{"id":7255,"date":"2026-08-19T21:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=7255"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:09:54","slug":"police-now-suspect-foul-play-in-bay-area-womans-disappearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=7255","title":{"rendered":"Police now suspect foul play in Bay Area woman\u2019s disappearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Fairfield Police Department investigators say they now believe foul play was involved in the disappearance of 36-year-old Chantel Brooks, who has not been seen since the early morning hours of July 17.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=7253\">Former Meta engineer says Instagram took a \u2018don\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u2019 approach on kids under 13<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement Tuesday, police said detectives have developed information during their investigation that led them to believe Brooks\u2019 disappearance \u201cinvolved foul play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The department said the investigation has included dozens of search warrants, multiple coordinated ground searches involving search-and-rescue resources through the California Office of Emergency Services, and extensive aerial drone grid searches, to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>Police also are working closely with the Solano County District Attorney\u2019s Office as detectives continue following leads in the case, investigators said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur investigation will remain active as we continue working to find Chantel and determine what happened to her,\u201d the department release said. \u201cWe remain committed to providing answers to her family and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brooks was last seen on surveillance footage in Fairfield at about 1:45 a.m. July 17, when she left a CVS store in the 300 block of East Travis Boulevard. She was captured on camera approaching her vehicle in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=7247\">Sheriff\u2019s deputies cleared in fatal 2025 San Jose shooting after traffic stop, standoff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About 20 minutes after midnight that morning, Brooks had been recorded leaving her place of employment on the 700 block of Eddy Street in San Francisco. She was wearing a brown multicolored brimmed hat, a red zip-up sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and brown fuzzy boots.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks is described by police as a Black female, 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing about 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She drives a black 2021 Infiniti QX50 SUV with California license plate 9SBB134.<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking anyone who has information about Brooks\u2019 whereabouts, her vehicle or who may have seen either Brooks or her vehicle since the early morning hours of July 17 to contact law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Information can be reported directly to the Fairfield Police Department at (707) 428-7300 or to any local law enforcement agency. Anonymous tips can be made to the department\u2019s Investigations Division at (707) 428-7600.<\/p>\n<p>Tips also can be emailed to the Fairfield Investigations Division at case26-7208@fairfield.ca.gov.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=7245\">Bay Area man gets 27 months for ammo case that stemmed from killing of man and dog<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fairfield Police Department investigators say they now believe foul play was involved in the disappearance of 36-year-old Chantel Brooks, who has not been seen since the early morning hours of July 17. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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