Derion Vence

HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors on Monday filed a more serious charge against a Houston man already jailed in connection with the death of his ex-fiancee’s 4-year-old daughter. Derion Vence was charged with causing serious bodily injury to a child in the death of Maleah Davis, whose remains were found by an Arkansas highway on May 31, nearly […]

Trey Ganem's SoulShine Industries created and donated a custom casket for the 4-year-old whose funeral will take place on June 22.

Here’s an update on the Maleah Davis situation. Quanell X, the Houston community activist connected with the case, says Maleah’s mother, Brittany Bowens, will also face charges in the death of her daughter. On Monday, the remains found alongside a highway near Hope, Arkansas were positively identified as Maleah’s. RELATED: Remains Found Confirmed To Be Maleah Davis Maleah was […]

Bones and blood found in a black garbage in southwest Arkansas, on Friday, have been confirmed as the remains of missing 4-year-old Maleah Davis. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByQQRpNDtnD/ Hours before the remains were found, Davis’ stepfather Derion Vence allegedly confessed to Quanell X, an advocate for Maleah’s mother, to dumping her body in Arkansas, CNN reports. “All I […]

A month after Maleah Davis was last seen alive, Quanell X, who represented her mother, told reporters the girl’s stepfather told him the 4-year-old’s body was dumped in Arkansas. On Friday, Quanell X, told reporters about the new information he claimed to have received from Derion Vence, the suspect in Maleah’s disappearance. Quanell said he met […]

Her former stepfather, Derion Vence, has been arrested and charged with tampering with evidence.

HOUSTON (AP) — The mother of a missing 4-year-old Texas girl was heckled outside a courtroom on Monday by people who questioned if she had done enough to protect her daughter before her disappearance.   Brittany Bowens, Maleah Davis‘s mother, along with her spokesman, community activist Quanell X, showed up for a scheduled court hearing […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Trained dogs detected the scent of human decomposition in the vehicle of a man arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 4-year-old Texas girl, according to a prosecutor. Derion Vence, 26, remained jailed Sunday on a $1 million bond after being arrested a day earlier on a charge of tampering evidence, […]

Texas Equusearch says its volunteers have halted all search efforts for Maleah Davis, the little girl who was reportedly kidnapped on Friday evening. Poor weather conditions have made search efforts difficult. According to reports, many Houston-area roads flooded on Tuesday evening, and more rain is expected over the next several days. On Tuesday, Sugar Land […]