Updated November 12, 4:35 p.m.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man accused of
kidnapping a 5-year-old girl says he's not guilty.
Clarence Coe made a first court appearance Thursday afternoon as
investigators in Cumberland County continued to search for signs of
the child. Coe told a judge he didn't understand why he was in
court, adding that he was "not guilty."
Fayetteville Police Department spokeswoman Theresa Chance said a
witness spotted Coe taking 5-year-old Shaniya Davis out of a
trailer park. Shaniya was reported missing from her mobile home
park around 7 a.m. Tuesday, and her mother last saw the girl that
day around 5:30 a.m.
Chance said it was "not a random occurrence." A judge said Coe
would be appointed an attorney.
Posted November 11, 5:23 a.m.
FAYETTEVILLE, (AP) - Police say they've arrested a North
Carolina a man in the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl but are
still looking for the child.
Fayetteville police said Clarence Coe was arrested around 11
p.m. Wednesday and charged with first degree kidnapping.
Lt. Alex Thompson said investigators are still searching Shaniya
Davis. The child was reported missing from her home just before 7
a.m. Tuesday.
Her mother said she last saw Shaniya around 5:30 a.m. Shaniya Nicole Davis is a five year-old black female. She is approximately three feet tall and weighs 40 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.
Shania was last seen wearing a blue t-shirt and no shoes. She is thin with a scar on her left foot.
Thompson said investigators aren't yet saying how or if Coe knew
the child.
Police said Coe was arrested at his home in Fayetteville without
incident. He was being held at the Cumberland County Detention
Center early Thursday. A jail official said records didn't indicate
whether he had an attorney.
If you have any information regarding this abduction, call the Fayetteville Police Department immediately at (910) 433-1851, or call 911 or *HP.
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