UPDATE: Police say the cell phone found along Patterson Road in West Houston is not linked to 4-year-old Maleah Davis’s case.
Earlier, the Houston Chronicle reported that a volunteer search and rescue group found the phone.
But police tell The Chronicle the group that found the phone is not Texas EquuSearch volunteers, “instead it’s an independent group who started searching on their own yesterday. Miller expressed frustration with groups like this who are working w/out help of law enforcement.”
EquuSearch founder Tim Miller told the Houston Chronicle the cell phone was found around noon Friday along Patterson Road.
Derion Vence, who was engaged to Maleah’s mother, was the last person to see the girl alive. She was reported missing on Saturday, May 4, after Vence claimed he was carjacked by three Hispanic males who struck him over the head and took Maleah the night before.
Vence was arrested on Saturday, May 11, after his story unraveled. He was charged with tampering with a corpse and is being held on $45,000 bond.
The discovery of the cell phone is important because it could contain GPS data that may lead police to the location where Vence disposed of Maleah’s remains.
Vence may have intentionally discarded the phone to make it more difficult for police to track his movements on the day Maleah went missing.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo believes Maleah was murdered. Acevedo held a press conference on Thursday to give a brief update on the missing girl.
Acevedo told the media his only suspect, Vence, knows where Maleah’s body is but he continues to lie about his involvement.
“You could drive a big rig right through the tales this guy has been telling,” Acevedo said.
Acevedo pleaded with the public to help find Maleah’s body to give her a proper burial and bring closure to her family.
“The evidence shows that we believe she has been murdered. Let’s bring this baby home, proper burial,” he said. “Without finding that body, there is a hole left out there. We want to give them the closure, of both charges and finding her body.”
I pray to God that wherever the cellphone was found, they find her too. Or at least may this cellphone open the door to some answers or lead to where this baby’s remains are. Please God! Please!
I hope demons riding his back every day that baby is missing..and then for the rest of his life until he gets to kiss the devil on the lips in hell!
Thank God! Now we can see text messages between him & her momma?
I hope this bust this case wide open and the people responsible for her death are brought to the justice for Maleah!
Welp, y’all have a good one… I can’t stomach none of the story surrounding this baby. I’m Audi… ?
Audi LMAO damn…we usta say outtie 5000 ?
The mommas too
oh its a special hell all her own waiting!
Love ya. Be safe
Police don’t need the phone to recover text messages. Texts are saved in the cloud.
Didn’t know that thanks; what about androids?
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Plus the mama’s cell phone should have data.
I’m almost of the belief that every child should be chipped like dogs.
Police say the group that found the phone is not the EquuSearch team that has been searching for Maleah for the last 3 weeks.
That’s the mark or the Beast! ?
Something definitely needs to be done about this.
Bye Nancy! ?
Did you read where the bozo in FL that had been torturing the 2 year old baby hung himself[but is still alive]?? What a coward!
Mama’s bf strikes AGAIN!!
PENSACOLA, FLA. —
“A Florida man previously acquitted in the killing of a child was arrested last month and charged with torturing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter, sometimes while wearing a werewolf mask, authorities said.
The girl was also forced to wear a dog training collar, which emits an electric shock to force an animal into submission. “You can hear the sounds of the dog collar being activated, and then the shrieking and the pain that the child has suffered as a result of this,” Simmons said. Worse still was footage of Ross-Celaius burning the girl with a small torch…”
I hope this demon never sees light of day ever. Poor baby. I hope she is out of harms way now. ?
Exactly! Trickery of satan disguised as needs. Besides we came into this world with mostly all we need including instincts and the intelligence to figure out the rest. It’s the distractions, lack of preparedness and void of awareness that seems to do with a lot of issues. My child will NOT be left alone with anyone who isn’t ready to meet God @any moment. I don’t even need to mention leaving any child with a suspicious person of any crime let alone crimes against children. I’ll say it anyhow as this child’s mother apparently wasn’t concerned with reality. Accidents and unfortunate circumstances do occur but carelessness and poor judgement differs from that. This mom handed her baby up on a tray. I guarantee she would never leave her purse unattended. I guarantee she made the provisions to make sure she didn’t miss her flight out. I guarantee that she looked over her shoulder to make sure no one robbed her while traveling and I’m quite certain she locked her hotel doors from burglars. She did all this but left the keys to her child’s existence to a monster. She couldn’t be bothered with checking on that precious child. Even her suspected killer thought Maleah wasn’t even worth a quick glance as she innocently followed him to further trauma and her demise. SICK SICK SICK!!!
Lord Have Mercy!!!
Prison earth demons included with a tall order of endless nights of sleep paralysis aka demonic comas.
