Police to add new charges in slain NC girl's case

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Investigators piecing together why and where a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was killed plan to add new charges on top of counts including kidnapping and selling the girl for sexual slavery.

Fayetteville police planned a briefing Wednesday to discuss the case and said new charges are pending in the death of Shaniya Davis.

Authorities are trying to decide where the girl was killed and in which of two neighboring counties the case will be prosecuted.

Her mother, Antoinette Davis, reported the child missing from her Cumberland County home last week. Davis is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution.

Mario McNeill was accused of kidnapping Shaniya after surveillance footage from a Lee County hotel showed him carrying the girl.

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