TX - Zuzu Verk, 22, Alpine, 12 Oct 2016 Media, Maps & Timeline NO DISCUSSION

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Zuzu Verk Timeline
*Key Events are in Red

Sometime around May 2016- Zuzu first dates RF (Multiple media reports after her Oct disappearance say he is her on-again-off-again boyfriend of 6 months).

1 May to August 2016- Zuzu worked with the Borderlands Research Institute and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to study the survival rate of pronghorn fawns in the Trans-Pecos/Marfa Plateau area.

June 2016- Zuzu made the Dean’s List at Sul Ross University

23 Sept 2016- Zuzu and 10 other students presented their results at the 2nd annual Borderlands Research Insitute Undergraduate Research Symposium. The symposium was held at the Turner Range Animal Science Center.

TUESDAY

11 Oct 2016, 5 PM- Zuzu tries to call her mom but her mom missed the call (Dallas Observer).
11 Oct 2016, Evening- Zuzu and her on-again off-again boyfriend (RF) went to the movies w/a group of friends at the Rangra theater.
11 Oct 2016- A neighbor of RF's at his apt complex said he heard the couple arguing/fighting the night Zuzu disappeared (WFAA, Star Telegram).


WEDNESDAY

12 Oct 2016- Residents last saw Zuzu on Harrison Street around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday morning just before she went missing (CBS7).
12 Oct 2016, morning- There was an unconfirmed sighting of Zuzu at Stripes Convenience Store with an unknown man (CBS7, Bigbendnow).
12 Oct 2016- RF was the last known person to see Zuzu (confirmed by APD to WFAA ABC News).
12 Oct 2016- ZuZu's dog was reported running around near her apartment on Wednesday with its leash on. Animal control came, found the dog and put it in her fenced yard (CBS7 video interview w/LE).
12 Oct 2016- Zuzu did not show up for a midterm exam at Sul Ross State University.
12 Oct 2016- Zuzu did not show up for work at Sul Ross Borderlands Research Institute (BRI).
12 Oct 2016- Texts and phone calls from Zuzu’s friends and family went unanswered. Someone checked her apartment but she wasn’t there (NBC News).
FRIDAY
14 Oct 2016- Zuzu's mother says that she still hadn't heard from her come Friday. She then called Zuzu's boyfriend, who said he also hadn't heard from her. Zuzu's boyfriend said she never showed up for her mid-term exam on Wednesday and she missed her shift at work. (CBS7).
14 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s mother called police to report her missing (CBS7).

14 Oct 2016- Zuzu and her friends were planning to go camping in Big Bend National Park on Friday just after mid-terms (CBS7).
14 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s mother tells CBS7 that her phone is dead. CBS7 tried to contact Alpine PD for comment on the story but a dispatcher said they were “too busy” and hung up.
14 Oct 2016- A family friend plans to put up missing signs in the Midland-Odessa area (CBS7).

SATURDAY

15 Oct 2016- Police report they have a POI but do not release a name (Newswest9).
15 Oct 2016- Alpine trash services limited in handling and disposal in case police need to go back to look for clues (CBS7).
15 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s father drives 7 hours from Keller and arrives in Alpine to search.
15 Oct 2016- By the time Zuzu’s father arrived in Alpine her friends had plastered her missing poster everywhere in town. He stopped at multiple hotels to try to find a room and every one had her poster up (NBC News).

SUNDAY

16 Oct 2016- Police tape off Zuzu’s home to process for evidence and impound her car (a 2004 Mazda Miata—confirmed to be Zuzu’s car by a friend of hers to Fox4). Pictures of her car at her apt published by CBS7.
16 Oct 2016- Alpine police ask for anyone who saw a 2006 gray Jeep Liberty or a 2004 Mazda Miata convertible with a beige top being driven between midnight and 10 a.m. on Wed., Oct. 12.
16 Oct 2016- Volunteers met at the Alpine fire station at 208 E. Holland (CBS7). Zuzu's family and police led dozens through streets, alleys and other areas in search. Friends also searched the Trans-Pecos area.
16 Oct 2016- Helicopters, search dogs and 100 to 150 people from the Alpine community helped search. The an El Paso Customs and Border Protection covered the outlying areas of Alpine, while volunteers search areas where Zuzu would walk her dog or hike trails, as she is known to be an avid hiker (CBS7).
16 Oct 2016- The manager of Stripes confirms they turned over CCTV to Alpine PD (CBS7).

MONDAY

17 Oct 2016- No search was planned unless police received further info (CBS7).
17 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s mother and brother fly to Alpine to search on a private flight coordinated and donated by members of their local congregation (NBC News).
17 Oct 2016- The Brewster County Sheriff's Office asked area ranchers and land owners to check their property for any suspicious signs of disturbed earth, personal items on the ground, anything that might raise your suspicions that it may need to be investigated further (BCSO FB, CBS7).

TUESDAY

18 Oct 2016, 10:30 AM - $7,500 reward offered for info leading to her whereabouts or safe return.
18 Oct 2016-Alpine PD continue searching in the Alpine area, with aircraft from US Customs and Border Protection assisting in the search (CBS7).
18 Oct 2016- Members of the Texas Equusearch are also expected to arrive in Alpine to assist in the search soon (CBS7).
18 Oct 2016, 4:30 PM- Reward increased to $17,500 offered by Alpine police for info leading to her location or safe return.
18 Oct 2016- LE officers in aircraft and volunteers on foot searched in the area near Alpine (KTXS).
18 Oct 2016- In an interview, her former HS boyfriend (TA) from Keller, TX says he spoke to Zuzu two weeks ago and told him she wanted to transfer schools. She also talked to TA about her current boyfriend (RF) and said she was feeling unsafe (Fox4).

WEDNESDAY

19 Oct 2016, 9:50 AM- Alpine PD announced the search area has been expanded to include the areas of Fort Davis, Marathon, Marfa, Presidio County, and South Brewster County.
19 Oct 2016- Several law enforcement agencies assisting with the expanded search, including DPS, Texas Parks and Wildlife, the Texas Forest Service, the Department of Corrections, the National Parks Service, and the DEA.
19 Oct 2016. 9:30 AM- The reward increased to $30,000.
19 Oct 2016, midday- LE took evidence out of the apt belonging to Zuzu's boyfriend. The boyfriend is listed as a Person of Interest. He has not been officially identified. The boyfriend was taken in for questioning at some point but later released after he got an attorney. The boyfriend has not helped with the search. (CBS 7)
19 Oct 2016- Search teams covered over 200 sq miles since the search began. 120 personnel assisted in the search, not including specialized search and rescue teams.
19 Oct 2016- According to the Alpine PD, a page has been started to assist the Verk Family with costs. You can find that page here.

THURSDAY

20 Oct 2016 -Additional agencies joined in the search covering the newly expanded search area. APD is following up on leads that have developed during the investigation and are continuing to receive tips on the case. APD continue to interview witnesses. (CBS7, APD FB)
20 Oct 2016 -Sul Ross State University President Dr. Bill Kibler released a statement on the search
20 Oct 2016- The reward has risen to $50,000

FRIDAY

21 Oct 2016, 11:30 AM- Press conference w/LE and Zuzu’s family; LE said they have a POI, Zuzu’s boyfriend RF who was not cooperating, LE did not name the POI; Zuzu’s father and brother called the POI by his first name, Robert, and begged him to tell what he knows and help APD find Zuzu.
21 Oct 2016, LE have interviewed over 100 potential witnesses and executed “a dozen” search warrants, in which time they have amassed forensic evidence including computers, cell phones, and vehicles.
21 Oct 2016, 2:30 PM- The reward has increased to $100,000 for info.
21 Oct 2016, 4:00 PM, Sul Ross State University President Kibler held a campus wide meeting for faculty, staff & students to address safety & security in the Morgan University Center Espino Conference Rooms.
21 Oct 2016, 5:00 PM- A prayer vigil was held at the building across from Porter's that used to house the Alpine Christian School.
21 Oct 2016- Students, faculty and staff from the university joined in the voluntary search coordinated through police-- LE has searched over 400 square acres in the air, on foot and on horseback for Zuzu. (Fox4)
21 Oct 2016- The Texas Rangers, Homeland Security and FBI are also involved in the investigation. (Fox4) Assisting in the search are two professional search agencies, Texas Search and Rescue and Equusearch, along with the Brewster County Sheriff's Office, Reeves County Sheriff’s Office, Pecos County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Parks And Wildlife, Texas Forest Service, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine, Texas Department of Corrections, National Park Service and the DEA (NBC DFW).
21 Oct 2016- Flight crews from El Paso Air and Marine Operations (AMO), Alpine Air Unit, are conducting additional aerial searches this week.
21 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s family and the press identify Zuzu’s boyfriend and the POI who will not cooperate with LE as Robert Fabian.

