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This site has been created in a desperate attempt to locate our family member Candace Amanda Shpeley. We her family are desperate for Candace’s safe return.

Candace is a beautiful young woman and a mother of three gorgeous children, a loving daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece & cousin, not too mention a friend to everyone who has ever had the great pleasure to have met her.

Candace has been missing since March 31, 2007, We her family are greatly concerned for her well being and safety. She is deeply missed by all, we need to know her whereabouts or hear from anybody that may have seen or heard, or had some sort of contact with Candace since her disappearance.

Candace’s whole family is sick with worry, all the sleepless nights and tears do not stop; nor will they stop until we know "Our Candace" is safe. We will not stop searching, we want Candace to know; we will not give up looking for you or taking care of your children until you return home.

Her beautiful children need their Mother, her parents need their daughter, and the rest of us need our very much-loved family member home. Our family is not complete without Candace. "Candace we love you and miss you so very very much". Please if anyone can get a message through to Candace, tell her not to give up hope, we will not give up on "Our Candace".

If there is anybody who can offer even a little bit of hope, maybe a sighting, a conversation or even hearsay, please do the right thing, and tell the right people. The links are below, The Abbottsford Police, or Crimestoppers, you will always remain anonymous. BUT we do need to know. There has to be somebody out there who knows where or what has happened to Candace, and that piece of information could be just the piece of the puzzle we are looking for to put this whole mystery to an end.

The countless days, weeks and now months are truly unbearable, the not knowing is the worse. We just want our Candace back, the hole in the hearts of our family and lives is incredibly empty and one of the hardest things we have ever had to deal with.

Emilee and Samantha (Candace's daughters) talk about their Mommy and it breaks our heart that we do not have an answer for these two sweet, innocent and fragile girls. Their Grandparents are wonderful and do everything that they can for them, but no one can replace a "Mother". Candace Shpeley, needs to come home!

We are asking please, come forward, please help our family find Candace. Any tip, big or small could help, if we could trace Candace’s last steps, know her last whereabouts, who she was with, where she had last been or who she had been meeting with; could all play a vital role in Candaces return.

No family should go through this, no young beautiful lady, should be missing like this and no young children should ever have their Mother disappear; EVER!!

We are begging you the public or any friends out there to please help us bring Candace home.

Candace: Your family loves and misses you, more than anyone could ever imagine. If you can read this or if anyone can help…Please, Please make some kind of contact, your family is empty without you.

Written with love and hope by Auntie Neats
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'Where is she?' asks father

