Finding Maleah: Police Look Near Stepdad's Home For Missing Girl

HOUSTON -- Police and search crews have shifted their focus to southwest Houston, near Kirkwood Drive and Bissonnet Street, after searching areas near Greens Road and Interstate 69 in northeast Houston early Tuesday, police said.

Crews from Texas EquuSearch were called in by the Houston Police Department on Monday to provide help in finding Maleah Davis.

Police and search crews initially searched the area of Greens Road, where Maleah's stepfather Darion Vence said they were kidnapped and he was assaulted by three Hispanic men after Vence said he'd experienced car trouble.

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Vence,26, who claimed he'd been unconscious nearly 24 hours, showed up and Methodist Hospital Sugar Land at about 11 p.m. Saturday with head injures, and told police that he, along with his son and stepdaughter were kidnapped.

According to earlier reports, Vence was considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his stepdaughter, but Houston Police have denied Vence was a suspect, or that he'd been charged.

The investigation into the whereabouts of missing 4-year-old Maleah Davis remains on-going. HPD customarily doesn't identify persons of interest or suspects unless charges are filed. Any updates will be posted on twitter. No other information is available at this time. #hounews
— Houston Police (@houstonpolice) May 7, 2019

Vence told investigators that he woke up on the side of State Highway 6 and I-69 near First Colony Mall at about 6 p.m. Saturday evening with his son, but that Maleah was gone, and so was the silver Nissan Altima he'd been driving.

Anyone with information on Maleah's location, or who may have information important to this case is asked to contact HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.