SATURDAY

22 Oct 2016- APD impounds a Dark Grey 2005 Ford F-150 with magnetic decals for U-Construction on it. LE is seeking information about this vehicle’s movement during the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 12. The magnetic decals may have been removed during the time in question. A search warrant has been obtained and a forensic team is now processing the vehicle for evidence (APD FB, CBS7, WFAA). Online records indicate the Ford F-150 belongs to a family member of RF (Fox4).
22 Oct 2016- air, ground and professional searches continued.
22 or 23 Oct 2016—Zuzu’s parents and brother met with RF’s attorney, Liz Rogers, over the weekend, but learned “nothing,” according to Zuzu’s dad. “It was not productive,” he said (WFAA).

SUNDAY

23 Oct 2016- LE request residents with private CCTV from the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 12, 2016, contact the PD. Alpine PD reviewing hundreds of hours of surveillance video from businesses and private citizens with CCTV. The videos have provided key evidence with the investigation (Newswest9).
23 Oct 2016- LE released photos of a 2016 White Ford Mustang belonging to a POI (CE) and ask for anyone who saw it being driven between the hours of midnight Wed. October 12 through Thursday morning October 13[SUP]th[/SUP] to call police. The vehicle is in custody at Alpine PD. The license plate number is HTV-1076 (APD FB, CBS7). LE calls the vehicle “a key piece of evidence” in the case (NBC News).
23 Oct 2016- authorities took evidence from the carpet of the impounded White Mustang and it was sent off to a forensic lab in El Paso. The owner of the White Mustang was questioned, then released (CBS7).
23 Oct 2016- The owner of the white Mustang, CE, posted to fb he gave LE his phone, GPS timeline and car and was not hiding anything (CBS7).

23 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s mother asks for prayer for a miracle and that Zuzu will be found alive (Dallas News).
23 Oct 2016- Texas Equusearch left Alpine after assisting with the search since Tuesday (CBS7)

MONDAY

24 Oct 2016- Emergency Management Coordinator David Lambrix says two drones will be used in the search-one from California and another loaned by the Reeves Co. Sheriff's Office (CBS7).
24 Oct 2016- Brewster Co. Sheriff says they are looking into a new lead in Marathon area. (CBS7).
24 Oct 2016- Deputies w/Reeves County Sheriff's Office joined the search in Marathon and other areas within Brewster and Presidio Counties. They used a drone to fly over a body of water and surrounding areas unreachable on foot (CBS7).
24 Oct 2016, 7:30 PM- About 100 friends attended a candlelight vigil for Verk at Bear Creek Park, 400 Bear Creek Park Road in Keller (Star Telegram, NBC DFW, CW33).

TUESDAY

25 Oct 2016- Three drones used to search focusing partly on areas closer to town. Search crews have now covered numerous counties encompassing more than 400 square miles (WFAA).
25 Oct 2016- The owner of the white Mustang, CE, was interviewed again for 4.5 hours. CE also took a polygraph given by Texas Rangers, results inconclusive. His car (the white Mustang) was returned to him after testing (CBS7).
25 Oct 2016- The Brewster County Sheriff's office asked hunters to be aware of their surroundings this hunting season and look for anything 'that might indicate the earth may have been disturbed'. (CBS7)

WEDNESDAY

26 Oct 2016- Search continues in Brewster and Presidio County, with efforts concentrated in the area of Redford, near the U.S.-Mexico border (CBS7, Star Telegram). Search crews covered an area roughly the size of Connecticut: over 500 square miles, with a combination of individual personnel having accumulated 1,714 miles so far (CBS7, Star Telegram).
26 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s boyfriend, Robert Fabian, was officially named as a suspect in the case; RF’s mother and sister are named as Persons of Interest (Your Basin Local2/Fox4). CE was named by LE as “a key witness” and also a person of interest (FOX4, CBS7).
26 Oct 2016- According to police, RF has been uncooperative with the investigation and has since retained a lawyer. RF’s Lawyer released a statement saying RF is “distraught over the disappearance of Zuzu”, he is cooperating and that they are conducting their own investigation (Your Basin Local2/Fox 24, CBS7).
26 Oct 2016- A neighbor of Fabian's at his apartment complex said he had been asked not to discuss what he knew in detail. He did say he heard the couple arguing the night Zuzu disappeared (WFAA).
26 Oct 2016- The Texas Attorney General's Office has now officially become involved with the case. Alpine Police Chief Russell Scown says that now that the Attorney General is involved they will be able to put together a grand jury and compel witnesses, including Robert Fabian, Zuzu's boyfriend and now suspect in the case, to answer investigators' questions (CBS7, Newswest9).
26 Oct 2016- 83rd District Attorney Rod Ponton made a motion to recuse his office and appoint Adrienne McFarland and Geoff Barr of the Texas Attorney General's Office to provide continuity of the investigation. Ponton is set to leave office in 2017. The motion to recuse Ponton was granted (CBS7, Newswest9).
26 Oct 2016, 7 PM- A prayer vigil organized. The Rotaract Club, Open Care Club, & Student Support Services at Sul Ross State University will be holding prayer outside the University Center.

