The Tragic Story of Marie Davis | Forensics | True Crime Central

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As this local series continues, detectives are left to determine whether something darker is at play when 15-year-old Maree Davis sends a text to a friend at 10pm and is never heard from again.
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[@_madmoxie]

19 years for a repeat offender is unjust. What a monster. SMH.

[@jeanbeans7926]

They should have kept him locked away. These perps don't change they only get worse if they get away with their crimes.

[@jasonwyman1873]

How about not inviting your daughter's friends over when your brother, who has a long rap sheet (including rape) is living with you?

[@natalienelson8681]

Wait. So a person of interest simply has to state they were out with friends? Um, no alibi needed? They should’ve done his phone pings the first day.

[@chrismanspeaker9372]

Eventually, and not soon enough, violent rape or assault needs to just carry a lifetime sentence. No do overs, no early release, no parole, just enjoy prison till they carry you to a grave. And add violence in general.

[@jeanbeans7926]

I agree wholeheartedly, this twisted behavior is not rehabilitatable or redeemable in any way. Bye Bye forever

[@hellidontcare7355]

He should’ve been in jail still and this young lady would still be alive. The justice system sucks in every country.

[@stephanieann622]

I absolutely agree. It just makes you wonder where life went wrong in a monster like this. If it was from birth or something else. It doesn’t matter, they don’t deserve to live imo, but it is just a curious thing.

[@user-ou8qk6mo3y]

not every country....some countries it's the death penalty...

[@Hope44903]

19 years?...That is no justice...He raped and killed her ..He should get life in prison...Once on released he will do it again...

[@honestlyme4247]

Exactly. He was let out after his previous crime and did this - what will he do next time!

[@jerimiller5651]

They know. Pedophiles do a lot less then that- fully knowing there's no cure bc that what excites their tiny flaccid -limp noodles. They have rights!!! How proud these cowards must be to not be able to get it with anyone- but forcibly by a very mature women.

[@same5952]

He'll probably be out in 10 years for "good behavior".

[@bencarter7839]

So people need to quit voting for the left.

[@athena8729]

If only the family alerted her and her family of his sick behavior she might be alive today

[@TheLadycountry]

That man preyed on young girls, terrible

[@chris55529]

Whoa, dude!! I didn't even *know* that I subscribed to your channel, but I'll tell you this: for people like me who don't have anything even *resembling* a life, stuff like this can be very interesting. So thanks!!

[@gmimi2]

LOL I totally relate to your comment 😂 I certainly don't have much of a "life" 🤷😂

[@andykerr3803]

I have my Sphynx, that's a little life

[@Sloanmatthews]

Me either…and make me appreciate being single

[@juliesterkel1248]

Lol😂! Totally addicting and amazing how many "regular" people out there are completely evil!

[@sivthangarajah]

​@@gmimi2😊😊

[@mikeballard8404]

What crime do you have to be convicted by a jury of your peers in New Zealand to get life, or life with out parole or DEATH! Cmon my Kiwi friends, use your vote to change the laws!

[@jeanbeans7926]

Yes, I agree.

[@lindavonh131]

He was in prison prior they don’t rehabilitate. Life needs to be natural life. They never need to get out or death penalty

[@jeanbeans7926]

Exactly, there are too many repeat offenders of these and other types of violent crimes.

[@CrustyUgg]

His behavior was unusual and no one wanted to let the police know? I mean in America the police would have questioned him using various tactics

[@tylerskiss]

Not anymore. Depending on where in America one is. These Soros DAs don't prosecute crimes so police have just stopped asking the effort.

[@tylerskiss]

All these stories present it as shocking that the perp also attended the funeral and helped with the search efforts, yet that seems to be the status quo for these types of crimes

[@koinzellthegrayed7860]

I can only hope her friend doesn't feel guilty about what happened to Marie.

[@koinzellthegrayed7860]

@Knowledge Is Contagious Pass It Around edited, thanks

[@Bethany0420]

Hope not, she had no way of knowing what would happen. The adults on the other hand should've known of his criminal history and should've kept all of those kids safe. Why was an uncle allowed around a niece and her friends, when he was a known sxul @buser?? This is why so many kids are @bused and k!lied.

[@lorriesantos340]

@@Bethany0420 EXACTLY !!!!!!!...I Thought The Same Thing....WTH

[@Bethany0420]

@@lorriesantos340 It's crazy to me how many adults allow sxual @busers around kids.

[@andyvankerkhove6902]

I have a wife and four daughters... it is impossible to tell them about the monsters walking among us.... they just dont get it.... why would anybody do this ?... is their reaction... what can I say ? nature ? who raised this monster ? And how to explane that one day this monster will walk free again....?

[@tylerskiss]

It's tough. it's a tightrope walk because you want to present the world and raise the child as trashing and loving, but you still need to find a way to instill fear and caution for the morally corrupt out there. How do you square that circle? How do you teach the children to fear the fire without letting them get burned once?

[@shortstuff5724]

I’m an older woman. I can say things do happen and it is best to be vigilant at all times. I lived alone mostly. I did not appreciate every one telling me not to go out alone. Do not do this or do not do that. Live your life. You can get attacked at home alone as well as out and about. Do not shortchange yourself because you are female.

