single bound, but she is one of america's best and most famous crime fighters. hln's own nancy grace will be here. >>> then it's a good fight. martha stewart stirs up a pot of trouble when she takes on america's kitchen sweetheart, rachel way. >>> george lopez is here, he's part of the changing face of late night talk. he'll be there

there's the mother, the mother's boyfriend is there, the mother's sister, shaniya's aunt, shaniya, her older brother who is 7 and an infant. nobody heard anything? >> no one is saying they heard anything except the neighbor we spoke to saying there was a noise at about 3:00 a.m. now, you know, investigators are looking at the surveillance video. >> hold on. let's go to miss moore. what did you hear about 3:00 a.m.? >> it didn't sound like anyone was trying to get into my house, but i heard noise outside of the house. >> what kind of noise? >> it sounded like a struggle, but i know it wasn't anybody fighting. it sounded like banging on my side of the house. >> right. right. >> caller: so, you know -- >>> they searched by plane and helicopter and with dogs. they searched cars leaving the neighborhood. they talked with everybody at the mobile home park. so far, officers have not found 5-year-old shaniya davis. srk the circumstances of her di disappearance are questionable. neighbors feel the same way. >> i hope she's found alive. that's what i hope for. i don't know what to think about it

police are looking for shaniya. her father just wants his little girl home safe. >> i miss you so much. i'm waiting for you. i'm not going to give up. you don't give up, either, honey. >> astonishing images of this little girl in that man's arms. perhaps a little bit of hope that she is alive. gurnal scott, reporter from wptf radio. what is this man telling cops? >> reporter: right now, nothing. they have him in custody. they have been questioning him as you heard. when they took him in custody, they questioned him all night. he has not given up the location of little shaniya. police are frantically trying to search for the little girl, who looked in the pictures as we all seen them she was in reasonably good health and being taken care of. now, they don't know where she is. she is apparently been handed off, again. >> that's a very good point. is she handed off? did he indicate he gave her to someone else? do we have knowledge that happened? >> reporter: if that has been told to police, they are not sharing it with

police are looking for shaniya.girl home safe. >> i miss you today. i miss you so much, honey. i'm waiting for you. i'm not going to give up. you don't give up, either, honey. >> astonishing images of this little girl in that man's arms. perhaps a little bit of hope that she is alive. it gives us something to believe in. gurnal scott, reporter from wptf radio. what is this man telling cops? >> right now, absolutely nothing. they have him in custody. they have been questioning him as you heard. when they took him in custody, they questioned him all night. he has not given up the location of little shaniya. police are frantically trying to search to find this little girl who looked in the pictures as we've all seen them, that she was in reasonably good health and was being taken care of. now they don't know where she is. she has apparently been handed off again. >> so -- okay. that's a very good point. is she handed off? did he indicate he gave her to someone else? do we have any knowledge that that, in fact, happened

that was the same morning shaniya goes missing. tonight, where is 5-year-old shaniya? >> are you clarence d. coe. >> yes, sir. >> mr. coe, you are charged with a felony of first-degree kidnapping. this is your first appearance. do you understand why you're here sir? >> no, but i'm not guilty. >> police have arrested a suspect in the disappearance of a 5-year-old, shaniya davis. though, still no sign of her. police in fayetteville, north carolina, say they took clarence coe into custody. he's charged with first-degree kidnapping. he has a record dating back eight years including assault on a female. >> sir, the state of north carolina alleges that on or about the date of november 10th, 2009, that you did commit the felony of first-degree kidnapping of shaniya davis and terrorizing antoinette davis. do you understand that? >> i understand. >> sir, i must advise you that first-degree kidnapping is a "c," class "c" felony. you could get 261 months in prison. do you understand that? >>> and tonight, live to oregon in the disappearance of a gorgeous young satellite tv salesw

tonight, our prayers to heaven for little shaniya. see you tomorrow night 8:00 sharp eastern and until then, good night, friend. >>> hi there. i'm brooke anderson. this is what's coming up at the top of the hour. hollywood at war over sarah palin. how hollywood is drawing a line the sand whether to support sarah palin. johnny depp, sexiest man alive. the shocking results of our poll. tv's most provocative news show starts at the top of the hour, right here on hln.

