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Arrest Warrant Issued For Abbas Abdal Kathem Abed In Chelsea Snider Murder

SHERIDAN, Colo. (CBS4)- Sheridan police have issued an arrest warrant for Abbas Abdal Kathem Abed in the Chelsea Snider murder. On Sunday morning, Sheridan police were called to a hotel where Snider, 31, was found dead.

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Chelsea Snider (credit: Facebook)

Sheridan police say they still haven't found Abbas Abdal Kathem Abed or the 2011 Silver Dodge Grand Caravan with Colorado license plate VOR-925 that he's connected with.

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Abbas Abdal Kathem Abed (credit: Sheridan Police)

Abed was a person of interest in the case and named as a suspect when police issued an arrest warrant on Friday. He has been employed as a driver for Uber.

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Image of a vehicle which Sheridan police say looks like the one used in a homicide. (credit: Sheridan)

Snider was a mother of three, her youngest is less than a year old.

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A vigil is planned on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the InTown Suites in Sheridan.

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If you have any information, you're asked to call Sheridan Police Commander Kevin Kenney at 303-901-8435.

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