Overview
- Chantel Brooks, 36, was last captured on surveillance at a Fairfield CVS parking lot approaching her black 2021 Infiniti QX50 (plate 9SBB134) before 2 a.m. on July 17.
- Fairfield police told reporters they now suspect foul play and have executed dozens of search warrants and led coordinated ground and aerial searches including drone grids.
- Brooks’ family has been canvassing the Bay Area, distributing missing-person flyers and saying her phone location stopped showing up when they tried to check it.
- One flyer claims the Infiniti’s license plate was last detected in Oakland but police say that report has not been verified and remain publicly tight-lipped about the basis for their foul-play assessment.
- Investigators are asking the public for tips and are using Cal OES search-and-rescue resources to find evidence or the vehicle, a step that raises the chance of locating forensic leads but leaves the central question of Brooks’ whereabouts unresolved.