Allegations of abuse against stepfather in Maleah Davis case, community activist says
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Maleah's mother, Brittany Bowens, with community activist Quanell X speaking for her, claimed Friday afternoon that there is surveillance video of Vence coming out of his apartment with a bottle of Clorox and a laundry basket with a garbage bag inside.
"When he spoke to the mother, he told her he was cleaning up the apartment, and she didn't understand why he would be cleaning up the apartment," Quanell X said. "He went and bought an extra bottle of Clorox... to clean out the apartment."
Quanell X said Bowens and Vence got into an argument after Bowens caught Vence sending naked photos to another man and she confronted him.
"She told him that she was giving back his ring and that she was not going to marry him, and I believe that caused him to snap in anger against young Maleah," he said.
Quanell X claimed Bowens was concerned months ago about Vence "whooping" Maleah because she was special needs and too small.
"There is a reason to believe, based on what I know now, that there are issues of him possibly molesting Maleah," Quanell X said.
He said Bowens had not told law enforcement officials about the allegations.
When asked why Bowens kept the information a secret, Quanell X said, "(She) did not want to believe by any stretch of the imagination that this man was capable of what is obvious that has taken place here. She has suffered a lot of abuse in her life."
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