[@SavingSoulsMinistries]

let them know its biblical demons. that really helps people identify and stray away from people who are possessed. Ephesians 6:12 King James Version 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

[@anthonyjenkins2001]

Ppl dont wanna believe this but its true​@SavingSoulsMinistries

[@annazaman9657]

He planned this attack very well. I'm just surprised there wasn't more evidence of a struggle in the house.

[@susanbengston3208]

He was 39, she was 15. What level of ‘struggle’ could you expect. Horrifying crime.

[@missbabbett9086]

This is very heartbreaking and a tragedy I just never know how her loved ones can cope. 😣 Can't believe he only got 19 years.

[@lindamorris9120]

19years for assaulting and killing a young girl.And convicted before! I can’t imagine her friend”s emotions knowing she introduced them. When slept over.

[@welmanmutya5369]

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[@jakson8216]

Commit this type of crime in the USA you either get sentenced to death or life w/o parole, which is basically the death penalty, because inmates don't put up with child killers !!!!!!!!

[@TheRemoteTTL]

monsters created in movies are to make us prepared for those that lives secretly among us.

[@mailliwbalag5736]

why only 19 years?

[@johnhart2861]

What is preventative probation? It doesn’t sound like just punishment for a murdering pedophile

[@Kari.F.]

He hadn't murdered anyone yet then. "Preventative" in NZ could be what's called supervised in some other countries, I guess? A somewhat qualified guess would be medication that lowers libido and aggression, mandatory random testing for alcohol/drugs and therapy sessions.

[@truecrimeshininglight9821]

Attending outpatient therapy registering worldwide staying in a place that houses offenders and not allowed children women or the community. I tell you what a great preventative probation would be for these types of offenders take all of them to an isolated island with just their types away from society and our children

[@dawnamae7507]

Lock your doors ! Double check before going to bed! Vital info. Some bad characters go from door to door turning knobs and if it’s unlocked - you are at their mercy in your sleep. Carelessness is an accident but just check and double check - any positive action against a negative outcome is in your hands … until it isn’t!

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

I use an add-a lock on all my doors.; Makes it much harder to get in. They'd have to break the door down and at that point I'd be ready with my shotgun.

[@tyc1Z.Z1]

An additional security door in front of the main entry door of the house is good to have. It has a metal design/ bars on it so home owner can see/ talk to the person outside without opening this door. Some such doors also have a small section that can be opened from the inside to take parcels.

[@jakson8216]

Lock your doors ! Double check before going to bed ! And one more thing - Load your Glock and make sure one is in the chamber !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@susanbengston3208]

@@jakson8216: Not if you have Children in your house!!

[@noelliebtsie]

Case after case, they're so slow to properly check out a clear person of interest that they can't possibly ever rescue someone in those first crucial hours.

[@gallantserver]

Horrible man. There needs to be more help available for people who may be going down this path before they inflict this much damage and suffering on victims and communities.

[@jerimiller5651]

He's such a loser can only get it by forcibly taking it from a helpless person

[@chreg89]

He could have called a pastor or the police.

[@cathyprosser1050]

This case is awfully sad for Marie😢 Such a sweet and obviously loved and quite talented young lady to have been murdered. The investigative work was very impressive and although New Zealand clearly has quite lax sentencing guidelines they can use to put away murderers like this one, law enforcement works well at identifying the responsible perpetrator.

[@nanettecormier8513]

I just saw a case where the perpetrator got 13 years and 7 months for killing and dismembering his ex partner!! Is NZ short of prisons? It's unbelievable!

[@jeanbeans7926]

WTH? Good lord, that's criminal in itself!!

[@einienj3281]

Bedding was missing from the house.. her body was wrapped into it.. she let someone in, was murdered and body and bag was taken.. must have been someone she didn't expect to attack her.. or she had forgotten to lock the door and someone just walked in..

[@keeganpony]

100%

[@wildbirdbuffetfrenzy4161]

Uh huh...😮

[@emilymulcahy]

You just summarized most of the video, thanks captain obvious

[@einienj3281]

@@emilymulcahy Oh no. Don't like it, don't read it. Or spend time to comment on it.. 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

[@emilymulcahy]

@@einienj3281 the internet is a free for all, you make a dumbass comment, be prepared to be told how much of a dumbass you are

[@heksedansd.2919]

Marie 🙏❤

[@l.palmer6747]

Excellent forensics show. At least this kidnapper, rap**t, murderer got a better sentence than the last one I saw . The police were happy that the same type of monster got 13 yrs. NZ, world. . . take better care of your women and children. These guys don't change.

[@robinhoodfrancisco4133]

😢15years ,how about the life of the family ....sad

[@johnhenderson131]

The forensic evidence is always important evidence but I just wonder why he lied by giving a false alibi in a murder investigation. I can only think of one reason to lie about that.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

New Zealand rocks. RIP Marie

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

I love that woman detective. I wish we had more cops like her here. Ours are pigs

[@sujatafernandes973]

same here 🙄

[@emilinebelle7811]

Like… literally pigs?

