Police: Missing N.C. Girl Seen With Man at Hotel
Friday, November 13, 2009
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A missing 5-year-old North Carolina girl was seen with a man at a hotel, but not the same person charged in her kidnapping, police said late Thursday.
Shaniya Davis was spotted in Sanford with a man identified as Mario Andrette McNeill, said Fayetteville Police spokeswoman Teresa Chance. She was seen with him Tuesday, about an hour after she disappeared from her home in Fayetteville, about 40 miles away.
Late Wednesday night, police arrested and charged 30-year-old Clarence Coe, who told a judge at his first court appearance that he is not guilty of kidnapping the girl. Police did not comment on any possible link between Coe and McNeill.
Chance said a hotel worker called police to report seeing a child matching Shaniya's description, but by the time police got there, McNeill had left. Authorities reviewed surveillance video and, after speaking with family members, confirmed the child's identity.
Chance said authorities are uncertain of the connection between McNeill and the child. Her father, Bradley Lockhart, made a tearful appeal for his daughter's safe return.
"We just ask that they bring her home safe. We all miss her and love her very much," Lockhart said. "Shaniya, if you're listening to daddy, I miss you so much, honey. I'm waiting for you. I'm not going to give up. You don't give up either, honey."
In court on Thursday, Cumberland County Judge Tal Baggett asked Coe if he understood why he was there.
"No, but I'm not guilty, sir," Coe said.
SO MANY QUESTIONS: WHERE IS SHANIYA DAVIS? WHY IS CLARENCE COE IN JAIL? WHO IS MARIO McNEILL? IS MOM, ANTOINETTE DAVIS, DATING CLARENCE COE?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,574827,00.html?test=latestnews
Friday, November 13, 2009
CAYLEE ANTHONY: CHLOROFORM, SYRINGE FOUND, EVIDENCE PILES UP
Casey Anthony case: Report says chloroform found in sports bottle near Caylee Anthony is miniscule
November 11, 4:18 PM
Crime Examiner / Cindy Adams
On Friday, more documents were released in the case against accused murderer, Casey Anthony. Among them was a report that indicated traces of chloroform were found inside a sports drink and a plastic syringe that were found near Caylee Anthony's remains.
Casey, 23, is charged with the first-degree murder of Caylee, 2.
To see a slideshow of photos of the syringe, Gatorade bottle, and other evidence, click here.
Dr. Michael Rickenbach with the FBI determined that the syringe contained testosterone, ethanol, chloroform, and water.
MORE LINKS TO CAYLEE ANTHONY MURDER...
To read the entomology report, click here.
To watch breaking news and events streamed live over the Net, click here
READ CASEY ANTHONY, CAYLEE ANTHONY RELATED NEWS
http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crime-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Casey-Anthony-case-Report-says-chloroform-found-in-bottle-near-Caylee-Anthony-is-miniscule
November 11, 4:18 PM
Crime Examiner / Cindy Adams
On Friday, more documents were released in the case against accused murderer, Casey Anthony. Among them was a report that indicated traces of chloroform were found inside a sports drink and a plastic syringe that were found near Caylee Anthony's remains.
Casey, 23, is charged with the first-degree murder of Caylee, 2.
To see a slideshow of photos of the syringe, Gatorade bottle, and other evidence, click here.
Dr. Michael Rickenbach with the FBI determined that the syringe contained testosterone, ethanol, chloroform, and water.
MORE LINKS TO CAYLEE ANTHONY MURDER...
To read the entomology report, click here.
To watch breaking news and events streamed live over the Net, click here
READ CASEY ANTHONY, CAYLEE ANTHONY RELATED NEWS
http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crime-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Casey-Anthony-case-Report-says-chloroform-found-in-bottle-near-Caylee-Anthony-is-miniscule
CURTIS VANCE: IS ANNE PRESSLY KILLER A SERIAL RAPIST?
Man accused in TV anchor death appears in 2nd case
Thursday, March 19, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press Writer
MARIANNA, Ark. — The man accused of killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman pleaded not guilty Thursday in a separate rape and burglary case in his hometown.
Curtis Lavelle Vance, 28, wore a bullet-resistant vest as he was escorted by six police officers into the Lee County Courthouse. In a brief hearing, Circuit Judge Ann B. Hudson accepted his plea and set trial for July 27.
Little Rock police detectives say a DNA sample from the crime scene of anchorwoman Anne Pressley's slaying last year linked Vance to her killing and an unsolved rape of a woman in Marianna, about 90 miles east of Little Rock.
When Vance arrived at the courthouse, he only shook his head and said "No" when asked whether he was worried about DNA evidence.
After the hearing, defense attorney Bill James told reporters that he would want separate DNA tests done on the sample that police say links Vance to the Marianna rape and Pressley's slaying.
