Missing NC girl's mom faces court appearance

Missing NC girl's mom faces court appearance

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina mother is to appear in court as authorities search woods and swamps for her 5-year-old daughter. Searchers returned today to look for Shaniya Davis, whose mother reported her missing from a Fayetteville mobile home park nearly a week ago. Authorities acting on a tip spent yesterday searching a wide area in south-central North Carolina. A "surveillance camera":http://www.thegrio.com/2009/11/missing-girl-seen-on-hotel-camera.php recorded the man charged in the girl's kidnapping carrying her into a hotel room in Sanford, about 30 miles away. Police arrested Shaniya's mother Saturday and charged 25-year-old Antoinette Davis with human trafficking, felony child abuse involving prostitution and filing a false police report. _Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed._