Parents of murdered teen pay tribute to their '˜beautiful girl'

Sharon Grice and Richard Green of Hove, parents of Shana Grice, 19, said: “Shana is our beautiful girl, a kind thoughtful, caring daughter who always thought of others. “We would like to thank Ashley and his family for their support. “We would also like to thank everyone for their beautiful kind words. “We would like to ask that our privacy be respected through this difficult time.” According to Sussex Police, Ashley was Shana’s current boyfriend. Shana’s body was found at her address in Chrisdory Road, Mile Oak, on Thursday morning. The 27-year old man arrested on Thursday on suspicion of murder in Burgess Hill is still in custody for interview and further enquiries, police said. Magistrates at Brighton today granted a warrant authorising his continued detention if necessary until Sunday. A post-mortem is currently taking place in Brighton but is not expected to conclude until later tonight. As previously announced, the death has been notified to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. To read the full story, click here. Don’t miss out on all the latest breaking news where you live. Here are four ways you can be sure you’ll be amongst the first to know what’s going on. 1) Make our website your homepage 2) Like our Facebook page 3) Follow us on Twitter 4) Register with us by clicking on ‘sign in’ (top right corner). You can then receive our daily newsletter AND add your point of view to stories that you read here. And do share with your family and friends - so they don’t miss out! Always the first with your local news. Be part of it.