Props to Shaq

I've always liked Shaq. What's not to like? I like him even more after hearing this story.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) | Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl after being moved by national news coverage of the case of Shaniya Davis, who police say was kidnapped and killed. The Cleveland Cavaliers player was touched by the stories that he saw and got in touch with the family to see what he could do to help, a spokeswoman for Mr. O'Neal said Thursday. More than 2,000 people attended the girl's funeral Sunday. Her body was found Nov. 16 beside a rural road. Her mother, Antionette Davis, who had reported the child missing six days earlier, is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution. Mario McNeill is charged with murder, rape and kidnapping in the case. The two are incarcerated in state prison facilities in Raleigh until their scheduled court dates - Ms. Davis on Dec. 3; Mr. McNeill on Dec. 9. "I was sitting at home watching it on the news and the story brought a tear to my eye," Mr. O'Neal told the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper. "Being a law enforcement guy that investigates crimes against children, I wanted to be able to help in some way."