where is 5-year-old shaniya? >> police in fayetteville, north carolina are searching for this 5-year-old girl. please look at her. this is shaniya nicole davis. >> police say 5-year-old shaniya davis disappeared this morning from her mobile home at the sleepy hollow mobile home park off murchison road. authorities have been searching for her since they got a call from her mother this morning. they've searched on foot. they've searched in the air. and they've even searched using tracking dogs, but so far no luck. >> she's three feet tall, 40 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes and she was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt and no shoes. >>> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. live to florida. exclusive enclave, ponte vedra coast. a high-powered money man comes home to find his wife, the mother of his two little girls, gone, vanished. left behind, a handwritten ransom note demanding $50,000. after the $50,000 paid in cold cash, the cops nab the alleged kidnapper and accomplice. kicker?

who killed shaniya davis and dumped her body in the woods?nancy grace" every night at 8:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln "news and views." >>> a doctor and scientists issued new recommendations for breast cancer screening and set off a huge debate. the u.s. preventative task service says most women don't need mammograms until their 50. for years doctors urged women to start getting them every year at age 40. the panel concluded frequent screenings only lead to a lot of false alarms and unneeded biopsies. what's more. the panel says breast self-exams don't do any good. the american cancer society still is recommending annual mammograms starting at 40. some people are worried insurance companies might adopt the recommendations and stop paying for mammograms for women ages 40 to 49. so you probably are going, what's right here? what the government task force says or what women have been told for years and what should women do? the american cancer society disagrees with the recommendations which did not include any cancer doctors on

how shaniya's blanket could end up in your trash? had their family ever used your trash receptacle before? >> caller: i can't say they did before. many people use our trash cans on this side of the street. >> 200 feet is quite a distance to walk to throw away a blanette. police recovered her favorite blanket in her trash. i understand there were feces on

hln's nancy grace talked with shaniya's family. her father was too distraught to talk, but he came out and off offeroffer support for her brother. >> have they told anybody what was the cause of death, byron? >> they actually -- 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. >> we really do want to thank everybody for the support and prayers. it really does mean a lot. you know, we just want everybody to stay as strong as we're trying to. i know it's hard, but for the mothers out there, please don't let this happen to your child. >> cannot imagine. the girl's mother is accused of prostituting the girl. >>> it seems strange, but the h1n1 outbreak is now affecting puppets. libraries around minneapolis at least are keeping the puppets out of public areas for now. a libraryian says the puppets are hard to disinfect and the little kids put their faces right up to them and

shaniya davis's mom sold her to pay for a debt, possibly a drug debt. that's what we're dealing w we'll get you updated, we have experts standing by. 1-877-tell-hln is the number. >>> a 15-year-old girl is being charged as an adult for first degree murder for killing a nine-year-old. it's hard to imagine, a 15-year-old girl charged with murder. she confessed, and we're getting motive. she wanted to know what it felt like to kill. that's the mind of a serial killer, no at 15-year-old girl. that's what we have here. so your thoughts, help us come to grips with it. we'll have a conversation 1-877-tell-hln is the number. completely flip the deck at the end of the show and talk about carrie prejean. what we gather here, vivid enter statements dole out hard core pornography. they have gotten ahold of her. she doesn't call it a sex tape. some call it a sex tape. it's not good for her. they want to talk to her and make a deal. kind of looking at it from a legal front. what resource does she have? she sent the tape to her boyfriend. is that it? >> you would hope

where is 5-year-old shaniya? >> police in fayetteville, north carolina are searching for this 5-year-old girl. please look at her. this is shaniya nicole davis. >> police say 5-year-old shaniya davis disappeared this morning from her mobile home at the sleepy hollow mobile home park off americaeson road. authorities have been searching for her since they got a call from her mother this morning. they've searched on foot. they've searched in the air. and they've even searched using tracking dogs, but so far no luck. >> she's three feet tall, 40 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes and she was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt and no shoes. she also has a scar on her left foot. >> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. live to florida. exclusive enclave, ponte vedra coast. a high-powered money man comes home to find his wife, the mother of his two little girls, gone, vanished. left behind, a handwritten ransom note demanding $50,000. after the 50,000 paid in cold cash the cops nab the alle

