FAYETTEVILLE
Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has paid for the funeral of Shaniya Davis, the 5-year-old girl whose kidnapping and slaying received national news coverage.
O'Neal, who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, was touched by the case, the Fayetteville Observer reported.
More than 2,000 people attended her funeral Sunday. The girl's body was found Nov. 10 beside a rural road.
Her mother, Antionette Davis, is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. Mario McNeill is charged with murder, rape and kidnapping.
The funeral home declined to say what the service cost.
A Cavaliers official did not return calls from The Associated Press early Thursday. The funeral home declined comment.
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