Media Links:
http://bri.sulross.edu/docs/undergrads/2015-2016/Zuzu_Verk16.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/alpinetxpd/
https://m.facebook.com/brewstercountytx/?refid=52
https://www.facebook.com/zuzu.verk?fref=ts
http://www.texasequusearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/VerkZuzuRenee.pdf
http://www.oaoa.com/community/good_news/image_e9ddc826-956c-11e6-a3ce-7fcf5919e6a0.html
http://www.oaoa.com/community/good_news/article_6599b7c4-34c7-11e6-8e56-efa7e1ff3eb3.html
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Al...ng-possibly-endangered-student-397143381.html
https://m.facebook.com/CBS7News/posts/10154656705134533
http://www.wfaa.com/news/alpine-police-searching-for-missing-student/336371216
http://www.ktxs.com/news/searchers-seek-missing-22-year-old-west-texas-university-student/124927797
http://www.newswest9.com/story/33398449/alpine-police-searching-for-missing-22-year-old-woman
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/397208071.html
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/397228351.html
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Se...ok-for-missing-Alpine-student--397242881.html
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/397236881.html
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/398037291.html
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Stripes-Convenience-Store-helping-search-efforts--397239981.html
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Al...hicles-involving-missing-woman-397256351.html
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Blog-Search-continues-for-missing-Alpine-student-397314771.html
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/10/17/keller-family-desperate-to-find-missing-college-student/
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Coppell-Family--Searches-for-Missing-Woman-in-Alpine-397259291.html
http://www.newswest9.com/story/3345...man-investigators-checking-surveillance-video
http://www.fox4news.com/news/texas/212189347-story
http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/amo-searches-missing-sul-ross-state-university-student
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/397351721.html
http://www.elpasoproud.com/news/loc...-to-search-for-missing-sul-ross-state-student
http://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/main-news/student-missing-from-west-texas-university
http://bigbendnow.com/2016/10/search-expands-for-missing-alpine-woman/
http://www.khou.com/news/local/texa...against-young-women-worry-advocates/339656237
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article109605952.html
http://bigbendnow.com/2016/10/famil...sks-boyfriend-to-co-operate-with-authorities/
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/10/20/reward-for-missing-college-student-now-50000/
http://www.kvia.com/news/texas/reward-for-missing-sul-ross-state-university-reaches-100k/129332986
http://www.yourbasin.com/news/reward-for-zuzu-verk-increased-to-100000
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/2...est-in-disappearance-texas-college-woman.html
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/398047601.html
http://www.wfaa.com/news/police-release-image-of-truck-in-verk-disappearance-case/340173072
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/northeast-tarrant/article109911447.html
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Reward-in-Zuzu-Verk-Case-Increased-to-50000-397917421.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...llege-student-22-went-missing-going-date.html
http://www.fox4news.com/news/212878353-story
http://www.kcentv.com/news/local/police-release-image-of-truck-in-verk-disappearance-case/340261431
http://www.kcentv.com/news/local/police-release-image-of-truck-in-verk-disappearance-case/340261431
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/miss...-area-woman-missing-west-texas-enters-7th-day
http://www.fox4news.com/news/213242174-story
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/miss...verk-focusing-hope-reward-information-n671936
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/zuzu-verk-missing-father-of-texas-student-issues-plea-to-her-boyfriend/
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article110095412.html
http://cw33.com/2016/10/24/where-is-zuzu-verk-vigil-to-be-held-for-missing-keller-woman/
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Fr...lege-Student-Missing-in-Alpine-398280701.html
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article110068217.html
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Fi...ot-cleared-following-polygraph-398596141.html
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Su...to-host-prayer-vigil-for-Zuzu--398626541.html
http://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/n...rching-for-missing-west-texas-college-student
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/...ce-in-southwest-texas-still-a-mystery-8841147
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/...for-missing-coppell-student-zuzu-verk-8829368
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/texa...u-verk-has-covered-400-square-miles/341671286
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/texa...-suspect-in-zuzu-verk-disappearance/342359753
http://www.fox4news.com/news/213826251-story
http://www.newswest9.com/story/3348...missing-sul-ross-university-student-zuzu-verk
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http://www.ktre.com/story/33490316/boyfriend-of-missing-woman-named-as-suspect-by-authorities
http://www.newswest9.com/story/3349...-recuses-himself-from-zuzu-verk-investigation
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Warrants: Phone calls, borrowed truck could be key in Zuzu Verk case
Todd Unger, WFAA October 26, 2016

