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Man charged in Shaniya Davis case had lenient treatment in the past

"Three weeks before Shaniya Davis disappeared, the Fayetteville man accused of kidnapping her was allowed to end his supervised probation six months early," the Fayetteville Observer reports.

Mario Andrette McNeill "appears to have been treated with leniency for years by an overburdened court system," reporter Greg Barnes adds.

Here's McNeill's Department of Correction record.

Unspeakably sad story. Investigations likely will turn up many opportunities missed to save this poor child.

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Posted by Doug Clark on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 2:15 pm

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gsmith

November 18, 2009 - 7:41 pm EST

I had hoped and prayed hard for Shaniya to be found alive. I have children and grandchilden, and I cannot imagine something that horrible happening to any of them. I would think her father is wishing that he had not let her go to her mothers. He will be haunted by that decision for the rest of his life. May God help him to live with it. I will keep him in my prayers.