MALEAH DAVIS: Derion Vence arrested and accused of falsifying evidence

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – Derby Vence, the man who would have been the last person to have seen Maleah Davis, 4 years old, disappeared has been accused of tampering with evidence, including a corpse, a disappearing the source says ABC13.

Houston police said the 26-year-old was arrested Saturday at a parent's home in Sugar Land by the working group on violent offenders on the Gulf Coast.

Although the prosecution claims to have "tampered with evidence, including a corpse," law enforcement officials have not yet confirmed whether the girl was dead. However, the investigators do not think that Maleah is still alive.

A police source also told Eyewitness News that Maleah was last seen alive on video surveillance in her family's apartment on April 30, the same day her mother left the city for a funeral. The cameras captured Vence bringing her back to the family apartment that same morning.

After the morning, investigators say that he has never been seen with her.

On May 3, cameras captured Vence leaving the apartment with his one year old son, a laundry basket and a black trash bag inside. Police said that traces of blood from the apartment were related to Maleah.

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On Saturday, Houston police added that the laundry basket had been found as well as a gasoline canister in the trunk of the vehicle that Vence allegedly stole. The vehicle was found in the Missouri City area on Thursday.

Police also revealed that the same vehicle had been seen on a surveillance video on May 5 at the Methodist Hospital in Sugar Land, where someone had filed Vence. It is there that Vence first claimed that he had been attacked and that Maleah had perhaps been kidnapped.

The Texas EquuSearch volunteers have been looking for Maleah since the story of his abduction told to the police by Vence.

Vence reported that on the night of May 3, he was traveling to the Bush Intercontinental Airport with Maleah and his one – year – old son to retrieve his mother, Brittany Bowens.

He said he was stopped near Greens Road and Highway 59 to check his tires because he had heard a thud.

While Vence was checking his vehicle, he stated that three Hispanic men riding a 2010 blue-cab pickup truck were mounted.

During a press conference, police said Vence had told them that he had been ambushed by both men. One of them was beating him on the head. He lost consciousness.

Vence then learned that he had woken up along Highway 6, near First Colony Mall, around 6 pm. May 4th. His son was with him, but Maleah was not there.

Police said Vence went to the Houston Methodist Hospital in Sugar Land around 11 pm seek treatment for his injuries with his son.

Vence said he was last seen in the 16500 islet of the Southwest Freeway on May 4th.

Meanwhile, Bowens brought another member of his family to the airport while Vence and the children had not arrived.

She told ABC13 that a police report had been filed Saturday morning without hearing Vence.

On Monday, Texas EquuSearch teams began looking for Maleah in the vicinity of Greens Road and Highway 59, where Vence said he and his family had been contacted for the first time.

The Houston Police Department asked for immediate assistance from the group, which was conducting foot and mountain bike searches.

"I'm strangled right now thinking about her," Miller told ABC13. "I've already been involved in these cases before.If that does not affect your heart and if you do not become emotional, you're just not human."

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Hurry up. Maleah has undergone several brain surgeries and requires constant medication and care.

On Monday night, ABC13 learned that the child had recently been sent home after the CPS abducted her last August.

According to SPC officials, the girl and her two siblings – boys aged 5 and a year – were fired, with the agency investigating allegations of physical violence related to her head injury. .

The three brothers and sisters were brought back in February.

In an exclusive interview with ABC13 Eyewitness News, Bowens said it was determined that a fall was the cause of the girl's injuries.

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Maleah has not been found yet.

She wore a pink bow in her hair, a light blue zip jacket, blue jeans and gray, white and pink sneakers.

She is described as an African-American woman with black hair and brown eyes. It measures 3 feet and weighs between 30 and 40 pounds.

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Bowens told ABC13 on Monday that she was terrified for her daughter.

"My mind is so broken, I feel so lost, I can not concentrate, I can not concentrate, it's so overwhelming for me, it does not seem real," said Bowens in tears.

Family members were in the Sugar Land area handing out leaflets, people who did not even know Maleah were joining them to help them.

"Any help, share a message, a flyer, anything, it's very appreciated and I say it with all my heart, I think it every moment," said Bowens.

"She cried and it hurt, so I could not do anything else other than pray with her, pray and ask God to bring that baby home. faith and not by sight, "said volunteer Sterling Nichols.

Nearly a week after the reported disappearance, the authorities found the vehicle driven by Vence before Maleah disappeared. He told the authorities that he had been robbed.

The investigators searched the Nissan Altima, but found no visible evidence inside. They said that there was nothing suspicious inside the car and that it looked normal, which means it was not there. has no obvious signs of unusual.

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Then Bowens raised a bombing charge against Vence, accusing him of mistreating the girl.

The charge was related to the publication of surveillance photos showing Vence before and after the disappearance of the girl.

Anyone with information on where Maleah Davis is located is urged to contact HPD at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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