ALPINE, Texas -- The boyfriend of missing 21-year-old Zuzu Verk has officially been deemed a suspect in her disappearance by local authorities, and new documents obtained by News 8 may provide an explanation as to why.

In search warrants obtained exclusively by WFAA, authorities state that the boyfriend, Robert Fabian, called his friend Chris Estrada twice during the early morning hours of Verk’s disappearance on October 12. The warrant also indicates they communicated using the social media app Snapchat around that same time.

A separate warrant pertaining to a pick-up truck indicates that Fabian borrowed the F-150 during those same early morning hours on that Wednesday.

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None of the revelations come as a surprise to John Franco, who lives directly below Fabian in an apartment complex across from Sul Ross State University.

"That night, we heard arguing," said Franco. "I can hear him pacing back and forth, in the kitchen, living room, all around, all around.”
 
Zuzu Verk Timeline (3rd Revision w/Warrant info)
*Key Events in Red
Sometime around May 2016- Zuzu first dates RF (Multiple media reports after her Oct disappearance say he is her on-again-off-again boyfriend of 6 months).

1 May to August 2016- Zuzu worked with the Borderlands Research Institute and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to study the survival rate of pronghorn fawns in the Trans-Pecos/Marfa Plateau area.

June 2016- Zuzu made the Dean’s List at Sul Ross University

23 Sept 2016- Zuzu and 10 other students presented their results at the 2nd annual Borderlands Research Insitute Undergraduate Research Symposium. The symposium was held at the Turner Range Animal Science Center.

TUESDAY

11 Oct 2016, 5 PM- Zuzu tries to call her mom but her mom missed the call (Dallas Observer).
11 Oct 2016, Evening- Zuzu and her on-again off-again boyfriend (RF) went to the movies w/a group of friends at the Rangra theater.
11 Oct 2016- A neighbor of RF's at his apt complex said he heard the couple arguing/fighting the night Zuzu disappeared (WFAA, Star Telegram). The neighbor who lives directly below RF’s apt (JF) heard RF pacing back and forth (WFAA).

WEDNESDAY

12 Oct 2016- Residents last saw Zuzu on Harrison Street around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday morning just before she went missing (CBS7).
12 Oct 2016, Around 4 AM- RF’s downstairs neighbor JF and his girlfriend said “Going down the stairs, we heard a loud thump.” (WFAA)
12 Oct 2016, morning- There was an unconfirmed sighting of Zuzu at Stripes Convenience Store with an unknown man (CBS7, Bigbendnow).
12 Oct 2016- RF was the last known person to see Zuzu (confirmed by APD to WFAA ABC News).
12 Oct 2016, Early Morning- RF called his friend CE twice. They communicated using Snapchat around that same time (WFAA, Star-Telegram).
12 Oct 2016, Early Morning- RF borrowed the F-150 (WFAA, Star-Telegram).
12 Oct 2016- ZuZu's dog was reported running around near her apartment on Wednesday with its leash on. Animal control came, found the dog and put it in her fenced yard (CBS7 video interview w/LE).
12 Oct 2016- Zuzu did not show up for a midterm exam at Sul Ross State University.

12 Oct 2016- Zuzu did not show up for work at Sul Ross Borderlands Research Institute (BRI).
12 Oct 2016- Texts and phone calls from Zuzu’s friends and family went unanswered. Someone checked her apartment but she wasn’t there (NBC News).


FRIDAY

14 Oct 2016- Zuzu's mother says that she still hadn't heard from her come Friday. She then called Zuzu's boyfriend, who said he also hadn't heard from her. Zuzu's boyfriend said she never showed up for her mid-term exam on Wednesday and she missed her shift at work. (CBS7).
14 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s mother called police to report her missing (CBS7).
14 Oct 2016- The owner of a local auto shop (JC) said RF was acting “very nervous” and also acting strangely and CE attempted to get his car cleaned 3 times. RF also left his laptop at JC’s house. JC turned the laptopn over to police. A warrant to search the laptop says it "...contained items that Robert Fabian wanted to remove from social media." (WFAA).

