Police in Houston have not said whether a body has been found.
Investigators found blood evidence linked to Maleah in his apartment, police said in a news release.
Vence, 26, was arrested Saturday, according to the jail website. A court appearance is scheduled for Monday. Police previously had spelled his first name as "Darion."
Vence has told police that last Saturday he was on the way to the airport to pick up Maleah's mother and had Maleah and his 1-year-old son in his car. On the way, he heard a "popping noise," stopped his vehicle because he thought he had a flat tire and was knocked unconscious by three strangers who pulled up in a blue pickup truck, he told police.
When he woke up a day later, Maleah was gone, he told police.
CNN has reached out to Vence several times this week, but didn't receive a reply. It's unclear if he has a lawyer.
Tampering with a human corpse is a second-degree felony in Texas, which if the defendant is convicted, is punishable by between two and 20 years in prison.
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