Maleah Davis case: the remains of a child found today in search of a missing girl from Houston

Houston police say the remains of a child were found in Arkansas near the place where a man allegedly threw a man 's body. Texan girl missing from 4 years. Houston police said they could not confirm that the remains found in Fulton, Arkansas are Maleah Davis, but investigators believe it may be the girl.

Sheriff James Singleton in Hempstead County, Arkansas, said his agency and others had started their search Friday afternoon outside of Hope, Arkansas, at the Houston police request. Shortly after the start of the research, Singleton said that his department had been informed that a work team in Fulton, a neighbor, had discovered a black trash bag at the edge of a road emitting a foul odor. .

Houston police later said Friday that the remains are those of a child. A medical examiner will determine the identity of the child.

Darion Vence, the ex-fiancé of Maleah's mother, is accused of having altered a human corpse following the disappearance of Maleah a month ago. A community activist said that Vence had confessed to having his body about 300 km southwest of Arkansas. Quanell X, a local civil rights activist, said he spoke on Friday in prison to Derion Vence, who earlier said Maleah had been kidnapped.

Quanell X says that Vence said Friday morning that Maleah died by accident and confessed that he had gone to Arkansas, where he had thrown the girl's body. Quanell X refused to comment on what Vence had said to the girl.

Quanell X had previously acted as spokesperson for Maleah's mother, but had stated two days ago that he was no longer representing her because he thought she knew what had happened to him. 39; child. The woman was not charged for the disappearance of her daughter.