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Davis' attorney said she pleaded guilty because she always felt "morally responsible" for what happened to Shaniya, but she also took Alford pleas to avoid the three consecutive life sentences that a first-degree murder conviction would have meant. The pleas entered Friday clear the way for a possible appeal.

The plea deal Friday came right after Judge Ammons refused to suppress evidence against Davis in a pre-trial hearing. Her lawyers had argued she was coerced into making statements to police before her arrest. Judge Ammons said Friday there is no evidence that Davis was threatened by police before or during an interview with detectives. The defense asked for fourth police interrogation DVD to be thrown out of case.

It is a recording of the interview that took place on November 14, - four days after Shaniya's disappearance. They were just supposed to have sex. The defense claimed coercive and hasty techniques were used by detectives to summon the "false statement," as Davis was treated as a suspect, rather than a mother trying to help to find her daughter. Station Info. Follow Us:. Share Tweet Email. Share: Share Tweet Email. Last October, Antoinette Davis entered Alford pleas to charges including second-degree murder and conspiracy.

After taking cocaine and drinking liquor, McNeill began texting women whose numbers were in his phone, the ruling says. Around 3 a. He again tried to text Brenda Davis. Brenda Davis said she and her boyfriend, Jeroy Smith, briefly woke at a.

Antoinette Davis went into their bedroom and woke them to report that Shaniya was missing, Brenda Davis said. Antoinette Davis went outside to look for Shaniya.

Brenda Davis said Antoinette was hesitant to call the police, but finally did at her urging at a. Meanwhile, the court records say, McNeill checked into a hotel in Sanford shortly after 6 a. Security video showed he had Shaniya and brought her to his room. He left the hotel, carrying Shaniya, about a.

McNeill has been charged with first degree murder, first degree rape of a child and kidnapping. Tomeka Gray, 20, who is dating McNeill's brother, said the accusations don't jibe with what she knows about him. She said McNeill was a good uncle and father who came to see her daughter in the hospital with an armload of baby items right after she was born earlier this year. She said when she saw the story on the news her first thought was that she hoped authorities would catch the horrible person who did it.

McNeill's lawyer has said he will plead not guilty, but at a Friday hearing he did not enter a plea.