Darion Vence, the former fiancé of Maleah Davis’s mother was taken into custody on May 11 and charged in the case of Maleah’s disappearance, according to reports.
According to ABC13, Maleah was last seen alive on April 30 on a surveillance video at her family’s apartment, where Vence was seen bringing her back to the residence. Her mother had also left for a funeral on that day.
A second photo apparently shows Vence showing up at Sugar Land Methodist Hospital on the evening of May 4 carrying his 1-year-old son, with no Maleah in sight, a source told ABC13.
The new charges against Vence are the latest development in the disappearance of Maleah.
Vence said he was driving to pick up Maleah’s mother, Brittany Bowens, at the airport when he was forced to pull over because of a noise that sounded like a flat tire.
When he got out of his car, he said, he was approached by the trio, who he said were in a blue Chevy truck. After hearing the men say that Maleah looked “very nice” and “very sweet,” Vence claimed, he was knocked on the head. He said that when he regained consciousness he was on the side of Highway 6 near First Colony Mall in Sugarland on the evening of May 4. His son was with him but Maleah was gone.
Vence then went to Houston Methodist Hospital in Sugar Land for his injuries, reported ABC13.
Meanwhile, Bowens told the news website that after Vence did not turn up at the airport, she asked another family member to pick her up. She also filed a police report on the morning of May 4 after not seeing Vence.
“When he spoke to the mother, he told ABC13 he was cleaning up the apartment, and she didn’t understand why he would be cleaning up the apartment,” community activist Quanell X, speaking on behalf of Bowens, told reporters.
Maleah was described as an African-American female with black hair and brown eyes, standing approximately 3 feet tall and weighing between 30 and 40 pounds. She was wearing a pink bow in her hair, a light blue zip jacket, blue jeans and gray, white and pink sneakers.
