*If you thought something was fishy about the story that the man who reported the alleged abduction of 4-year-old Maleah Davis (pictured above), know your suspicions was shared by police officials as well.
On Saturday (05-11-19) Derion Vence was arrested near Houston in connection with her disappearance and police said they found blood in his apartment linked to her.
According to reports, Vence, 26, who had lived with Maleah and her mother, was arrested without incident at his brother’s home in Sugar Land, Texas, about 22 miles southwest of Houston, according to the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force. Vence was charged with tampering with evidence. A court document went even further, saying the charge related to tampering with a human corpse.
That of course raises the question of do police think there’s a homicide and Vence is either responsible or invlved somehow. Here’s the response from Houston police spokesperson Kese Smith:
“At this point in time those are the charges we have filed and I can’t say any more than that.”
After his arrest, bond was set at $999,999 for Vence, according to Harris County Jail records.
As we reported earlier, Vence told police last Saturday that men in a pickup truck abducted him, Maleah and his 2-year-old son before freeing him and the boy. But Sugar Land police, who initially interviewed him, said his story kept changing and changing.
Houston police said on Saturday that some of those claims were false.
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Vence reported that his silver Nissan Altima was taken in the abduction but surveillance video showed that vehicle was used to drop Vence off later at a hospital, where he first reported the abduction, police said.
“His story turned out not to be the case, including the fact that there was that blood evidence in the apartment linked to Maleah,” Smith said.
He said authorities have not found the girl and the investigation is continuing.
The police statement said Vence was observed carrying a full laundry basket from the apartment. That basket was later found in the trunk of the Nissan along with a gas can.
Maleah’s mother Brittany Bowens, said through a spokesman that Vence is her former fiance. Bowens appeared outside her apartment Friday as Quanell X, a local civil rights activist, addressed reporters on her behalf.
Quanell X said that Vence had abused Maleah and that Bowens believes Vence harmed the girl.
Police have described Vence as Maleah’s stepfather. But Quanell X said that Vence and Bowens were recently in a fight and she broke off their engagement.
Child Protective Services removed Maleah and her brothers from the home Vence and Bowens shared in August after the girl suffered a head wound, but the children were returned in February, according to an agency spokeswoman.
The bottom line is that Maleah is still missing. and the search continues. Sunday morning volunteers’ plans included  hitting bayous and fields in the area.
Anyone with any information in this case or regarding Maleah’s whereabouts is asked to call the Houston Police Department Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477.
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