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Police find body of missing N.C. girl

A Lee County Sheriff's Deputy searches for the missing Shaniya Davis at an intersection in Sanford, N.C. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Ashley Cross) A Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy searches for the missing Shaniya Davis at an intersection in Sanford, N.C. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Ashley Cross)

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Monday, November 16, 2009

SANFORD, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say they have found the body of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared a week ago.

Fayetteville Police spokeswoman Theresa Chance told the Associated Press on Monday that searchers found the body of Shaniya Davis off a road southeast of Sanford in the central part of the state.

Two people have been charged in Shaniya’s disappearance, including her 25-year-old mother, Antoinette Davis. Police have charged Davis with human trafficking and felony child abuse, saying Shaniya was offered for prostitution. Davis is due in court Monday afternoon.

Authorities have also charged 29-year old Mario Andrette McNeill, who was seen in surveillance footage carrying Shaniya at a Sanford hotel.

Shaniya’s mother reported her missing last Tuesday.

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