we owe it to little shaniya. know, this topic may make us squirm, but it's better than talking about another dead child. i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my issue. >> tonight on "issues," an exclusive prime-time interview with casey anthony's attorney. anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, caylee, remember, but a new motion by the defense names the man who found her remains as a possible suspect. is this a smart legal move or does it show desperation from the defense team? jane velez-mitchell talks face to face with casey anthony's attorney, jose baez, tonight at 7:00 eastern, right here on hln. >>> well, al qaeda's message is apparently reaching a brand-new audience on the internet. there's been a spike in english language websites that aren't directly tied to al qaeda, but promote its goal of jihad against the u.s. now, that's from a saudi official who combats military islamic websites. terror experts say the sites could help recruit new al qaeda sympathizers in western countries by eliminati

hln's nancy grace talked with shaniya's family last night. her father was too distraught to talk on camera but he did come out and offer support to shaniya's brother. >> have they told anybody what was the cause of death, byron? >> actually, 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. >> would you please -- >> i really do want to thank everybody for the support and prayers. it really does mean a lot. everybody is staying strong as we're trying to. i know it's hard but for the mothers out there, please don't let this happen to your child. >> the girl's mother is accused of prostituting the girl. the h1n1 outbreak is now affecting puppets? libraries around minneapolis are keeping puppets out of the public areas for now. a librarian says the puppets are hard to disinfect and that little kids put them on their hands and faces but no way to know if they have gotten anybody sick. workers can still use t

antoinette, shaniya's mom, was also living there. shaniya. shaniya's brother. an infant. and also a boyfriend i guess was supposedly in and out. whether that boyfriend is, in fact, clarence or not, we're not too sure. investigators aren't releasing that information. so this is a very small, close quarters for all of these people to live inside of this particular home. and i do want to mention that antoinette's son, i can confirm to you, that investigators did tell me that he is in foster care with the department of social services right now. >> okay, thanks for that update. >>> welcome back. this next story, it is brutal. i have to warn you the details are graphic so get the kids out of the room. what we're talking about here, five family members in missouri charged in i have to say this one of the worst child sex abuse cases i've ever heard of, a father and his four sons accused of raping one of the son's six children, boys and girls and doing it for years. here are some of the charges we're talking about, forceable sodomy, rape with a child younger than 12, use of a chi

no funeral arrangements for shaniya have been announced yet. nancy grace will have the latest breaking developments tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern right here. >>> a security expert says the pentagon ignored a report that could have helped prevent the ft. hood shootings. rossmiller said she worked on the study to help the military spot people like major nidal hasan. >> the report was written from the military perspective and it was entitled radicalization of members of the dod. and what it was for was for them to have tools to look within their ranks to spot different criteria that showed signs and red flags of radicalization and how to spot those, identify them, and then from there be able to head the problem off and so we could avoid anything from materializing. >> she says she contacted the military after the ft. hood shootings to see why no one had mentioned that report. she was told it's now classified. pentagon officials have declined comment. >>> the u.s. military may scale back the number of jets to protect against an air attack.

