Candice Shields - pregnant and missing since December 10 2011

[rachy]

'I don't know what to do anymore': Last words of missing pregnant mother, 20, as police continue 41-day search
Candice Shields, 20, last seen the evening of December 10
Left all belongings, including cellphone, at the Graham, Texas home she shares with her grandparents
Reported missing by family on December 15
Four months pregnant and has one-year-old son
No evidence that indicates foul play, say police



Police in Graham, Texas are investigating the disappearance of 20-year-old pregnant mother who disappeared last month.

Candice Shields was last seen the night of December 10 at the home she shares with her grandparents.

Investigators say they have no evidence indicating foul play in the case but are calling her disappearance 'unusual'.

Ms Shields, who has a one-year-old son, Christopher, and is four months pregnant with her second child, was reported missing by her family on December 15 at 1:18pm.

According to Fox News, police say her cellphone records indicate her phone was used to make a call from the home at around 2:30am on December 11.

The phone and all of Ms Shields' belongings were left behind at the residence.

According to Ms Shields' Facebook page, she did not own a car, and police say she had no known mode of transportation.

At 3:15 the morning of December 10, she asked for help on the social networking website finding a vehicle to get to a new job.

Her last message, at 1:38am on December 11, she wrote cryptically, 'idk [I don't know] wat [what] to do anymore.'

Jeremy Thornburg, who is listed on Ms Shields' Facebook page as her boyfriend, posted a message on the site on December 12 at 12:18am alerting friends to her disappearance.

'well FB [Facebook] im really worried and stressing out because today i found out my girlfriend and future mother of my child has disappeared and no one has heard from her,' he wrote, adding: 'i just have to stay positive and hope for the best if anyone knows anything of her where abouts please inform me or her family.'

The woman's family told police Ms Shields had no known history of substance abuse or mental health issues.

Forty-six days since Ms Shields was last seen by her grandfather, her family is still leading efforts to collect information linked to her disappearance.

Members of the small town where she vanished gathered in the Old Ag Barn in Graham on Monday and went door-to-door around the neighbourhood with help from CUE, Community United Effort Center for Missing Persons.

Ms Shield's mother, Michelle Quillin, and her step-father, Ronnie Quillin, who live in San Antonio, told News Channel 6 Now their goal is to remind the community that their daughter is sill missing.

'We just want to make people remember that night. We are just trying to jog memories,' Mrs Quillin said.

Graham, Texas, 90 miles northwest of Fort Worth, has a population of about 8,900.

Police have described Ms Shields as 5ft 3in tall and weighing approximately 130lbs. She was last seen wearing a black-hooded shirt, black and green pajama pants with an 'Xbox 360 logo' and white tennis shoes.

Anyone with information regarding her disappearance is urged to call the Graham Police Dept. during normal business hours at 940-549-6441 or the Young County Sheriff's Office (24 hour number) at 940-549-1555.

candice with her boyfriend jeremy.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...umstances.html

her facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...535214&sk=wall
her boyfriend's facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...636091&sk=wall


http://www.facebook.com/groups/223972177689097/

[Olivia]

A 20-year old Graham woman has been missing for more than a week, and her parents are frantic as they look for her.

Candice Shields was last seen at the home of her grandparents, Johnny and Diana Salinas, in the 1300 block of Pearl Street on the evening of Dec. 10.

?The last time they saw her was at 9:30 or 10 p.m. She was starting a new job at Whataburger in Graham the next morning. She gathered her things to go to bed,? said Shield?s mom, Michelle Quillin. ?My dad got up in the middle of the night around 2:30 or 3 a.m. and checked on her, and she was gone. He looked all over the house. He noticed the front door was still locked, but the back door of the house was unlocked. He looked out the back door and didn?t see her, and he called us the next morning and told us she was missing. She was not in her bed.?

Shields, who is three months pregnant, left all of her belongings behind.

?She just mysteriously left her grandparents? house in the middle of the night. She didn?t take any of her things ? no clothes, personal belongings, no personal hygiene things, nothing,? said her stepfather Ronnie Quillin. ?She?s practically welded to her cell phone, but she left her cell phone, her purse, her ID, money, everything.?

