Candace Walton 1Authorities initially believed Candace Walton, [photo], was one of the two bodies found in a house fire in Monroe County, Georgia, on Thursday morning. Hours hours later, authorities found Candace alive and heading to Oregon in her mother’s stolen car  
A teenage girl in Georgia thought to have been killed in a fire alongside her brother has been found alive and charged with murdering him and an unknown female believed to be her mother, authorities said.
Candace Walton of Monroe County was charged with murder and arson after she was pulled over by police Thursday afternoon in western Kentucky, some 12 hours after her brother and an as-yet-unidentified woman were found dead in a house fire southwest of Forsyth.
Authorities initially believed Candace, 16, was one of the two dead bodies found in the house fire in on Thursday morning. Just hours later, authorities found Candace alive and heading to Oregon in her mother’s stolen car. 
Gerald Walton [left], and Tasha Vandiver (right)Victims: One body is confirmed as that of the arson suspect’s older brother Gerald Walton, [left]. The other is an unidentified female which may be the alleged arsonist’s mother Tasha Vandiver [right]
One body is confirmed as that of Gerald Walton, Candace’s 21-year-old brother. The other is an unidentified female which may be her mother, Tasha Vandiver, 46.

The teen has now been arrested and charged with the murder of her brother and the unidentified female, who may be her missing mother.
Emergency services were called to a blaze at a property in Forsyth,  Monroe County at around 3.30 am Thursday morning.
First responders found two badly burned bodies wer. e discovered inside the home and were originally identified as Gerald and Candace. Emergency services called to a blaze at this home, in Monroe County at around 3.30 am

Tasha Vandiver's home 6Thursday morning thought the children were both killed and their mother missing
Tasha Vandiver's home 2Two bodies authorities said were ‘burned beyond recognition’ were discovered inside the home and were originally identified as Gerald and Candace. Candace is now believed to be behind the fatal arson
Authorities said the bodies were ‘burned beyond recognition’.

Officers reported the pair’s mother Tasha Vandiver, 46, missing and her vehicle, a white 2007 Chevrolet Malibu, unaccounted for.
‘Tasha has been entered as missing and we are unsure at this time if she is in any danger,’ a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office news release said Thursday.
However, a nationwide lookout for the car led Kentucky police to locate the vehicle later that afternoon more than 450 miles away in McCracken County.
When they pulled the vehicle over, they found Candace behind the wheel, 13WMAZ reported.
The teen suspect  who attends Mary Persons High School, told officers that she was bound for Oregon: “We believe she’s got a boyfriend in Oregon,” Freeman said.
The sheriff said officers searched the white Chevy Malibu she was in and located some incriminating things.
Monroe sheriff’s investigators traveled through the night Thursday to Kentucky and spoke to Candace Walton,  Sheriff Freeman said.

Tasha Vandiver 2Tasha Vandiver [photo], is still missing  believed to be  the other person whose remains were found in the burned home. Her teen daughter has been charged with arson, theft by taking, and two counts of murder 
Tasha Vandiver's home 5Initially the devastating fire was not believed to be intentionally set
Candace’s mother is still missing and the second body has not been identified.

It has not been confirmed if she is the other person whose remains were found in the burned home.
Initially the fire was not believed to be intentionally set.
Walton has been charged with arson, theft by taking, and two counts of murder.