Surveillance footage of Shaniya Davis being carried by her killer after her mother traded her for sex to settle a $200 debt
Surveillance footage of Shaniya Davis being carried by her killer after her mother traded her for sex to settle a $200 debt. The tragic case of Shaniya Davis has many chilling aspects that are not widely known. One such fact is that the initial reports falsely claimed that the debt was drug-related. In reality, Mario McNeill had lent Antoinette Davis the money to pay for a hotel room and to buy food when she and her children were homeless. Antoinette refused to pay, so Mario took Shaniya. Antoinette made no attempt to stop him from taking the 5-year-old. Another lesser-known fact is that the police and school employees failed to notify child protective services workers of concerns regarding Shaniya’s family. For instance, the police had conducted a drug raid at her family’s home several months prior to her murder. This oversight raises questions about the effectiveness of the system in place to protect vulnerable children. The case had a profound impact on the public and caught...