May his legs be as strong as linguini when he tries to run.
??Nancy Pooh I’m out too enjoy y’all weekend
??? so much sadness in her eyes…rest baby girl
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It’s a case like this in Ga about a week ago stepdad rape and killed 3 year old he was 20 the baby momma 19
They found a second phone Sandra, but they haven’t said if it’s linked to Malaeh’s disappearance. Also Vence’s family is also looking for Malaeh. It has been said that they are keeping their locations disclosed because they don’t want a mole or a Facebook live video.
How on earth could anyone not appreciate and cherish that beautiful baby girl?
I know, right! I have a son and wouldn’t mind having a baby girl, shit call me I’ll take her.
Sitting there abusing her! Oh, my God!!!
The sad thing is she’s perhaps better off…(hate to say that), she didn’t have a chance with that punk ass nugga and sorry ass mother
Man probably took that baby purity.
Such a beautiful baby girl. Poor soul was doomed from the womb. Rest in peace little angel ?
I fear that he was molesting her
It’s a rap!!! Tell them where this poor childs body is. #IHATEDUMBASSPEOPLE.
Awful story too! SMFH
You too Sweet Feet?
Bye hun!?
Yeah right! They pbly looking to cover up for him.
Where are all these maladjusted jerks coming from??!
Mommy was denying she had burns. She kept claiming it was ringworm.
The mother is not always the best care prov6for children and this is a fact. This woman should be sent to jail with the boyfriend and left in there to rot.
Whoever it was seemed genuine. I’m not sure. I just hope they find that princess and give her a proper burial. Can’t believe Vence is still not speaking on this situation. I wonder who is his lawyer.
I was wondering if the momma out of town trip to a funeral was verified?
What if the mother is the co-conspirator? Meaning the that he don’t know where the body is at because the mother is the one who actually disposed of the body when she took the out of town trip?
If she took the trip by bus to the funeral as she claims and rode the plane back .
The bus don’t use the scanners like the airports do.
Just a thought! I watch a lot of first 48
I REALLY think that Derion Vence and Maleah’s mother had a physical altercation before she left town. Hence the scars on his body that he claimed the “kidnappers” gave him.
What I do NOT get…is how the mother could be like “You ain’t sh*t, you prolly gay, prolly gave me AIDS, I can’t stand you, and as soon as I get back from my daddy fune, you gone get your sorry f*gg*t a$$ out my house. Until then, stay here and babysit til I get back!”
SMH.
She’s involved in it somehow. I can’t believe she’s not arrested for child neglect or child endangerment.
@Solstice? Where o where are you?
Governor has to call NASA, where did if last ping?
Straight from the pits of hell
i dont agree the mama should be punished severely for being dumb/naive/senseless. these parents are victims, too.
i once overheard my not-$#@! brother and his friends talking about taking advantage of some welfare chicks and what strategies to use to get money from them. i rebuked him on the spot, told him lying is a sin, extortion is a sin, womanizing is a sin, and bullying StoOpid azz women is a sin. he hurried up and hanged up that phone and left my mamas house. i told him he wasnt s#!÷! and whenever i hear of any misfortune befalling him, any downfall he experiences, any hell he goes through in life, im going to be right there to remind him HE DESERVES IT ALL!
this is why i dont have any friends. people cant stand me “JUDGING” them.
Well if it makes you happy not having friends, so be it.
Wish I could upvote you 1000xs.
I believe she dropped his ass off.
The real father should have tried to get custody, or his mama, or somebody else. The children were taken away once before; right? That should be a sign that the real dad needed to step up.
Too much TV and video games. Look….I tried to watch the 1st season of GOT. I got 20 minutes in and there were 2 beheadings and an orgy scene. I said, nope not me.
Sandra why did you leave this very sad post up for the holiday?
The real father should have taken his kids out of state custody when they were under CPS for 6 months. They are all pieces of trash!
I believe the mother may have killed her and had the boyfriend get rid of the body
I believe she may have killed her and have him dispose the body
LOL! U gotta draw the line somewhere.
Sooooooooo sad…….
I do too.I think he’s taking the fall bc she is the mother of his other child, and he’s sympathetic to it bc I think it was a negligent accident, like spanking her too roughly.
That poor baby. I have no more tears left
I don’t see him as innocent I’m this matter.
yes, i dont need crooks for friends/husbands/or s#!@ else anyway. i always chose QUALITY OVER QUANTITY for everything in life. thats maturity. thats wisdom.
damn….poor baby girl….smdh
Nope she said I’m boogie I’m Audi A7 lol
LOL strong as linguine!! Yes indeed that’s been cooked for an hour..