Cops in Arkansas find a black garbage bag giving off ‘a foul odor’ while searching for Maleah Davis as her stepfather, Derion Vence, confesses to killing her and dumping her body in Arkansas, 300 miles from their home in Houston
Police in Arkansas find a black garbage bag giving off ‘a foul odor’ in search for Maleah Davis as her stepfather confesses to killing her and dumping her body 300 miles from their home
Derion Vence made his confession on Friday and is being flown from Texas to Arkansas with police to show them where he left her body
Police in Arkansas have discovered a black garbage bag with a ‘foul odor’ coming from it at the site
They will not say whether it contains Maleah’s remains and are waiting for Texan authorities to arrive
Vence reported Maleah missing on May 4, claiming she had been kidnapped
He was arrested after blood was found in his home and car but her body had never been discovered
Houston PD has refused to comment on the case for more than a week
The border is nearly 300 miles from Houston, where Maleah lived
It is unclear what suddenly prompted his confession on Friday
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Derion Vence made his confession on Friday. He claimed to have killed his young stepdaughter ‘by accident’ and dumped her body hundreds of miles from their homeMaleah Davis’ stepfather has confessed to killing her and dumping her body on the side of a road in Arkansas, hundreds of miles from her Texas home where a black bag that was giving off a ‘foul odor’ was found Friday morning.
Derion Vence made his confession to Quanell X, a community activist who was representing Maleah’s mother, on Friday.
He is now being flown to the spot in Arkansas where he says he dumped her.
Before he arrived, authorities in Hope, Arkansas, found a black garbage bag which they say is giving off a foul odor.
It is unclear if they found it as a result of his confession or if it the discovery prompted Vence’s confession.
Police will not confirm if it contains Maleah’s remains.
Derion Vence made his confession to Quanell X, a community activist who was representing Maleah’s mother, on Friday.
He is now being flown to the spot in Arkansas where he says he dumped her.
Before he arrived, authorities in Hope, Arkansas, found a black garbage bag which they say is giving off a foul odor.
It is unclear if they found it as a result of his confession or if it the discovery prompted Vence’s confession.
Police will not confirm if it contains Maleah’s remains.
Vence is seen leaving the family’s apartment with a blue laundry basket carrying a large black trash bag on May 3. It is the day he claimed they were all kidnapped Houston police ask for public’s help to recover Maleah Davis.
The victim’s grieving mother, Brittany Bowens, covered her face as her former spokesman, Quannell X, [right],addresses the media on Friday. She was heckled as she left court
Maleah Davis’ mother Brittany Bowens hangs her head as her former spokesman, Quannell X, explains that Vence made the confession to him on Friday. Police are yet confirm the claim
In what is believed to be the final image of Maleah alive, the four-year-old is shown entering the apartment in a pink tutu
Maleah Davis is shown walking into stepfather Derion Vence’s home in Houston but was not seen again
Still from CCTV shows Vence and his one-year-old on May 3, the day he said all three of them were kidnapped, but there is no sign of Maleah
Another surveillance photo shows Vence entering the hospital with his one-year-old son the day on May 4, after he said they were all taken captive
Vence’s far-fetched version of events claimed the kidnappers let him and his son go but kept Maleah.
Police quickly poked holes in it, saying he was not telling the truth, but they had been unable to produce any leads since.
Surveillance footage also emerged of Maleah entering his home on April 30 but she was never seen again.
Vence was seen leaving the family’s apartment with a blue laundry basket carrying a large black trash bag on May 3.
Police then found blood in his car.
Quanell had been representing Bowens – who maintains she had nothing to do with her daughter’s disappearance – but he distanced himself from her earlier in the week, claiming she too had changed her story.
Surveillance footage also emerged of Maleah entering his home on April 30 but she was never seen again.
Vence was seen leaving the family’s apartment with a blue laundry basket carrying a large black trash bag on May 3.
Police then found blood in his car.
Quanell had been representing Bowens – who maintains she had nothing to do with her daughter’s disappearance – but he distanced himself from her earlier in the week, claiming she too had changed her story.
he silver Nissan Vence was driving when the alleged attack took place was found on Thursday at a shopping center in Missouri City, Texas, off Highway 6
Maleah suffered a brain injury last year which required surgery. Police said she needed extra care because of it
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