Missing NC girl spotted at hotel, still not found

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — North Carolina authorities have still been unable to locate a missing 5-year-old girl after surveillance footage showed her being carried into a hotel room by a man now wanted by police.

Police revealed footage Thursday of Shaniya Davis and a man identified as 29-year-old Mario Andrette McNeill entering a Sanford hotel more than 40 minutes before the girl’s mother reported her missing Tuesday morning. The hotel is about 40 miles from the girl’s home.

A hotel worker called police after recognizing Shaniya but McNeill and the girl had left by the time they arrived.

Clarence Coe was arrested Wednesday on kidnapping charges after witnesses say they saw him take Shaniya out of the Sleepy Hollow Mobile Home Park in Fayetteville. He has denied any wrongdoing.

Officials say they think Shaniya is safe.

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