James said it was too early to say whether he would need to ask for the trial to be moved to another county or whether Vance would be willing to accept a plea deal.
The woman who claimed Vance raped her sat in the front row during the hearing. She declined to speak to reporters.
READ: HOW MANY WOMEN HAS CURTIS VANCE ATTACKED, ABUSED, RAPED, BEATEN, MURDERED?
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2009Mar19/0,4670,TVAnchorAttacked,00.html
Thursday, March 19, 2009
By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press Writer
MARIANNA, Ark. — The man accused of killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman pleaded not guilty Thursday in a separate rape and burglary case in his hometown.
Curtis Lavelle Vance, 28, wore a bullet-resistant vest as he was escorted by six police officers into the Lee County Courthouse. In a brief hearing, Circuit Judge Ann B. Hudson accepted his plea and set trial for July 27.
Little Rock police detectives say a DNA sample from the crime scene of anchorwoman Anne Pressley's slaying last year linked Vance to her killing and an unsolved rape of a woman in Marianna, about 90 miles east of Little Rock.
When Vance arrived at the courthouse, he only shook his head and said "No" when asked whether he was worried about DNA evidence.
After the hearing, defense attorney Bill James told reporters that he would want separate DNA tests done on the sample that police say links Vance to the Marianna rape and Pressley's slaying.
James said it was too early to say whether he would need to ask for the trial to be moved to another county or whether Vance would be willing to accept a plea deal.
The woman who claimed Vance raped her sat in the front row during the hearing. She declined to speak to reporters.
READ: HOW MANY WOMEN HAS CURTIS VANCE ATTACKED, ABUSED, RAPED, BEATEN, MURDERED?
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2009Mar19/0,4670,TVAnchorAttacked,00.html
ANNE PRESSLY: CURTIS VANCE, IS LIFE ENOUGH FOR BRUTAL MURDER?
Man gets life without parole in Arkansas TV anchor's murder
CNN / November 12, 2009 (CNN's Carolina Sanchez contributed to this report.)
(CNN) -- A jury sentenced an Arkansas man to life in prison without parole for killing a television anchor, officials said Thursday.
The Pulaski County, Arkansas, jury on Wednesday convicted Curtis Lavelle Vance, 29, of capital murder, residential burglary, rape and theft of property in the October 2008 slaying of Anne Pressly, 26.
Pressly, the morning news anchor for CNN affiliate KATV, was found beaten and unconscious in her home. She died five days later.
Vance's sentencing phase began after he was convicted Wednesday of capital murder, rape and burglary.
Jurors were tasked with deciding whether the aggravating circumstances in favor of the death penalty outweighed the mitigating circumstances.
"Tonight, they have come back with a sentence, a sentence that they believe, and we share with them, is the harshest possible sentence for this gentleman going forward, where he will now spend the rest of his natural life in a 6-by-9 cell with nothing to think about but what he has done," said Guy Cannady, stepfather of the victim.
(snip)
Among the defense witnesses presented Thursday was Vance's mother, Jacqueline Vance Burnett, CNN affiliate KARK reported. Burnett cried on the stand as she spoke about her battle with crack addiction and admitted abusing her son when he was a child, including an incident when he was 7 years old and she slammed his head into a brick wall, the station said.
READ: CURTIS VANCE SENTENCED FOR KILLING ANCHORWOMAN ANNE PRESSLY
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/12/arkansas.anchor.slain/
CNN / November 12, 2009 (CNN's Carolina Sanchez contributed to this report.)
(CNN) -- A jury sentenced an Arkansas man to life in prison without parole for killing a television anchor, officials said Thursday.
The Pulaski County, Arkansas, jury on Wednesday convicted Curtis Lavelle Vance, 29, of capital murder, residential burglary, rape and theft of property in the October 2008 slaying of Anne Pressly, 26.
Pressly, the morning news anchor for CNN affiliate KATV, was found beaten and unconscious in her home. She died five days later.
Vance's sentencing phase began after he was convicted Wednesday of capital murder, rape and burglary.
Jurors were tasked with deciding whether the aggravating circumstances in favor of the death penalty outweighed the mitigating circumstances.
"Tonight, they have come back with a sentence, a sentence that they believe, and we share with them, is the harshest possible sentence for this gentleman going forward, where he will now spend the rest of his natural life in a 6-by-9 cell with nothing to think about but what he has done," said Guy Cannady, stepfather of the victim.
(snip)
Among the defense witnesses presented Thursday was Vance's mother, Jacqueline Vance Burnett, CNN affiliate KARK reported. Burnett cried on the stand as she spoke about her battle with crack addiction and admitted abusing her son when he was a child, including an incident when he was 7 years old and she slammed his head into a brick wall, the station said.
READ: CURTIS VANCE SENTENCED FOR KILLING ANCHORWOMAN ANNE PRESSLY
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/12/arkansas.anchor.slain/
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