Michelle said she and her husband have talked to neighbors to see if they saw anything that night but to no avail.

?Nobody saw anything, and they have three dogs in the back and two Dachshunds that bark at the drop of a hat. They bark if a leaf gets turned over, and my dad gets up and looks out, and they did not bark that night whatsoever,? she said.

The Quillins, who have recently moved to San Antonio, spent four days in Graham searching for their daughter. Michelle said she knew something was wrong when she didn?t get a call from Candice last week.

?My birthday was Dec. 14, and my husband and I have six children. Out of our six children, she is the first one to call me in the morning,? she said. ?She didn?t call, text, send me anything in the mail. By that evening, I knew in my gut, in my heart of hearts, I knew something was wrong with my baby. We immediately packed and left and headed to Graham Wednesday, and we started asking around and talking to people. We went to the police and filed a missing person?s report.?

There?s also been no online activity for Shields since her disappearance.

?She?s a constant Facebook updater. She?s always on it and there?s no activity,? Michelle said.

The last status update for Shields is dated Dec. 11 at 12:38 a.m.

Shields also hasn?t spoken to her friend she usually relies on in times of need, Marissa Munn.

?She is the one that Candice goes to when she?s in trouble, needs anything. Marissa even said this is not like Candice,? Michelle said.

Munn, along with the Salinas, inventoried the belongings Shields left and determined what she was wearing.

?Marissa knows everything she owns. They were roommates in Midland. She said her black hoodie, her black sweatpants with the Xbox logo and her white Nikes are missing so we know that?s what she was wearing,? Michelle said.

The Quillins fear that because their daughter is an adult, the police are not taking the investigation seriously, but they also know they may not have much to go on.
?They think because she?s 20 that she?s just gone missing because she doesn?t want to be found. But I don?t think so. I think she?s gone because something desperately wrong has happened to her, or she doesn?t want to be found because she?s scared,? said Michelle.

Shields was recently threatened by the ex-girlfriend of a man she was dating.
?We have heard word that?s she?s running for her life,? said Michelle. ?She?s been threatened because of a former boyfriend that she was seeing. His ex threatened to take Candice out because she wanted him back. She made threats in front of witnesses that she was going to take out Candice anyway she could to get (him) back. Police said they have already talked to her, and she denied making the threats.?

Graham Police Chief Tony Widner said Monday that the search for Shields is ongoing.

?We are still inquiring. We are receiving sketchy reports and trying to check them out. We still ask anybody in the public that has spoken with her or seen her to contact us and let us know and if they know where she is, that she contact us to let everybody know that she?s safe,? Widner said.

The Graham PD has entered Shield as a welfare concern/missing person on the Texas and National Law Enforcement computer systems as well as contacted law enforcement agencies in areas where she has been in the past.

?We?re contacting any agency that we have any reason to believe that she might be in their jurisdiction,? said Widner.

The Quillins said as a teenager, Shields did some foolish things, but nothing like this. Michelle said her daughter never went more than 24 to 36 hours without letting her know where she was.

?Everything is adding up to something is wrong, and we hope to God we?re wrong. We?d love nothing more than for her to pop up and go, ?Ha, ha, the jokes on you,? but it?s not looking like that,? said Ronnie.

The worst possible outcome is very real for the Quillins because the family has seen firsthand what can happen in a situation like this. They were close to Bridget Herard, the teenage girl who disappeared in December 2009 and whose body was found six weeks later.

?She was a friend of my daughter. She spent the night at our house two weeks prior to her disappearing. We don?t want this to end up like another Bridget case,? said Michelle. ?This does not need to be taken lightly. We can?t let this go that far. Hailey Dunn, the girl from Colorado City, Dec. 18 is a year for her and nobody?s heard anything. We don?t want her to go this far. This is just something that ... Graham does not need this to happen again.?

She said the rumor mill is not helping in any way.

?There are so many rumors going around that Candice is with somebody or that she has been found. We, as the parents through the media, will let you know when she?s been found,? Michelle said.

She said she is appreciative of the support but hopes the community will continue to look for her daughter.

