HOUSTON — An Amber Alert remains in effect or a missing 4-year-old who was reportedly kidnapped by three men in north Houston.
The Amber Alert is for Maleah Davis. Maleah's stepfather, Darion Vence, lied and told investigators he was driving to Bush Intercontinental Airport at around 9 p.m. Friday with the girl and his two-year-old son, Courtland, to pick up Maleah's mother.
While he was near Highway 59 and Greens Road, Vence claims he heard a noise with his car and pulled over to check his tire. While he was out of his car, he lied and said he was approached by two men who were in a blue Chevrolet pickup truck.
"Two Hispanic males get out. One of the men makes a comment, that Malia looks very sweet, looks very nice," said Mark Hollbrook with Houston police homicide. "One of the males hits Darion in the head. Darion loses consciousness.”
This is all complete bullshit. He killed her. He said there was another man waiting in the pickup when the attacked happened.
He said the men then put Vence, Maleah and Courtland in their blue pickup and drove off.
Vence said he was in and out of consciousness and didn't really know where he was until 6 p.m. Saturday. He told police when he woke up he was somewhere off Highway 6 in the Sugar Land area with Courtland in his arms.
He said he walked around and asked people for help but no one would come to his aid so he walked to Sugar Land Methodist with his son. He is said to have arrived at the hospital between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Courtland was not injured, according to police.
Maleah's mother, who had been flying in from Massachusetts, called someone else to pick her up from the airport when Vence didn't show up.
Houston police said traffic cameras captured the car Vence was in – a 2011 Nissan Altima – in Sugar Land at around 3 p.m. Saturday. The vehicle, which had recently been purchased, has temporary tags with the license plate 3092G9.
Police are not only looking for Maleah. They are also looking for the Nissan Altima, which belongs to Vence's wife, Brittany, and the blue Chevrolet crew cab pickup that the suspects were driving.