14 Oct 2016- Zuzu and her friends were planning to go camping in Big Bend National Park on Friday just after mid-terms (CBS7).
14 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s mother tells CBS7 that her phone is dead. CBS7 tried to contact Alpine PD for comment on the story but a dispatcher said they were “too busy” and hung up.
14 Oct 2016- A family friend plans to put up missing signs in the Midland-Odessa area (CBS7).

SATURDAY

15 Oct 2016- Police report they have a POI but do not release a name (Newswest9).
15 Oct 2016- Alpine trash services limited in handling and disposal in case police need to go back to look for clues (CBS7).
15 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s father drives 7 hours from Keller and arrives in Alpine to search.
15 Oct 2016- By the time Zuzu’s father arrived in Alpine her friends had plastered her missing poster everywhere in town. He stopped at multiple hotels to try to find a room and every one had her poster up (NBC News).

SUNDAY
16 Oct 2016- Police tape off Zuzu’s home to process for evidence and impound her car (a 2004 Mazda Miata—confirmed to be Zuzu’s car by a friend of hers to Fox4). Pictures of her car at her apt published by CBS7.
16 Oct 2016- Alpine police ask for anyone who saw a 2006 gray Jeep Liberty or a 2004 Mazda Miata convertible with a beige top being driven between midnight and 10 a.m. on Wed., Oct. 12.

16 Oct 2016- Volunteers met at the Alpine fire station at 208 E. Holland (CBS7). Zuzu's family and police led dozens through streets, alleys and other areas in search. Friends also searched the Trans-Pecos area.
16 Oct 2016- Helicopters, search dogs and 100 to 150 people from the Alpine community helped search. The an El Paso Customs and Border Protection covered the outlying areas of Alpine, while volunteers search areas where Zuzu would walk her dog or hike trails, as she is known to be an avid hiker (CBS7).
16 Oct 2016- The manager of Stripes confirms they turned over CCTV to Alpine PD (CBS7).

MONDAY

17 Oct 2016- No search was planned unless police received further info (CBS7).
17 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s mother and brother fly to Alpine to search on a private flight coordinated and donated by members of their local congregation (NBC News).
17 Oct 2016- The Brewster County Sheriff's Office asked area ranchers and land owners to check their property for any suspicious signs of disturbed earth, personal items on the ground, anything that might raise your suspicions that it may need to be investigated further (BCSO FB, CBS7).

TUESDAY

18 Oct 2016, 10:30 AM - $7,500 reward offered for info leading to her whereabouts or safe return.
18 Oct 2016-Alpine PD continue searching in the Alpine area, with aircraft from US Customs and Border Protection assisting in the search (CBS7).
18 Oct 2016- Members of the Texas Equusearch are also expected to arrive in Alpine to assist in the search soon (CBS7).
18 Oct 2016, 4:30 PM- Reward increased to $17,500 offered by Alpine police for info leading to her location or safe return.
18 Oct 2016- LE officers in aircraft and volunteers on foot searched in the area near Alpine (KTXS).
18 Oct 2016- In an interview, her former HS boyfriend (TA) from Keller, TX says he spoke to Zuzu two weeks ago and told him she wanted to transfer schools. She also talked to TA about her current boyfriend (RF) and said she was feeling unsafe (Fox4).

WEDNESDAY

19 Oct 2016, 9:50 AM- Alpine PD announced the search area has been expanded to include the areas of Fort Davis, Marathon, Marfa, Presidio County, and South Brewster County.
19 Oct 2016- Several law enforcement agencies assisting with the expanded search, including DPS, Texas Parks and Wildlife, the Texas Forest Service, the Department of Corrections, the National Parks Service, and the DEA.
19 Oct 2016. 9:30 AM- The reward increased to $30,000.
19 Oct 2016, midday- LE took evidence out of the apt belonging to Zuzu's boyfriend. The boyfriend is listed as a Person of Interest. He has not been officially identified. The boyfriend was taken in for questioning at some point but later released after he got an attorney. The boyfriend has not helped with the search. (CBS 7)
19 Oct 2016- Search teams covered over 200 sq miles since the search began. 120 personnel assisted in the search, not including specialized search and rescue teams.
19 Oct 2016- According to the Alpine PD, a page has been started to assist the Verk Family with costs. You can find that page here.

