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AMBER ALERT: Volunteers searching for Maleah Davis in wooded area near Bush Airport
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“We’re focused on one thing,” he said. “That’s the baby.”

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Equusearch will relocate to another area if investigators feel the need.

The group plans to continue its hunt for Maleah no matter this week’s weather.

“I don’t care if we have to walk through water up to our waists,” said Miller. “We’re here.”

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In addition to the woods, search teams are also checking dumpsters in the area.

Meanwhile, volunteers have been handing out flyers in both the 59/Greens Road area and in Sugar Land.

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'I just want to find my baby': Maleah Davis' mother makes emotional plea for help finding her daughter
The mother of a missing 4-year-old is begging for her safe return.

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This past Friday, Brittany Bowens was flying back from Connecticut where she was attending her father’s funeral, according to Brenda.

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Brenda said she picked up Brittany from the airport Friday when Vence didn't show up. They then went to Vence’s apartment but couldn’t get in.

Brenda says they went back to her house, never assuming the worst.

Brenda says when they were still unable to get in touch with Vence the next morning, Saturday, they went to police; twice.

Several hours later, Vence and the 2-year-old turned up at Houston Methodist in Sugar Land. Sunday, an Amber Alert was issued for Maleah.

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Missing girl allegedly kidnapped by ‘three men in a truck’ was previously removed by social services after head injury abuse allegations

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“My spirit is broken. I feel so lost,” Maleah’s mother, Brittany Bowens, told ABC 13 Houston. “I can’t concentrate. I can’t focus. It’s just … it’s so overwhelming for me. It doesn’t seem real.”

The mother’s heartbreaking words were expressed while reports surfaced that Maleah and her two younger siblings were removed from the family home last year after allegations that the girl’s head injury happened due to physical abuse. The children were returned in February, according to the outlet.

During a Sunday afternoon press conference, Sargent Mark Holbrook with the Houston Police Department announced that 5-year-old Maleah Davis developed a traumatic brain injury that required numerous surgeries. He added that at the time, he didn’t have any information that pointed toward abuse.

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'I just want to find my baby': Missing child's family makes public plea
Texas EquuSearch expanded its search for 4-year-old Maleah Davis on Monday night, turning to First Colony Mall in Sugar Land.

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Earlier Monday, crews were seen searching near the Eastex Freeway and Greens Road.

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"If there's anybody that can help me, please, please, I just want to find my baby. I just want to find her," Bowens said.

Maleah's grandmother, Brenda Bowens, made a similar plea.

After speaking, Brittany and Brenda Bowens split up to hand out flyers in the area.

 

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Police: Man says 4-year-old stepdaughter abducted in Houston
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Asked why Vence didn't call police sooner, Houston police department spokesman Kese Smith said he couldn't comment on whether he had a cellphone with him in the hours before he arrived at the hospital. The department is investigating "all aspects" of this case, Smith said.

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VIDEO Maleah Davis' family makes emotional plea for help finding missing girl
Family and volunteers are passing out flyers in Sugar Land with hopes someone knows something about Maleah Davis' disappearance.

Maleah Davis, 4, had been removed from her Texas home after physical abuse allegations. Now she's missing - CNN
“In August 2018, Maleah and her brothers were placed with a relative following physical abuse allegations, stemming from a head injury she had, CPS said Monday night.”

 

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“In addition to the woods, search teams are also checking dumpsters in the area.”.

Texas EquuSearch joins HPD search for girl, 4, reported kidnapped
“The child and her family were the subject of a CPS investigation because of a head injury that prompted the surgeries, officials said. The girl and her siblings, two boys who were then 5 and 1, were taken into state custody in August after a report was made that the injury was sustained from "possible physical abuse," CPS spokeswoman Tiffani Butler said.

The children were placed into the care of a relative until a judge in February ordered that they be returned and periodically monitored by CPS caseworkers.

"CPS still has custody," Butler said. "We were going to the home at least once a month."”

 

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VIDEO: Vincent Crivelli on Twitter
Search on! @TexasEquuSearch is scouring thru a wooded area in Northeast Houston searching for clues that will hopefully lead authorities to the missing 4 y/o girl, Maleah Davis. They're working long hours without pay. All they want to is to reunite a little girl with her family.
9:03 AM - 7 May 2019 from Houston, TX

Search expands for missing 4-year-old Maleah Davis
“Volunteers combed a wooded area along the Eastex Freeway and Greens Road on foot and on ATVs. The area is where Maleah, 4, was kidnapped, according to her stepfather. Later Monday, crews were seen searching another area, at First Colony Mall in Sugar Land.