Ted Colley, Surrey Now
Published: Friday, January 09, 2009
It will soon be two years since Barry Shpeley's daughter disappeared and not knowing if she's dead or alive is wearing on him.
Candace Shpeley, 23 years old and the single mother of three small children, was living in Abbotsford on March 31, 2007, the day she vanished. Candace was last seen in Surrey. Her car was found abandoned in Vancouver.
Shpeley and his wife, Kathryne, are caring for two of their grandchildren, Candace's daughters. The third child, a boy, is living with his father.
Abbotsford police initially handled the missing person file, but eventually it was turned over to IHIT, a regional homicide team comprising investigators from the RCMP and several municipal forces.
The investigation has hit a wall and Barry Shpeley doesn't know where to turn for help.
He called a press conference at Surrey's provincial courthouse Wednesday hoping media attention might trigger a break in the case, but only local newspaper reporters showed up to hear what he had to say.
"I wish the TV people had come. I want this to go across Canada. The police say she hasn't left the country, so where is she?" Shpeley asked plaintively.
Shpeley said he picked the Surrey courthouse for his press conference because Candace was last seen in this city and the man he believes was the last person to see her was scheduled to appear there on an unrelated murder charge.
"The police told me she went to see him at his place in Surrey that day. I asked his lawyer for a face-to-face meeting with him to ask him about her, but he said he's not interested."
Shpeley isn't happy with IHIT's handling of the case either. He said the investigation appears to be stalled and he's getting little information from the police.
"I've been told that because there's no evidence that anything happened to her, they can't do anymore for her, that they can't get any warrants or anything," he said.
Shpeley also said four different detectives have taken the lead on his daughter's file since IHIT took over, leaving him to think the homicide squad isn't giving the file a high priority.
RCMP Corporal Dale Carr is IHIT's media spokesman. Carr said a missing person file with no evidence of foul play reduces the number of investigative tools available to police.
"Oftentimes judges aren't willing to give us authorization in the form of warrants to search or to listen in (wiretap a subject's phone), that kind of thing," Carr said.
"We take these files very seriously."
He also said the same homicide team leader has been in charge of the investigation from the beginning. Carr said Shpeley's contact at IHIT can change as officers transfer in and out of the section, but the team leader hasn't changed.
Frustrated with the lack of progress in the police investigation, Shpeley has turned to other sources of information.
"I've talked to four psychics. One said she's a hostage, one said she's alive and two said she's dead. They said go look here. I've walked through brambles, up to my waist in water. Nothing, but that's what you do as a parent."
Asked if Candace might simply have decided to escape her life by disappearing, Shpeley admitted he's considered that possibility.
"Yes, it could be. Three kids, a single mother and two different fathers who were driving her crazy. Yeah, there's a chance she might have thought, I've had enough, I'm outta here. But she fought so hard for custody of the kids. I don't know."
There's been speculation Candace was using drugs, but Shpeley thinks that's unlikely. When he asked her if it was true, she passionately denied the accusation and he's inclined to believe her.
On the night of March 31, 2007 - the day Candace disappeared - police saw a car bearing her licence plates outside a Surrey drug house. Shpeley believes at that point someone else was using the car.
Shpeley's no fool, he's just a father. He knows he might be kidding himself, but he wants to believe. He wants to believe his daughter isn't a junkie and he wants to believe she's still alive.
And if Candace is alive, Shpeley doesn't care why she left. He just wants to know she's OK.
"If you decided you don't want to be a mom anymore, if you're a drug addict, I don't care. Just come home."
And if she's no longer among the living, Shpeley wants to know that, too.
"It's heart wrenching. For two years we've been dealing with this and we've got no closure."

The last time he saw his daughter

She was proud of her new wheels, but there was a wonky electric power window.
Candace was 23, a single mom with three children, but she would still go to Dad every time something needed repairing.
Barry told her it would probably take a few hours because he would have to pull the inside door panel.
"Her driver's side window was okay, so there was no rush," Shpeley recalled.
They agreed he would tackle the window sometime after Easter.
It was the last time he saw his youngest child and only daughter.
She vanished on March 31, 2007.
The initial police search concentrated on North Surrey where Candace was believed to be visiting friends.
The family says Abbotsford police told them one man claimed he spoke to Candace near 98 Avenue and 120 Street around 1 a.m. on Sunday, April 1.
She wanted to go out partying but he was too tired and turned her down, the man said.
Surrey RCMP have disclosed that they ran the licence plate of Candace's car twice when it was parked outside a suspected drug house in the Guildford/Fleetwood area.
The vehicle was found abandoned in Vancouver two weeks later.
The last call on her cell phone was made near the Surrey-Langley border.
Her bank account was never touched.
After almost two years, what was a missing persons case has been taken over by the regional Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT).
On Wednesday, a frustrated Barry Shpeley staged a news conference outside the Surrey courthouse to complain about the lack of progress.
"I've been told they (IHIT) can't do anything more," he said.
"No one seems to give a damn that a young mother of three vanished."
Shpeley's own investigations have hit a dead end.
He said the last person to see his daughter has refused to talk to him.
The police have interviewed the man, but Shpeley wants a "face-to-face, man-to-man" meeting.
He said the man is facing criminal charges in Surrey on an unrelated matter.
Candace's children are being raised by their grandparents.
"It's just heart-wrenching," Shpeley said.
Candace Shpeley is Caucasian, 5’1”, 123 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the IHIT tip line at 1-877-543-9217, or if you wish to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 604-669-TIPS.
More details about the case are posted at http://www.candaceamandashpeley.ca
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