*Houston police have reached out to the public for aid in locating missing toddler Maleah Davis, who was allegedly abducted last week.
Investigators are requesting volunteers to assemble in a field near Highway 59 where Darion Vence claims his 4-year-old stepdaughter was taken by three Hispanic males on Friday evening.
While many are giving the side-eye to his official story, police issued an Amber Alert for the missing toddler late Saturday, after Vence claimed he was carjacked, according to ABC13.
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EXCLUSIVE: The mother or 4YO Maleah Davis tells me her life feels shattered without her daughter. She was out of state when the stepfather says they were abducted. She fears for her daughter and who she may be with. I have full report at 4. #Abc13 https://t.co/fhuxuGzaag pic.twitter.com/3C6G2tfRuz
— Stefania Okolie (@StefaniaOnABC13) May 6, 2019
The outlet notes that volunteers with Texas EquuSearch will comb the woods and highway near where the child was snatched.
Vence, 26, claims he was on his way to George Bush airport to pick up the gilr’s mother on Friday when he was forced to pull over after three Hispanic males in a 2010 blue Chevrolet crew cab pickup truck pulled up behind his car. Words were exchanged and one of the men reportedly commented on how “sweet” Maleah was. Vence says he was then assaulted by a second male who hit him on the back of the head and forced him and the children into the truck.
Vence said he loss consciousness inside the truck and awoke nearly 24 hours later on the side of the highway with his son, but his daughter and the three men were nowhere in sight. He claims he then walked with his son to the Houston Methodist Hospital in Sugar Land.
Maleah’s mother Brittany Bowens, tearfully told reporters that she was “terrified” for her daughter.
“My spirit is so broken. I feel so lost. I can’t concentrate. I can’t focus. It’s so overwhelming for me. It doesn’t seem real,” she said.
“We’d love the public to help us so we can fill in the blanks in this story,” said detective Mark Holbrook.
“I don’t want to speculate,” he said, explaining the purpose of Sunday’s press conference was to get the public’s help “to figure out what really happened.”
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— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) May 5, 2019
