Missing Person Photos
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
Missing Person Photos
Candice Renee Shields
Shields, date, approximate 2011; Jeremy Thornburg; Lajuana Long
Date Missing 12/10/2011
Missing From
Graham, Texas
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 09/19/1991 (31)
Age 20 years old
Height and Weight 5'3 - 5'5, 120 - 140 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A black hooded sweatshirt, black and green pajama pants with the X-Box 360 logo and white sneakers.
Medical Conditions Shields was three to four months pregnant at the time of her disappearance.
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, green eyes. Shields's nickname is Candy.
Details of Disappearance Shields was last seen at her grandparents' home in the 1300 block of Pearl Street, near Indiana Street, in Graham, Texas at 9:30 p.m. on December 10, 2011.
At 12:38 a.m. someone accessed her Facebook page, and her cellular phone was used to make a call from the residence at 2:30 a.m. She has never been heard from again and her phone was left behind at her grandparents' house, along with her wallet, identification, purse, clothing and other personal belongings. She also left a one-year-old son.
Shields has no history of mental illness or substance abuse problems. She didn't own a car or have any other mode of transportation. She was due to start a job the day after she was last seen.
Authorities could find no signs of forced entry to her grandparents' home, but the back door was left unlocked. The neighbors heard nothing suspicious that night, and the family's two dogs didn't bark. Her family reported her missing on December 15.
In February 2013, within a few days of each other, Jeremy Paul Thornburg and Lajuana Shunta Long were arrested and charged with Shields's murder. Photos of both of them are posted with this summary.
Thornburg was the father of Shields's unborn child and had been a person of interest since the onset of the investigation. He had dated both Shields and Long. Long allegedly threatened Shields, and Thornburg was one of the last people to see Shields before she vanished. He believed she was seeing other men.
Long pleaded guilty in exchange for a 30-year sentence, and testified about Thornburg, saying he shot Candice to death and together they poured bleach over the body to destroy evidence. Investigators found the gun they believe Thornburg used, and there was a spot of Shields's blood on it. He was convicted in October 2014 and sentenced to life in prison.
Shields's body hasn't been recovered, but foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Graham Police Department
940-549-1212
Other
NamUs
Facebook Page for Candice Shields
Fox News
LostNMissing
The Daily Mail
WFAA-TV
Ellington-Somers Patch
CNN
The Wichita Falls Times Record News
Texoma's Homepage
The Graham Leader
Victims News Online
Missing Person Photos
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
Missing Person Photos
