Month-long search for Maleah Davis ends in heartbreak

The search for missing girl Maleah Davis has ended in heartbreak after nearly a month, after police said that they believe the remains of a child found in a trash bag along an Arkansas freeway are those of the four-year-old girl.

On Friday night, the remains arrived by plane in Houston, where they will be subjected to forensic testing to confirm the dead child’s identity and attempt to determine cause of death.

‘Do we believe that’s it’s possibly her? Yes. But can we confirm it right now? No,’ Houston Executive Assistant Police Chief Troy Finner said at a press conference on Friday.

Stepfather Derion Marquise Vence, 27, is being held in Houston jail on a charge of tampering with human remains, after allegedly claiming that the girl had died accidentally and admitting that he dumped her body in Arkansas.

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