Body found in Arkansas identified as Maleah Davis
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Texas medical examiner confirmed Monday the body of a small child found in a garbage bag in Arkansas was that of missing 4-year-old Maleah Davis.
Maleah’s remains were found Friday along I-30 in Hope by workers and transported to Houston for identification.
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences was still determining the cause and manner of death, FOX26 Houston reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}REMAINS FOUND IN ARKANSAS MAY BE THAT OF MISSING MALEAH DAVIS, POLICE SAY
She was reported missing May 4 by her mother’s boyfriend, 27-year-old Derion Vence, who told police Maleah was abducted by criminals who'd released him and his son.
Derion Vence, the man who reported 4-year-old Maleah Davis had been abducted from him last May 4 was arrested a week later on a charge of tampering with a human corpse. (Houston Police Department)
He was jailed May 11 on a charge of tampering with a human corpse after cadaver dogs detected a scent in the trunk of his vehicle.
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Maleah’s body was found after a community activist told reporters Vence confessed dumping her body in Arkansas. Vence also allegedly said the death was an accident.