An HPD helicopter was spotted flying over the area in northeast Harris Countyon Monday morning.”

“Neighbors said investigators were at the family’s apartment on Kirkwood in Meadows Place on Sunday, collecting evidence and talking to neighbors.”

 

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Nick Valencia on Twitter
BREAKING- “His story doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t. But in my gut, I believe him.” Brittany Bowens, mother of missing 4-year-old #MaleahDavis tells me when asked if she believes her fiancé’s story. In a wide ranging phone interview she also denies any abuse at the home.

11:47 AM - 7 May 2019 from Houston, TX

Nick Valencia on Twitter
BREAKING- “He’s not with me, he was with his brother.” Maleah’s mother says of the step-father. “His story, it don’t sound right...Honestly, I haven’t really talked to him much because I’ve been focused on finding Maleah. I called his family...and he’s devastated.” #MaleahDavis
12:01 PM - 7 May 2019 from Houston, TX

Nick Valencia on Twitter
BREAKING- “I’m getting to a place where it’s getting hard for me to cry and I feel guilty about that. It’s getting to a place where I’m starting to feel numb.” -Brittany Bowens, mother of #MaleahDavis tells me.
12:03 PM - 7 May 2019 from Houston, TX

 

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Stepdad of missing 5-year-old says he was knocked out. When he woke up a day later, she was gone
Adding to the mystery of Maleah's disappearance is the whereabouts of her mother's silver 2011 Nissan Altima, which Vence was driving the night of the purported abduction.

The vehicle — which had a temporary paper tag 3092G9 — has since been reported as stolen. It was last spotted around 3 p.m. Saturday on traffic cameras in Sugar Land. Holbrook was unable to say if the vehicle had a flat-tire at the time it was caught on camera.

 

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Short Search Video: Jason Miles on Twitter
Texas Equusearch is back out in the woods near Eastex Fwy & Greens Road looking for any sign of missing 4 year-old #MaleahDavis. Told me they’d go through waist-deep water, if necessary. It’s already rained some this morning. More expected. Updates on @KHOU #khou11 #htownrush
12:18 PM - 7 May 2019

VIDEO (Tim Miller) Deysy Rios on Twitter
Tim Miller @TexasEquuSearch says the weather can complicate the search for #MaleahDavis “time and weather are not in our side,but it won’t stop us”
12:02 PM - 7 May 2019

Jason Miles on Twitter
.. “I expect the worst at this point in time.” Texas Equusearch founder Tim Miller feels they’ve pretty much covered area where #MaleahDavis’s stepdad claims she was kidnapped. Search may stop amid severe weather - possibly relocate later. Take a listen: @KHOU #khou11 #htownrush
12:01 PM - 7 May 2019

 

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FIVE DAYS MISSING: Today search teams continue to comb through heavy woods and mud near Highway 59/Greens. HAVE YOU SEEN MALEAH? Or either of these cars? Please spread the word. Police need answers. Time is of the essence when babies are missing #Abc13 https://abc13.com/volunteers-search-for-houston-girl-missing-now-for-4th-day/5288709/ …

12:11 PM - 7 May 2019

Steve Campion on Twitter
JUST IN - Search crews suspend operations in NE Houston & shift their focus to the SW side of Houston. We're following the latest in the search for Maleah Davis. #BREAKING #abc13 #hounews
12:20 PM - 7 May 2019

Jason Miles on Twitter
.. NEW update: Texas Equusearch moving to area near #MaleahDavis family’s apartment in SW Houston. Searchers believe they’ve sufficiently covered Greens Rd site. Relocation likely based on info from detectives. We’re going to.. @KHOU#khou11 #htownrush
12:30 PM - 7 May 2019

 

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Sally MacDonald on Twitter
.@houstonpolice tell Fox 26 Darion Vence is now a person of interest in the disappearance of his stepdaughter, Maleah Davis. Sugar Land PD say he gave conflicting stories. #MaleahDavis

12:53 PM - 7 May 2019

 

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Houston police say stepfather is a person of interest in Maleah Davis' disappearance
HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Houston police tell FOX 26 Darion Vence is a person of interest in the disappearance of his stepdaughter 4-year-old Maleah Davis.

