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Several people who were close to 5-year-old Shaniya Davis and her father Brad Lockhart say they tried to intervene in the child's life because they felt the little girl was at risk.
A close friend of Brad's, and his ex-father-in-law both say they offered to take in Shaniya rather than let her live with her mother, because they say when the child was in the custody of her mother, bad things happened to her.
"My wife says she saw cigarette burns on Shaniya's arms," said Brad's friend Tim Allen, who says he is very angry over what happened.
Byron Coleman, Brad's ex-father-in-law, said Shaniya "had burns on her legs, arms and things" after visits with her mother.
"She had a cigarette burn on the corner of her eye, which she claimed her grandma did when she went over there," added Shaniya's half sister Cheyenne Lockhart.
The three all claimed that the 5-year-old suffered physical abuse while in the custody of her mother.
"When you wanted sex that's where you went," Coleman said. "You knew what the girl was doing. You knew what she associated with, so why place your daughter in that situation?"
Because of that, Coleman blames Lockhart for Shaniya's death.
"To me Shaniya would be alive today if she wasn't placed in that situation," Coleman claims.
Coleman says he offered to give Shaniya a home, but says Brad declined his offer.
Allen tells a similar story.
"He had an alternative, I gave him a way out," Allen explained; however Lockhart would not let Allen take care of Shaniya.
"I'm fighting mad. All this could have been avoided," Allen said.
Allen had already taken in Shaniya's half sister Cheyenne, because she said her dad wouldn't take care of her.
And Cheyenne says Brad did not provide for Shaniya.
"He didn't take care of her, his girlfriends took care of her," she said. "He loved her, but she was raised by other people. He hasn't been in her life."
Meanwhile, the Cumberland County Department of Social Services said it can not comment on what it was doing in regard to Shaniya because those comments might compromise the on-going criminal investigation.
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By Lynn on 11/29 02:22 AM
Shaniya Davis’ father is scheduled to have a one on one interview with HLN’s Nancy Grace on Monday, November 30, 2009 I wonder if Nancy is going to start asking some real questions of this fake of a father
By Empty heart on 11/28 10:54 PM
Lisa i know that is what news articles said. I read posts on forum by locals who said the rumor wad it was drug related murders. 2 women, 1 married in a house with men unrelated to them in the wee hours of night. Husband of married woman was not present. Very mysterious circumstances. And locals said it was a drug hit just like locals say that AD's place was the place to get sex if you wanted it.
By Lisa on 11/28 10:26 PM
@Empty heart, it wasn't a drug hit but somenone had received a settlement of $20,000 and apparently was bragging about the money. The article states that the men went to the house to steal the money thinking that he kept it in the home. What is up with the other comments anyway???
By Lisa on 11/28 10:23 PM
What happened to the prior comments, were they all deleted???
By Empty heart on 11/28 10:14 PM
Lisa this has already been discussed. Rumors from the locals say lockhart's wife and her sister were at the wrong place at the wrong time and this was a drug hit on individuals in the house who were there also. As far a 5 kids by different women... 3 by wife, 1 who lives in Fla. not married and the youngest by crackhead prostitute who was also not married. 5 kids by 3 women 2 he never married and none he ever lived with (except for the short time his wife ws alive. After she died her parents raised them. That has been talked about in several forums.
By Lisa on 11/28 10:05 PM
News flash: found an article on the Associated Content: "11 years ago, Bradley Lockhart lost wife in tragic murder. Apparently his wife of seven years whom he had three children with was murdered. He is not this horrible man who has baby's by 5 different women as speculated. Read the article he has been through so much tragedy in his life.
By Empty heart on 11/28 08:32 PM
Did the comments get deleted?
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