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Arrest Made in Disappearance of Graham Woman

By: BCHP News Staff
Updated: February 5, 2013
There has been an arrest made in the case of a Graham woman who disappeared in early December of 2011.

20-year-old Candice Shields went missing from her grandparent's home over night after her grandfather told her to go to bed so she could get up early for work.

The GrahamLeader.com is reporting that 24-year-old Sweetwater resident Jeremy Paul Thornburg has been arrested in Abilene by the Texas Rangers in association with the case.

Thornburg was in a relationship with Shields and is now suspected of having a connection to both her kidnapping and murder.

Within the past few hours there was a news conference in Graham were local police discussed remains recently discovered that could be Shields's. 

More information will follow when available.

The above photo is courtesy of GrahamLeader.com.

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This is the first I've heard about any remains being located! Were they Candace's???

Christine S. March 1, 2013 at 4:09 pm

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