Candice L. Fisher was 19 when she was last seen on May 29, 1989, near 37th Street and Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. She disappeared over the Memorial Day weekend while reportedly going through personal difficulties. Another local woman, Christina Brandolese, vanished the same day from a different part of the city, and investigators later concluded the two disappearances were likely connected.

On June 2, 1989, Fisher’s body was found in a hedgerow in the 25500 block of West 191st Street in rural Johnson County, Kansas, only a few miles from where Brandolese’s remains were recovered. Fisher had suffered blunt force trauma and her remains had been partially burned; decomposition made it difficult to confirm whether she had the same throat injuries seen in the other victim. Detectives noted similarities in disposal and treatment of the bodies and formed a multiagency Metro Squad that followed hundreds of leads before the case cooled.

Authorities identified Richard Grissom Jr. as the primary suspect; he had been released from prison shortly before the killings and was later convicted in three other murders. No physical evidence definitively tied him to Fisher’s death, and the case remains officially unsolved. If anyone knew Candice, her movements that weekend, or saw suspicious activity near 37th and Main or West 191st around May 29–June 2, 1989, please come forward with information.