THURSDAY

20 Oct 2016 -Additional agencies joined in the search covering the newly expanded search area. APD is following up on leads that have developed during the investigation and are continuing to receive tips on the case. APD continue to interview witnesses. (CBS7, APD FB)
20 Oct 2016 -Sul Ross State University President Dr. Bill Kibler released a statement on the search
20 Oct 2016- The reward has risen to $50,000

FRIDAY

21 Oct 2016, 11:30 AM- Press conference w/LE and Zuzu’s family; LE said they have a POI, Zuzu’s boyfriend who was not cooperating, LE did not name the POI; Zuzu’s father and brother called the POI by his first name, Robert, and begged him to tell what he knows and help APD find Zuzu.
21 Oct 2016, LE have interviewed over 100 potential witnesses and executed “a dozen” search warrants, in which time they have amassed forensic evidence including computers, cell phones, and vehicles.
21 Oct 2016, 2:30 PM- The reward has increased to $100,000 for info.
21 Oct 2016, 4:00 PM, Sul Ross State University President Kibler held a campus wide meeting for faculty, staff & students to address safety & security in the Morgan University Center Espino Conference Rooms.
21 Oct 2016, 5:00 PM- A prayer vigil was held at the building across from Porter's that used to house the Alpine Christian School.
21 Oct 2016- Students, faculty and staff from the university joined in the voluntary search coordinated through police-- LE has searched over 400 square acres in the air, on foot and on horseback for Zuzu. (Fox4)
21 Oct 2016- The Texas Rangers, Homeland Security and FBI are also involved in the investigation. (Fox4) Assisting in the search are two professional search agencies, Texas Search and Rescue and Equusearch, along with the Brewster County Sheriff's Office, Reeves County Sheriff’s Office, Pecos County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Parks And Wildlife, Texas Forest Service, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine, Texas Department of Corrections, National Park Service and the DEA (NBC DFW).
21 Oct 2016- Flight crews from El Paso Air and Marine Operations (AMO), Alpine Air Unit, are conducting additional aerial searches this week.
21 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s family and the press identify Zuzu’s boyfriend and the POI who will not cooperate with LE as Robert Fabian.

SATURDAY

22 Oct 2016- APD impounds a Dark Grey 2005 Ford F-150 with magnetic decals for U-Construction on it. LE is seeking information about this vehicle’s movement during the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 12. The magnetic decals may have been removed during the time in question. A search warrant has been obtained and a forensic team is now processing the vehicle for evidence (APD FB, CBS7, WFAA). Online records indicate the Ford F-150 belongs to a family member of RF (Fox4).
22 Oct 2016- air, ground and professional searches continued.
22 OR 23 Oct 2016—Zuzu’s parents and brother met with RF’s attorney, Liz Rogers, over the weekend, but learned “nothing,” according to Zuzu’s dad. “It was not productive,” he said (WFAA).

SUNDAY

23 Oct 2016- LE request residents with private CCTV from the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 12, 2016, contact the PD. Alpine PD reviewing hundreds of hours of surveillance video from businesses and private citizens with CCTV. The videos have provided key evidence with the investigation (Newswest9).
23 Oct 2016- LE released photos of a 2016 White Ford Mustang belonging to a POI (CE) and ask for anyone who saw it being driven between the hours of midnight Wed. October 12 through Thursday morning October 13[SUP]th[/SUP] to call police. The vehicle is in custody at Alpine PD. The license plate number is HTV-1076 (APD FB, CBS7). LE calls the vehicle “a key piece of evidence” in the case (NBC News).
23 Oct 2016- authorities took evidence from the carpet of the impounded White Mustang and it was sent off to a forensic lab in El Paso. The owner of the White Mustang was questioned, then released (CBS7).
23 Oct 2016- The owner of the white Mustang, CE, posted to fb he gave LE his phone, GPS timeline and car and was not hiding anything (CBS7).

23 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s mother asks for prayer for a miracle and that Zuzu will be found alive (Dallas News).
23 Oct 2016- Texas Equusearch left Alpine after assisting with the search since Tuesday (CBS7)

MONDAY

24 Oct 2016- Emergency Management Coordinator David Lambrix says two drones will be used in the search-one from California and another loaned by the Reeves Co. Sheriff's Office (CBS7).
24 Oct 2016- Brewster Co. Sheriff says they are looking into a new lead in Marathon area. (CBS7).
24 Oct 2016- Deputies w/Reeves County Sheriff's Office joined the search in Marathon and other areas within Brewster and Presidio Counties. They used a drone to fly over a body of water and surrounding areas unreachable on foot (CBS7).
24 Oct 2016, 7:30 PM- About 100 friends attended a candlelight vigil for Verk at Bear Creek Park, 400 Bear Creek Park Road in Keller (Star Telegram, NBC DFW, CW33).