>> there is a fund to go towards -- in honor of shaniya davis. we don't have in details on that at this moment. >> may be something they may be setting up as well. all right. thank you so much. we appreciate it. caitlin cissne there with north carolina. thank you for the update. >> thank you. >> sure. >>> now, shaniya davis, remember, she really spent most of her life with her father and his ott o. there children. he and his family are talking about the child and how her loss is affecting them. >> i ask that everybody makes it a point not to ignore, to look past a situation where a person, a child, or anybody might be in danger. report it. if you're unable to report it or you don't feel like you have the strength to do so, take it to somebody that can. you can't just keep ignoring these type of situations. we need to address them immediate lid and get the people involved to where we don't have another tragedy like shaniya. >> the last time i saw shaniya was four weeks ago on a friday. i went with her to visit her mother. i packed her two days' wo

where is 5-year-old shaniya? >> police in fayetteville, north carolina are searching for this 5-year-old girl. please look at her. this is shaniya nicole davis. >> police say 5-year-old shaniya davis disappeared this morning from her mobile home at the sleepy hollow mobile home park off murchison road. authorities have been searching for her since they got a call from her mother this morning. they've searched on foot. they've searched in the air. and they've even searched using tracking dogs, but so far no luck. >> she's three feet tall, 40 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes and she was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt and no shoes. >>> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. live to florida. exclusive enclave, ponte vedra coast. a high-powered money man comes home to find his wife, the mother of his two little girls, gone, vanished. left behind, a handwritten ransom note demanding $50,000. after the $50,000 paid in cold cash, the cops nab the alleged kidnapper and accomplice. kicker?

>> where is little shaniya davis?a say the 5-year-old girl reported missing. she's in extreme danger. 5:30 in the morning, mom says she put little shaniya on the couch and reported her missing an hour later. >> investigators arrived on the scene a little after 7:00 in the morning. >> they told me they were taking off my trash can because they found a blanket in it. >> police told her the blanket belongs to the missing girl. >> there was feces spread across the porch and rail at their house. and this blanket was covered in feces. >> moore also says police are looking at surveillance video of anyone that left around 3:00 that morning. that morning. >> barbara says that after shaniya was missing, you can see on the surveillance tape the family coming around and looked as if they were looking for a child at that point. >> police don't believe she wondered off. the circumstances are questionable. >> i don't feel she wandered away from home. >> her 7-year-old brother, the mother and a person whom they have only identified p

where is shaniya?ncy investigates. >>> prosecutors in colorado have filed charges against the parents of the balloon boy saga. richard henne faces attempted to influence a public servant. mayumi henne, false reporting. the attorney says the couple will plead guilty to keep the family together. they may face jail time but the prosecutor will recommend probation. >>> we may know next week what president obama plans to do in afghanistan. secretary of defense robert gates says he is not adopting any of the options presented to him so far. the president will spend the next week in asia. he may announce a decision on his return. gates says he is not rejecting the proposals from the military commanders but wants to combine the best features of several of the options. stanley mcchrystal is asking for 40,000 additional combat troops. secretary gates says the president is looking for the best way to signal resolve and make it clear to the afghan government the u.s. support is not open ended. published reports th

where is 5-year-old shaniya? >> police in fayetteville, north carolina are searching for this 5-year-old girl. please look at her. this is shaniya nicole davis. >> police say 5-year-old shaniya davis disappeared this morning from her mobile home at the sleepy hollow mobile home park off murchison road. authorities have been searching for her since they got a call from her mother this morning. they've searched on foot. they've searched in the air. and they've even searched using tracking dogs, but so far no luck. >> she's three feet tall, 40 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes and she was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt and no shoes. she also has a scar on her left foot. >>> good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. live to florida. exclusive enclave, ponte vedra coast. a high-powered money man comes home to find his wife, the mother of his two little girls, gone, vanished. left behind, a handwritten ransom note demanding $50,000. after the $50,000 paid in cold cash, the cops nab the all

plus they still don't know where shaniya davis is. she disappeared from her home in fayetteville, north carolina, tuesday. and her dad made a desperate plea for her safety. >> i just ask that they bring her home safe. you know, i 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. >> this is the man charged in this case. he's the mother's boyfriend. according to the manager of the mobile home where shaniya lives. he says he's not guilty. detectives have identified the man we saw earlier on the tape, but they are not sure of a connection between him and shaniya's family. >>> bob, that was a tough, tough spot of the father pleading for his daughter's return. i was asking you earlier, i looked at these numbers behind you and i said is this from one day? and you said, well not quite. >> not quite. >> a day and a half. >> totals? >> this is huge. remember this came ashore as a tropical storm a couple days ago across

