For investigators searching for Chantel “CiCi” Brooks, the final confirmed images are frustratingly ordinary.

She leaves work after midnight.

She drives home toward Fairfield.

She stops at a 24-hour CVS.

At approximately 1:45 a.m., surveillance footage captures her leaving the store and walking toward her SUV.

Then the known timeline ends.

Chantel disappears.

So does her black Infiniti.

Weeks later, Fairfield police announced that they believed foul play may have been involved in her disappearance.

But nearly two months after that final CVS footage, Chantel had not been found, her vehicle remained missing, and police had not publicly identified a suspect.

The result is a case defined by one hauntingly short timeline:

Work. CVS. SUV. Nothing.

She Left Work Shortly After Midnight

Chantel was living in Fairfield and working as a desk clerk at the Le Nain Hotel in San Francisco’s Tenderloin area.

Surveillance footage from July 17, 2026, captured her leaving work at approximately 12:20 a.m.

Nothing publicly released from that footage suggested an emergency.

She appeared to be leaving after her shift.

About 85 minutes later, another camera captured her roughly 40 miles away in Fairfield.

At approximately 1:45 a.m., Chantel was recorded leaving a CVS Pharmacy on East Travis Boulevard.

She was wearing a red zip-up sweatshirt, gray sweatpants, brown furry boots and a multicolored brimmed hat.

The video showed her walking toward her vehicle.

It was the last publicly confirmed sighting of Chantel.

The SUV Disappeared Too

Chantel was driving a black 2021 Infiniti QX50.

That vehicle became one of the most important clues in the investigation because it vanished along with her.

If Chantel had simply disappeared while her SUV remained outside her home, investigators would have been dealing with one type of mystery.

Instead, both the woman and the vehicle were gone.

Later, the SUV was detected by a license-plate-reading camera in Oakland.

That meant investigators had evidence suggesting the vehicle traveled away from Fairfield after Chantel’s last confirmed appearance.

But publicly, the trail did not lead to Chantel.

Police have not announced that the SUV has been recovered.

They have not publicly explained who was driving it when it was recorded in Oakland.

And they have not released footage establishing whether Chantel was still inside.

That gap has become one of the central mysteries in the case.

Her Family Realized Something Was Wrong

Family members became alarmed when Chantel stopped communicating in ways that were normal for her.

Her location had previously been shared with relatives through her phone, but that connection eventually stopped providing them useful information.

There was also an unusual silence online.

Chantel was no longer appearing through the ordinary digital signals that family members expected.

Eventually, she was reported missing.

As the days passed, her relatives began doing their own searches.

They distributed flyers.

They traveled through cities across the Bay Area.

They asked people to look not only for Chantel, but also for her distinctive black Infiniti.

Her disappearance gradually grew from a local missing-person case into a multi-county search.

Police Began Looking Beyond Fairfield

Investigators did not limit their work to the city where Chantel lived.

Search efforts expanded into areas of Solano, Alameda and San Francisco counties.

Police conducted ground searches.

Drones were used to examine areas from the air.

Investigators reviewed surveillance footage and digital information.

Multiple vehicles were processed.

More than 10 electronic devices were obtained and examined.

Dozens of warrants were pursued as detectives attempted to reconstruct Chantel’s movements and communications.

By late August, police said hundreds of investigative hours had been devoted to the case.

But despite all of that activity, there was still no public announcement that Chantel had been found.

And there was still no named suspect.

Then Police Said They Suspected Foul Play

For the first weeks after Chantel disappeared, the case remained publicly framed as a search for a missing woman.

Then the language changed.

In August, Fairfield police said information uncovered during the investigation led detectives to believe foul play may have been involved.

That was a significant development.

Authorities did not publicly explain every piece of evidence behind that assessment.

They also did not accuse anyone of harming Chantel.

But police were now signaling that they no longer viewed her disappearance as simply a case of an adult choosing to leave without contacting relatives.

The amount of time without contact was one concern.

Other facts learned during the investigation also contributed to detectives’ suspicions.

Exactly what those facts were has not been fully disclosed.

Social Media Filled the Gaps Police Wouldn’t

As public attention grew, so did speculation.

Names circulated online.

People developed theories about Chantel’s relationships and final movements.

Some posts claimed particular individuals were responsible.

Police pushed back against that.

Investigators said publicly that they had not identified a confirmed suspect.

That distinction remains important.

A disappearance surrounded by unanswered questions can quickly generate accusations that move much faster than verified evidence.

In Chantel’s case, police have continued investigating while withholding key details.

They have not publicly named the person they believe was responsible — if they have identified such a person at all.

And they have not explained exactly what happened after Chantel approached her SUV at CVS.

The Oakland Sighting Creates Another Question

The movement of Chantel’s Infiniti may be one of the most important pieces of the timeline.

The vehicle was reportedly detected later in Oakland.

Fairfield and Oakland are separated by a significant drive.

That means the SUV apparently continued moving after the last confirmed footage of Chantel in Fairfield.

But the license-plate reader can answer only part of the question.

It can tell investigators that a vehicle passed a location.

It does not necessarily tell them who was behind the wheel.

That leaves a crucial unknown.

Was Chantel driving?

Was someone else?

Was she still inside the SUV?

Or had control of her vehicle already changed?

Police have not publicly answered those questions.

Almost Two Months Later, Her Family Gathered Again

On September 7, as the disappearance approached the two-month mark, Chantel’s family and friends gathered at Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo.

They held candles.

They carried her image.

And they continued asking for information.

By then, this was no longer a family expecting someone to walk through the door after being unreachable for a few days.

They had spent weeks searching cities across the Bay Area.

They had watched police execute searches and collect evidence.

They had heard investigators publicly acknowledge the possibility of foul play.

But they still did not have Chantel.

The Final 85 Minutes Are Clear. What Came After Isn’t.

The known timeline from the night Chantel disappeared is remarkably compact.

At approximately 12:20 a.m., she leaves her job in San Francisco.

At approximately 1:45 a.m., she exits a CVS in Fairfield.

She walks toward her black Infiniti QX50.

Then the confirmed visual record ends.

Later, the SUV appears on a license-plate reader in Oakland.

Somewhere inside that sequence is the answer investigators need.

There may be another camera.

Someone may have seen the Infiniti.

A driver may remember passing it.

Someone may know who was using the SUV after Chantel left CVS.

Until that missing portion of the timeline is reconstructed, the case remains open.

Nearly two months after Chantel Brooks walked out of a CVS shortly before 2 a.m., police were still searching for both her and the vehicle she approached that night.

They know where she worked.

They know where she stopped.

They know what she was wearing.

They know what she was driving.

What they still do not know publicly is the one thing that matters most:

What happened after Chantel walked toward that SUV?