Shaniya Davis
2004 - November 10, 2009

Seven days after her mother lied to authorities and said her daughter had gone missing, Shaynia's body was discovered among some trash and animal carcasses just seven miles from her home. It wasn't a stranger to her mother who had taken this beautiful little girl, raped her and killed her. It was BECAUSE of her mother that these things had happened to her.

Shaniya's father, Bradley Lockhart and her Aunt, Carey Lockhart, went on the Early Show to ask for the safe return of Shaniya:

Shaniya had been living with Bradly and Carey until just a mother before when, convinced that Antoinette had worked hard and straigntened out her life, Bradley let Shaniya go live with her mother. Antoinette had been
working for about six months and had rented a place to live:

There was no way for Bradley to know that Antoinette was not sincere in saying that she wanted to be a mother to Shaniya and that she would sell her own daughter into sexual slavery. Police documentation states that Antoinette KNOWINGLY handed over Shaniya with the intent that she would be held in sexual servitude and that she allowed this child to be used as a prostitute.

But according to police Antoinette Davis had not gotten her life back together and sold her daughter into sexual slavery. Her arrest documents say that she "knowingly provided Shaniya Davis with the intent that she be held in sexual servitude" and she "permited an act of prostitution."
 

The last time Shaynia was seen alive was on a video used for surveilence, in a hotel. Mario Andrette McNeill was seen on the video carrying her into the elevator. Mario had picked Shaynia up in front of her home and taken her to the hotel. According to reports, this beautiful little girl had been sold, by her mother, into the sex slave trade.  Antoinette Davis would later be charged with human traffickinig and child prostitution. Mario was being held and charged with first degree murder and the rape of a child and was being held without bond. The cause of death after an autopsy was done, is listed as asphyxiation.  In an interview, Bradley stated that Shaniya had been the result of a one night stand and that after a year, Antoinette had asked him to raise her and give her a more stable environment to live in. The agreement on custody had only been verbal and nothing was ever legally taken care of. Shaniya's Aunt had this to say in the same interview: "I am disgusted, but yet in so much pain at this point. She was such a vibrant child and such an important part of my life. And it's hard at this point to understand why someone would take this sweet blessing away from me" Carey Lockhart-Davis

FAYETTEVILLE - Miss Shaniya Nicole Davis, 5, of 7935 Lester Drive, passed away Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Shaniya was a happy, loving and friendly little girl. She was a good little helper around the house. She loved to play dress up and do girly things like fixing hair and playing with her Barbie dolls. She loved playing outside and riding her scooter. Pink and yellow were her favorite colors. She was a kindergarten student at Morganton Road Elementary School. 

You came into our lives for a little while. You left footprints on our hearts, and we will never be the same! She leaves behind to cherish her memories her father, Bradley W. Lockhart of Fayetteville; her mother, Antoinette Davis of Fayetteville; paternal grandparents, William and Stephanie Raynor of Lexington Park, Md.; maternal grandparents, Carl and Priscilla Summers; maternal great-grandmother, Sarah Davis; maternal great-great-grandmother, Hunter Blue; four brothers, Byron Coleman of Charlotte, Alijah Fogle of Titusville, Fla., Chavez Lockhart and Joe Davis, both of Fayetteville; two sisters, Michele Coleman of Michigan and Cheyenne Lockhart of Fayetteville; two aunts, Brenda Davis and Sara Davis; four great-aunts, Patricia Davis, Leona Davis, Caroline Davis and Yvonne Mitchell; six great-uncles, Mike Davis, Levon Davis, Derrick Davis, Sylvester Davis, Larry Mitchell and Arthur Cromartie of Fayetteville; her second family, Tyrongella Davis and the Turner family of Raeford. She had a host of other cousins and relatives. 

The family will receive friends from 5 to 9 p.m. today, Nov. 21, 2009, at Rogers and Breece Funeral Home, 500 Ramsey St., Fayetteville. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at Manna Church with the Rev. Johnny C. Davis officiating. She will be laid to rest at Fayetteville Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mike Owens, Joseph Santiago, Byron Coleman and Chavez Lockhart. Honorary pallbearers will be Steve Gilliam, Joe McGee, Tony Eason and her kindergarten class at Morganton Road Elementary School. Memorial donations may be made to The Shaniya Davis Trust Fund, c/o Wachovia Bank, 4200 Morganton Road, Fayetteville, NC 28304. Services entrusted to Rogers and Breece Funeral Home, of Fayetteville.

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