?It?s great we?ve had so many people post her picture on Facebook and so many people call us and say they?re praying for her safe return, but with as many people looking, there?s been nothing ? absolutely nothing,? Michelle said. ?I hope everyone will comb the fields or if they?re driving or riding their bike, go down a different path and just see. Look for anything unusual. Hopefully, everybody will say a prayer, keep the lights on and let her know that you?re there for her and take another path everyday and maybe they will see something.

?It?s really hard to stay focused, but I?m trying to focus and pray and keep an open mind. I?m trying to stay optimistic, and I know that the Lord will guide her home. I hope that?s enough.?

http://www.grahamleader.com/index.asp?Story=24059

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...535214&sk=wall - personal FB

https://www.facebook.com/groups/223972177689097/ - Find Candice FB

[g r ee n ey e s]

Her bf: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...636091&sk=wall

[Olivia]

Her bf: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php...636091&sk=wall

Wow. He seems worried. Not.

[g r ee n ey e s]

Wow. He seems worried. Not.

Those were my sentiments.

"If you see her or know where she is, contact me or her family.."

[danakscully64]

This isn't going to end well :(

[strmmrgrrl]

Wow. He seems worried. Not.

Those were my sentiments.

"If you see her or know where she is, contact me or her family.."

Jeezus!

Jeremy Thornburg went from being "single" to "in a relationship".
10 hours ago

[g r ee n ey e s]

Yeah.. He is like, "well guess dat baby shiz ain't happeninz.."

[strmmrgrrl]

Yeah.. He is like, "well guess dat baby shiz ain't happeninz.."

"I'm like worrieds and shiz cuz my future baby like and babyz mama is like missing and shiz and ooh look! 49ers!"

[g r ee n ey e s]

Fucking Facebook. Nails them every time..

[strmmrgrrl]

Jeremy Thornburg
well last night my beautiful daughter Kalylah Thornburg got to spend da night wit me and to tell u da truth i now think im da happiest father in da world becauze last night was so amazing wonderful and peaceful i jus hope and cant wait for da next time it happenz again
Share ? 10 November 2011 at 13:13

He JUST had a kid with someone else before Candace went missing. Good lord.

[strmmrgrrl]

Jeremy Thornburg
Wutz good facebook jus wanted to let people kno that im selling my HDMI projector for 350 if ur interested hit me up on here or on my cell 8172913641
Share ? 11 October 2011 at 21:15 ?
RECENT ACTIVITY
Jeremy is now friends with John Neudorf and Anthony T. Livingston.
Jeremy listed Beverly BeckyRuth Scarborough-Cook as his cousin.
Jeremy is now friends with Candice Shields and Marissa Munn.

[strmmrgrrl]

The other baby mama

http://www.facebook.com/lajuana.long.9

[g r ee n ey e s]

Someone should screencap that Shit.

[danakscully64]

I didn't realize she had a 2 year old son. Why isn't that mentioned in the article?

He's trashy. I wonder if he even graduated from high school.

[strmmrgrrl]

I didn't realize she had a 2 year old son. Why isn't that mentioned in the article?

He's trashy. I wonder if he even graduated from high school.

From what I can tell, it looks like she cheated on her sons father with Jeremy.

Oof.

[Olivia]

Someone should screencap that Shit.

I wasn't sure which shit you were referring to here so here is an assortment

[rachy]

candice and her son.

[Just Me]

Wow he moves fast. Can't be to worried about his missing pregnant babies momma if he already moved on.

[Seraphim]

I wasn't sure which shit you were referring to here so here is an assortment

He deleted the status about being worried about Candice. He did link up to the new girlfriend though!

https://www.facebook.com/sarah.h.santiago

[g r ee n ey e s]

He deleted the status about being worried about Candice. He did link up to the new girlfriend though!

https://www.facebook.com/sarah.h.santiago

Fucking screencaps!! Gahh!!

[Olivia]

He deleted the status about being worried about Candice. He did link up to the new girlfriend though!

https://www.facebook.com/sarah.h.santiago

I think it's still there?

[rachy]

the comment he said about candice is still on his facebook.

[Seraphim]

Dont mind me.

My FB must be screwed up, cause its not there on mine. lol.

[rachy]

screen shot from my phone.