Maleah Davis: Investigators found traces of the blood of the 4-year-old inside a man's apartment and traces of decomposition in his car

In court papers dated Saturday, a Harris County Deputy Attorney pleaded for Vence to be held with a $ 1 million bail because "it is highly likely that additional charges will be laid, including, but without Limit it, the first degree crime offense ". murder."

Vence's bail was set at $ 999,999, according to prison records. He must appear in court on Monday.

CNN contacted Vence several times last week but did not get an answer. We do not know if he has a lawyer. The police call Vence Maleah's father-in-law. A spokeswoman for the mother's family told CNN that the two were engaged, but that ended. The police had earlier spelled his name in "Darion".

What he says has happened

Vence told investigators last week that he had Maleah and his infant son in the car while he was going to the airport to look for Maleah's mother on May 4th. At one point, he told the police that he had heard a loud thud and had gone to check him. .

When he stopped, Vence said a blue van stopped behind him and two Hispanic men came out. One of them hit and knocked out for nearly 24 hours. He told the investigators that when he woke up a day later, his son was there but Maleah was gone.

He stated that he had walked to a nearby hospital where he had received medical attention for injuries that he had suffered during the alleged abduction, and had reported the Maleah's disappearance, police said.

Dogs pick up the "scent of decomposition" & # 39;

Vence said the car he was driving, a silver Nissan Altima, had been stolen during his kidnapping, but surveillance footage viewed by the authorities show that Vence is being dropped off at the hospital on May 5 in the same vehicle.

The Altima was found Thursday in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Missouri City, Texas, about 5 miles from where Vence said to be woken up.

When the authorities inspected the vehicle, they discovered a blue laundry basket as well as a gasoline can, according to probative documents, during the arrest of Vence.

According to these documents, the police had also trained two separate dogs to capture the smell of corpses that were walking in the Altima and other vehicles in the parking lot. Both dogs barked in front of the Altima 's trunk, according to the documents, stating "the smell of decomposition in the vehicle".

Blood found in an apartment related to Maleah

Evidence of blood obtained from the apartment that Vence shares with Maleah's mother is "consistent" with the DNA extracted from Maleah's toothbrush, according to court documents.

Houston detectives found drops of blood in the hallway leading to the bathroom and on their surfaces.

Investigators have discovered evidence of increased amounts of blood using a "chemical reagent" that reacts to the presence of unseen blood (for example, when a person has attempted to clean it), say the documents .

Vence reportedly told investigators "that there should be no blood in the house and no one was bleeding recently".

The tests then linked the blood sample to Maleah.

A sequence shows that Maleah never left the apartment

The investigators also saw surveillance footage captured under the porch of a neighboring apartment in Vence, the affidavit said.

In the sequence, Vence is seen on May 3, leaving the apartment with a large blue laundry basket with a black trash bag inside.

Vence returned a few minutes later, according to the documents. He then returns from the apartment with cleaning supplies, including bleach.

According to the affidavit, the camera never again captured Maleah leaving the apartment.