SBI to probe possible DSS cover-up in girl's death (Shaniya Davis)

[supernova]

Source: WRAL.Com

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Cumberland County District Attorney Ed Grannis and Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine have asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into whether social workers have turned over all of their records in the death of 5-year-old Shaniya Nicole Davis.

The girl was reported missing from her Fayetteville home on Nov. 10. Her body was found in a patch of kudzu off a rural road near the Lee-Harnett County line six days later.

She died of asphyxiation, according to preliminary autopsy results.

Mario Andrette McNeill, 29, of 2613 Pine Springs Drive, has been charged with first-degree murder, first-degree rape of a child and first-degree kidnapping in the case. Police have characterized him as a family acquaintance.

Read more: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6564577/

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Mods, move it if you wan to, but this is a new development in this case.

I sincerely hope that this little girl's death prompts lots of changes.

[mariatchijov]

1. prompting change!

I also hope that Shaniya's death prompts change not only in DSS policy and procedure, but also in the much larger problem of child slavery in America. One of the bloggers at Change.org actually started a petition directly related to Shaniya's death:

http://www.change.org/actions/view/tell_choice_hotels_to_prevent_child_prostitution_in_their_hotels

Choice Hotels are the owners of the Comfort Inn where Shaniya was sold for sex. They are also one of a number of hotel chains that have not signed the ECPAT Code of Conduct, a commitment to preventing child sex trafficking, which dis-proportionally affects minority children in America.