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- ABC News
- May 13, 2019
Amber alert issued for missing 4-year-old girl
Maleah Davis, 4, was last seen by her family Saturday night, police said.
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Holbrook said there is about a 21-hour gap between the alleged assault and when he woke up on the side of the road that Vence doesn't remember.
\"We'd love the public to help us so we can fill in the blanks in this story. I realize there are a lot of blanks in that story, but we're hoping the public can fill in the blanks,\" Holbrook said during a news conference Sunday afternoon.
Holbrook declined to say if police are suspicious of Vence's story. But he noted that investigators have not found any evidence, including security video or independent witnesses, to corroborate the Vence's story.
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\"I don't want to speculate,\" he said, explaining the purpose of Sunday's news conference is to get the public to help \"to figure out what really happened.\"
Vence told police he was driving with the children to pick up their mother Friday night at George Bush Intercontinental Airport when he noticed something wrong with their car, a 2011 silver Nissan Altima, and pulled over in north Houston, Holbrook said.
\"He hears a popping noise like he has a flat tire, pulls over to check on it,\" Holbrook said. \"According to Derion, what happens next is a blue pickup truck pulls up behind him, two Hispanic males get out. One of them makes a comment, saying that Maleah looks very nice, looks very sweet. The other male hits Derion in the head. Derion loses consciousness.\"
1/2: Photos displayed at the media briefing: first is victim's stolen car, a silver 2011 Nissan Altima with TX paper tags 3092G9, seen on a traffic camera near Hwy 59 & State Hwy 6 in Sugar Land about 3 pm Saturday (May 4). Second is photo likeness of suspects' blue truck. pic.twitter.com/rseWWqO4s4— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) May 5, 2019
Vence told police that he kept going in and out of consciousness, but at one point he was in the back of the suspects' truck with his son and Maleah and that there were now three suspects in the vehicle driving them around, Holbrook said. He said the next time Vence woke up, about 6 p.m. on Saturday, he was on the side of the Southwest Freeway near State Highway 6 in Sugar Land, some 22 miles southwest of Houston.
\"He wakes up. He has his son ... with him. He begins walking around. He tries to summon help. Nobody's really helping him,\" Holbrook said, recounting Vence's account.
He said Vence told police that he walked with his son to Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, arriving about 10 or 11 p.m. He was treated for a head injury and police were called.
2/2: Photo of assault victim, Mr. Derion Vence, who is Maleah's mother's former fiance, stated he was unconscious for almost 24 hrs. Detectives ask anyone who saw Derion or Maleah after 9 pm Friday (May 3) to 6 pm on Sat to contact HPD Homicide 713-308-3600 or @CrimeStopHOU at 713-222-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/nuZHA1EQPY
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) May 5, 2019
He said police have also put out an all-points bulletin for the family's silver Nissan, which is registered to Maleah's mother and has a paper dealer's plate number 330-92G9.
Better quality, color photo taken by traffic camera of the stolen Nissan Altima with tags 330-92G9. #hounews pic.twitter.com/UizXnhIC4h
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) May 5, 2019
Holbrook said the Nissan was spotted by a traffic camera at an intersection in Sugar Land at 2:54 p.m. on Saturday.
He added that Vence described the suspects' pickup truck as a 2010 Chevrolet crew cab.
Maleah's mother, meanwhile, arrived at the airport from a trip to Massachusetts and didn't find Vence there to pick her up, Holbrook said. That's when she called a relative to come and get her, but never reported Vence or her children missing, Holbrook added.
Maleah has had several brain surgeries, Holbrook told reporters at the news conference; including one that was performed last month.
\"She needs a lot of care and she was sick this week, too,\" Holbrook said.
Anyone with information on Maleah's whereabouts is urged to contact the Houston Police Department at (713) 308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS.
ABC News' Stacy Chen contributed to this report.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect changes in the spelling of Derion Vence's name and his relationship to Meleah Davis' mother, which were initially based on information provided by the Houston Police Department.
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