all signs point to it being that of shaniya davis.p that helped them find the body. they say everyone involved in the search is torn up. >> crazy. it was crazy when it first happened. nothing is making any sense. none of the stories, nothing. nothing is making any sense from day one. >> the little girl's mother is accused of selling her daughter for sex. the little girl's father said davis hadn't even been involved in shania's life until last month. another man, mario mcneil is facing kidnapping charge. >>> 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 johns

but still no sign of 5-year-old shaniya davis. >>> now some of these suspected terrorists could be headed to a much colder climate here in the u.s. >>> plus -- >> the care and the love that's coming from home to remind us, please come home. >> let's go pack our boxes. >> and how you can lift the spirits of some of our troops fighting overseas. >>> hln news and views. hello, i'm holly firfer. we learned where some of the detainees may go when they're transferred to the u.s. for trial. now, this prison in northern illinois is a leading contender to house those detainees. it's about 150 miles west of chicago in the small town of thompson. illinois governor pat quinn describes the prison as state of the art and virtually empty. the local government offered the facility as an alternative to gitmo. illinois senator dick durbin says the decision would provide thousands of jobs. >> we have a chance to bring more than 2,000 good paying jobs with benefits to this region. jobs that are going to reward the people who go to work with paychecks

her name is shaniya.ou can watch it on "nancy grace" at 8:00 and 10:00. >>> right now in little rock, arkansas, curtis vance's case is in the hands of a jurj. he is charged with beating ann pressly. now is the time it gets tense. vance could be sentenced to death if con vingted. >>> her shooting death in the iranian bro tests made neda an fwloebl icon why is a university's decision to on her coming under attack. >>> i just wanted to say thank you to all you veterans out there. appreciate all your dedication and hard work and giving us the freedom we enjoy today. i would especially like to say hi to my brother, kevin, who is overseas and my husband is who is home right now. major bryan smith. i really appreciate you guys. love you. thanks. >>> it is our honor to salute all of you who are serving our country. we want to thank all of you and your family members. for everything you do for us every day. we'd never forget it. >>> boy, what a powerful day at ft. hood. if you only heard about the somber emotional

they say he was the last person to see shaniya davis alive. her mother reported her missing. they think she was actually prostituting her child. well, they found the little girl's body on monday. yesterday her aunt spoke with reporters. >> the last time i saw shaniya was four weeks ago on a friday. i went to visit her mother. i packed away two days' worth of clothes. i got her out of the car and i 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. ♪ >> last night about 100 people gathered to remember shaniya at a vigil near her mother's home. police still are not sure where she was killed. preliminary autopsy results suggest that she was suffocated. >>> a security expert says that the pentagon ignored a report that could have prevented the ft. hood shooting. shannon says she worked on the 2008 study to help the military spot people like major nidal hasan. >> the report was written from the military perspective. it was for them to have tools to spot different criteria that sho

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 problem this morning. this time with heavy rain on the mid-atlantic, here's what some streets look like up and down the east coast after what remained of hurricane ida and tropical storm ida and depression ida. schools are closed and 70,000 people are without power, five deaths are blamed on the storms. here's what one reporter saw in virginia. >> hey, guys, i'm out here at bush and olney and you can see -- you can see where the water is well over my waist. >> oh, my goodness. why are you standing in that? bob is go

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 helped prevent the ft. hood shootings. shannon rossmiller says s

the body of a 5-year-old girl was found yesterday and all signs point to it being shaniya davis. dozens attended a vigil last night. police won't get specific but say that they got a tip that helped them find the body. they say everyone involved in the search is torn up. >> crazy. it was crazy when it first happened. nothing is making any sense. nothing is making any sense. nothing. none of the stories. nothing. nothing is making any sense from day one. >> well, shaniya davis' mother, antoinette is accused of selling the girl for sex. the father hadn't even been involved at all until last month. another man, mario mcneill is facing kidnapping charges. such a disturbing story. >>> you may be one of 15 million people who could have to give back hundreds of dollars in stimulus money to the government. say what? our money expert jennifer westhoven is all over this one. somebody messed up, didn't they? >>> well, i don't know if it's somebody, the way that they did this, but the idea is you were supposed to get a little bit of money from the stimulus package and some people got a littl

