09-22-2010, 04:31 AM
* Shakara Dickens arrested after reporting her daughter missing
* She could be charged with aggravated child neglect and endangerment
* Police say she's given conflicting stories about giving her daughter to someone she doesn't know
09/21/2010
The mother of a missing 9 month old girl is behind bars.
Shakara Dickens is being held as police investigate possible charges of aggravated child neglect and endangerment.
Investigators arrested Dickens because they say she has given "conflicting statements about the disappearance of her daughter," Lauryn.
The arrest came after police spent the day at the 19-year-old mother's Raleigh Village Apartment.
Neighbors watched as investigators pulled little Lauryn's car seat and walker from her mother's home. One officer walked out with a brown paper bag filled with something inside. Police even searched using cadaver dogs.
Seeing all the officers and the Crime Scene Investigator's car has Jameka Branch thinking the worst.
"It probably happened up there," she said pointing to Shakara's apartment. "Why do crime scene?" After pausing she finished, saying "they don't be around unless it's a crime scene."
According to police records on September 15 , 2010 Shakara reported her daughter missing.
That's a whole week after she claims she gave her daughter to a stranger.
"It's too many lies around here," said neighbor Laquisha Branch. "She's showing no remorse. If it was me I would be out here pulling strings of hair...looking for mine."
Whether Shakara's story is true or not, people are just hoping police find little Lauryn alive.
Homicide detectives are now involved in this investigation.
