Shaconda Thomas

DOB: November 23, 1971

• Ofcr. Thane Hunt-PPD

    On October 7, 2004, the grandmother of Shaconda Thomas came to the Peoria Police Department to report that her granddaughter, who lived with her, was missing. It was determined that Shaconda Thomas had not been seen alive by others and had been missing since the last week of August, 2004.  No other valid leads or information would surface to assist family or police in the whereabouts of Shaconda Thomas.

• Det. Dave Hoyle- PCSD Det. Cy Taylor-TCSD

    On January 26, 2005, the defendant spoke with detectives concerning the missing women and this list included Shaconda Thomas. During this interview the defendant stated that he had killed and then burned the bodies of all four of the missing women listed by police and had gathered up each of their burned remains and scattered them at various locations within Peoria County. Bright described how he had dug a hole in his backyard and in the hole he would start a fire which would serve as a pit for him to throw the dead bodies into so that only bones and ashes would be left.

    When asked how the four missing women had been killed, the defendant stated that he had strangled them. Detectives produced a photograph of Shaconda Thomas and showed it to the defendant who said that he remembered her as one of those he killed.

Shaconda Thomas was 32 years old.