The North Carolina man accused of kidnapping 5-year-old Shaniya Davis more than a week ago was charged Thursday with the little girl's rape and murder.
Police have charged Mario O'Neill with the kidnapping, rape and murder of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis. The little girl's body was found near a North Carolina highway this week.
Mario Andrette O'Neill, the man police say is shown on a Sanford, N.C., hotel surveillance camera carrying Shaniya into a hotel room shortly after she was reported missing, is being held without bond.
The girl's mother, 25-year-old Antoinette Davis, is being held on human traffickingand child prostitution charges in the case.
Preliminary autopsy reports indicate Shaniya died from asphyxiation, according to the Fayetteville Police Department, though authorities are still waiting on a series of tests results before making a final conclusion.
Shaniya's father, Bradley Lockhart, appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" today via satellite and said he was told that Antoinette Davis had trafficked their daughter to pay off a drug debt.
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