Search efforts continue on Tuesday for the missing girl. Her stepfather says she was kidnapped by three men on Friday night.

Texas Equusearch volunteers searched again on Tuesday in the grass and woods near the intersection where Vence said he pulled over to check his tire. He told investigators three men in a blue truck pulled up, knocked him unconscious and kidnapped him, Maleah and his two-year-old son.

Amber Alert Update: Houston police tell me Darion Vence is a person of interest in his stepdaughter Maleah’s disappearance. Sugar Land police tell me he changed his story, first saying he walked to the hospital, then saying someone dropped him off. Houston Police on Twitter

— Ivory Hecker FOX 26 (@IvoryHecker) May 7, 2019
He told detectives when he awoke in Sugar Land the next day, Maleah was missing. Sugar Land police have been helping with the investigation that is being led by Houston police. Sugar Land police say they have been gathering clues near Sugar Land Methodist Hospital, where Darion showed up with injuries Saturday night.

Sugar Land police say Darion’s story has been inconsistent. Police say he first told detectives he walked to the hospital, then he said he was dropped off. Police are looking at surveillance cameras in that area.

 

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ory Hecker FOX 26‏Verified account @IvoryHecker
Texas Equusearch is moving the search for Maleah to an area near her stepfather’s house in Sugar Land, Tim Miller tells me.

11:12 AM - 7 May 2019 pst

Deysy Rios on Twitter
The search for #MaleahDavis is now @ 9850 S Kirkwood were stepdad lives
1:20 PM - 7 May 2019

 

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Derion Vence: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com
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EquuSearch said on May 7 that the search was being moved from where Vence said he had been kidnapped from and where he was dropped off to near his apartment in southwest Houston.

Police spelled Vence’s name as Darion Vence on social media, but according to public records, his name is actually spelled Derion Vence.

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According to Facebook posts, Vence and Bowens have been together for several years.

Derion Vence goes by the name Slim Vence on Facebook and works in the music industry. His Linkedin profile shows he has also worked at a Houston hotel as a steward supervisor...

Vence is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, and has a company called Superhouse Entertainment LLC, according to his now-deleted Facebook page.

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Stepfather of missing Houston girl, 4, 'person of interest' in her disappearance, report says
The Houston Police Department told FOX26 that Darion Vence is now a "person of interest," after claiming that Maleah Davis was kidnapped by the men after he was beaten unconscious but, eventually, he and his 2-year-old son were allowed to go free.

Initially, police said he told detectives that he walked to the hospital after being in and out of consciousness for almost 24 hours before reporting her missing. But then officials from the Sugar Land Police Department, which is helping Houston police with the investigation, told FOX26 Tuesday afternoon that Vence said he was dropped off, making his story inconsistent.

 

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VIDEO: Jason Miles on Twitter
.. UPDATE: Searchers are staging in shopping center near Kirkwood & Bissonett. #MaleahDavis family lives in apartments here. Stepdad says he regained consciousness after her kidnapping in nearby Sugar Land. I’ll have live updates beginning on @KHOU at 4:00 #khou11 #htownrush
1:47 PM - 7 May 2019

 

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Amber Alert Update: Texas Equusearch founder says he now thinks that 4-year-old Maleah Davis disappeared from her home in Southwest Houston. Police have directed his crews to begin searching near that home.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=316491522351997

 

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Search resumes today for Maleah Davis, who was recently removed from home by CPS
JUST IN - Search crews suspend operations in NE Houston & shift their focus to the SW side of Houston.

We're following the latest in the search for Maleah Davis. #BREAKING #abc13 #hounews

Stepfather of missing Houston girl, 4, 'person of interest' in her disappearance, report says
Search moved. Now Texas EquuSearch will be looking in the area of Bissonnet and Kirkwood, near the stepdad's address.

 

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Channel 2 Story
HOUSTON - Maleah Davis' stepfather, Darion Vence, is now a person of interest in the case of her disappearance, according to Houston police.

Vence was the last person to see Maleah before she went missing. Vence told police he, his 2-year-old son and Maleah were abducted Friday evening by three men in a blue Chevrolet pickup truck, investigators said. He said he was knocked out by one of the men and when he regained consciousness, Maleah and the family’s car were gone.

On Tuesday morning, Child Protective Services confirmed to KPRC2 that the state agency received a report of allegations of physical abuse in August after Maleah suffered a head injury.