one of them is actually facing toward shaniya's resident. there's another faces outside and one that has cars that watch that go in and out and there's another overall view of that mobile home park. if you check out my website, i do have an in-depth interview with barbara. also from what she tells me, i just got off the phone with her to confirm this, she ordered an external hard drive for those surveillance tapes and they last for up to 30 days. so investigators are ectocombin through her external hard drive with a fine tooth comb. they're trying to put faces with names and also vehicles with people. not just recently, within the 24 hours that shaniya was missing but days before that as well. >> well, don, that's one of the places you begin is surveillance footage. real quick, michelle, any footage from that time frame, 5:00, 5:30 in the morning? >> yes, there is footage from that particular time of the morning. and you do see from what barbara tells me, you do see the family coming outside after the phone call was placed in to police and i

people are starting to search again for shaniya this morning. police in fayetteville says a man seen with the child in a hotel admits taking her but says he doesn't know where she is. >>> six people were killed in a suicide attack at a police station. it is the sixth attack in this area of pakistan in about a week. taliban leaders claim responsibility for most of those, but they're denying being involved in some of the deadliest attacks against civilians. >>> the space shuttle "atlantis" is scheduled for launch in a few hours. it is taking key parts to keep the international space station going. live pictures, by the way. nasa will have 100 people watching the launch in florida and tweeting about it. they're expected to reach 150,000 twitter followers. is it just me or kind of cloudy looking there? those are some of the headlines we're following there this morning. morning sunshine, i'm robin meade. >>> today, federal officials will tour an illinois prison that could house dozens of detainees from guantanamo bay. thompson correctional center is

shaniya is three feet tall, 40 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. last seen wearing a blue t-shirt and pink underwear. please keep your eyes open. if you have information, please contact the fayetteville police department. >>> a united airlines pilot was pulled off a flight minutes before he was supposed to take off from london to chicago on monday. authorities were called by a co-worker who thought he was drunk. british police say his blood alcohol level was over the legal limit. the pilot has been removed from duty while the airline investigates. and airline spokeswoman says united policy is a i monk the strictest in the industry and we have no tolerance for violation of the well-established policy. >>> there were no words of remorse from the so-called dc sniper before his execution. john allen mohammed died by lethal injection last night in virginia's death chamber. this is the last photo taken of him. police believed he was the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that terrorized the washington, d.c. area back in 2002. and ambulance took away hi

a man charged with kidnapping, but where is shaniya.igators 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 sexual abuse. now, the sheriff says there are more alleged victims out there. three of the five men are former lay ministers in the community of christ. it used to be called, apparently, the reorganized church of jesus christ of latter day saints. the church says their licenses have been suspended. >>> richard and mayumi heene will plead guilty to last month's hoax. this is according to an attorney statement. he expects richard to plead guilty to a felony charge, and m mayumi for false reporting to authorities. the prosecutors recommended probation. he says the quote, threat of taking the children's mother from the family and deporting her to japan fuele

all the breaking news tonight, "nancy grace" investigates the death of shaniya davis. that's at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern time right here on hln. >>> the center for health and human services is reassuring women and their doctors mammograms are still recommended starting at age 40. we have been kind of in an uproar for a few days now. a federal advisory panel says women under the age of 50 don't need to get mammograms, but secretary kathleen sebelius says the u.s. preventive services task force "does not set policy." on abc's "good morning morning," an agency member rejected suggestions it was aimed the cutting health care costs. >> costs are not considered at all. this is all about providing high-quality health care for individuals, allowing them to provide the information that they need to know to make a well-informed decision. we do not provide any or assess costs at all in our decision-making about this. it is the most -- the recommendations were based on the most rigorous, peer-reviewed, comprehensive, up-to-date, accurate information about the evidence abou