[@oldtabrough1026]

19 years? Hahaha...I didn't know I was watching a comedy show all this while. What a joke?!

[@jerimiller5651]

Can't believe things on door cams!! Scary. We know how to get rid of walking dead.

[@deevillarreal9475]

I love your cases, I wish city and state was mentioned, I'm lost the world is huge where are we to ......... Hmmmmm

[@s8moneperch374]

My goodness who came up with the invention for all those equipments

[@rooder8827]

He should never come out of jail. Sad NZ - he would have got life in the USA!

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

No he would not have. Only if he was a serial killer. Then maybe 50 years, out at 35 for good behavior.

[@ManahsRoom]

@@PlatinumIrishroserefer to my comment

[@jerribuford5559]

I'm thinking about subscribing....🤔🤔

[@lyndawadsworth8572]

If you leave your fifteen year old and come back. And found your daughter gone how do you live with that guilt.

[@SavingSoulsMinistries]

i was spending whole weekends alone at 13 and never once thought to do anything crazy. at 15 you are not as negligent as a grade schooler. but that doesnt mean i condone it necessarily. the whole idea of someone breaking in didnt even exist as a possibility to my family and i at the time haha!!

[@amyrudolph3932]

❤❤

[@PinkKitten77]

This girl had alot of fight in her 😢 she would’ve been very beneficial in a number of different outcomes mother/nurse and much more. This monster rid the world of experiencing her gifts and personality 😔 may her soul rest with jesus christ in heaven.

[@jlongino51823]

The sentences in other countries are sickening. Y’all don’t believe in life that means the entire rest of their natural life. Why did it take so long to get evidence and y’all just let him say he was out. Shameful on the entire system.

[@wildbirdbuffetfrenzy4161]

I notice honesty is not mentioned....Perception@deception

[@janbarber7807]

You've been reading David Icke!

[@wildbirdbuffetfrenzy4161]

@@janbarber7807 Heard the name but no deception@perception with me...

[@toddsterling4949]

19 years is a joke!!

[@litaa.6462]

And here is yet ANOTHER example of why I now own 2 huge pitbulls! I will never suffer domestic violence, or any kind of violence, again and I will never, ever be car jacked, or kidnapped, or raped again. Pitbull... don't leave home without it.

[@williamkuettner-vk6tq]

If my brother died and I just heard he died and not why and I thought he might have died from something else and I heard voices saying what he died from who can I talk to in Atlanta Georgia about it because usually you find it if they don't die of what you think it leads to the truth

[@chreg89]

The police

[@jeannineroberton4019]

DNA on glove not rope, etc?

[@Gisellej80]

Rip#mariedavis

[@Shabaazkhaan]

your male reporters voice is loud and clear but this other lady telling the story has such a low voice and such a quer accent , you hardly can make out what she is saying !!

[@Alexus_Leenn]

STOP LEAVING YOUR KIDS HOME ALONE. ALWAYS HAVE ANOTHER PERSON THERE

[@grammichal6759]

Victim blaming much? 15 year olds can easily be babysitters of other children so they’re certainly capable of staying home alone. The uncle targeted her as you hear from the end of the video. It was not a random attack.

[@Miss_Wonderful1]

At 15 one could even have a job; they're not toddlers and it's not a parent's fault if there's a pedo around.

[@Hope44903]

She was a easy target because that monster was back out from prison for sexual attack...He learned better in prison how next to kill and destroy evidence...But he was not smarter than science or the detectives....He should get death or life in prison...That disgusting maggot..

[@l.palmer6747]

And then suddenly when she is 18 and totally unprepared for life you send her out in the world? True story... my 12 yr old son wanted to be left at home for the summer rather than sent to child care. I actually called the police to see if there was some legal age for that (because I had a very vindictive ex). They said it really just depends on the maturity of the child. My son was an excellent student and pretty level headed so I let him. I also bought a lot of models to put together and kept him busy with baseball in the evenings and I sent his younger brother to daycare.

[@hamanamanama2263]

Stop stalking and murdering women of all ages.

[@bicgohill8756]

This feels like lame ass network tv, I’ll take regular people with cell a phone for my true crime.

[@dirtybiker676]

I blame the mother and sister for this.. who in their right mind would leave a 15 year old child CHILD alone.. total neglect

[@l.palmer6747]

Really? I was babysitting all over the area at age 11. She seemed to be a good level headed girl. The blame is his and parole for letting him out.

[@shannilmerrill426]

What are you talking about? 15? That’s high school age. I was babysitting other peoples kids when I was 12.

[@dirtybiker676]

Trying to justify other people’s actions because they’re negligent is saying you do the same thing lol great parenting good on you

[@momluvzsprtz]

15 year old children are old enough to be home alone for an evening. You realize she was in high school? Iwas working a job and driving at 15. It could have happened to any woman. The blame lies with the psychopath that killed her. I watched numerous episodes of this show, all New Zealand. The highest penalty was the one, 19 years. All were rape murders. I would ssy this country doesn't believe that crimes against women is a heinous crime. He should've received the death penalty.

[@brianwebber6996_ROADHUNTER]

You're joking, right??