TUESDAY

25 Oct 2016- Three drones used to search focusing partly on areas closer to town. Search crews have now covered numerous counties encompassing more than 400 square miles (WFAA).
25 Oct 2016- The owner of the white Mustang, CE, was interviewed again for 4.5 hours. CE also took a polygraph given by Texas Rangers, results inconclusive. His car (the white Mustang) was returned to him after testing (CBS7).
25 Oct 2016- Alpine PD brought RF’s sister, JC, as well as his mother, LF, in for questioning (CBS7). The mother and sister are talking but APD believes they are not telling everything they know and plans to convene a grand jury to compel testimony (CBS7).

25 Oct 2016- The Brewster County Sheriff's office asked hunters to be aware of their surroundings this hunting season and look for anything 'that might indicate the earth may have been disturbed'. (CBS7)

WEDNESDAY

26 Oct 2016, Early Morning- Search crews used a drone and helicopter to search a field across the street from RF’s sister’s house. RF is currently living with his sister. (CBS7).
26 Oct 2016- Search continues in Brewster and Presidio County, with efforts concentrated in the area of Redford, near the U.S.-Mexico border, in Big Bend Ranch State Park. (CBS7, Star Telegram). Search crews covered an area roughly the size of Connecticut: over 500 square miles, with a combination of individual personnel having accumulated 1,714 miles so far (CBS7, Star Telegram).
26 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s boyfriend, Robert Fabian, was officially named as a suspect in the case; RF’s mother and sister are named as Persons of Interest (Your Basin Local2/Fox4). CE was named by LE as “a key witness” and also a person of interest (FOX4, CBS7).
26 Oct 2016- According to police, RF has been uncooperative with the investigation and has since retained a lawyer. RF’s Lawyer released a statement saying RF is “distraught over the disappearance of Zuzu”, he is cooperating and that they are conducting their own investigation (Your Basin Local2/Fox 24, CBS7).
26 Oct 2016- A neighbor of Fabian's at his apartment complex said he had been asked not to discuss what he knew in detail. He did say he heard the couple arguing the night Zuzu disappeared (WFAA).

26 Oct 2016- The Texas Attorney General's Office has now officially become involved with the case. Alpine Police Chief Russell Scown says that now that the Attorney General is involved they will be able to put together a grand jury and compel witnesses, including Robert Fabian, Zuzu's boyfriend and now suspect in the case, to answer investigators' questions (CBS7, Newswest9).
26 Oct 2016- 83rd District Attorney Rod Ponton made a motion to recuse his office and appoint Adrienne McFarland and Geoff Barr of the Texas Attorney General's Office to provide continuity of the investigation. Ponton is set to leave office in 2017. The motion to recuse Ponton was granted (CBS7, Newswest9).
26 Oct 2016, 7 PM- A prayer vigil organized. The Rotaract Club, Open Care Club, & Student Support Services at Sul Ross State University will be holding prayer outside the University Center.

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According to the Alpine Police Department, interviews they have conducted in the two weeks since Zuzu vanished have led them to naming Robert Fabian a suspect in the case. Several members of Fabian's family are also now being called persons of interest.

A friend of Fabian, Chris Estrada, is also still considered a person of interest, authorities said. Estrada owns a white 2016 Ford Mustang that authorities took into custody over the weekend. In a posting to Facebook, that has since been removed, Estrada denied having any knowledge of what may have happened to Zuzu.
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/miss...-verk-named-suspect-her-disappearance-n673851
 
Search warrants piece together Zuzu Verk investigation


Search warrants obtained by CBS 7 reveal details which led police to the seizure of vehicles owned by friends and family of now-suspect Robert Fabian, the missing woman’s boyfriend.

Those warrants reveal Robert Fabian first reported his girlfriend missing on Friday, October 14th at 1:00 p.m. However, he told police that his girlfriend had been missing since the early morning hours Wednesday.
Fabian told police he had last seen and spoken to Verk at his home at around three or four in the morning Wednesday, October 12th.

They also reveal two phone calls and Snapchats which may prove key to the investigation. Police say Robert Fabian made two phone calls to his friend Chris Estrada at around 3:15 am on October 12th. He later contacted Estrada on Snapchat.

Estrada recently took part in a polygraph test by police but was not cleared as a person of interest, according to Chief of Police Russell Scown.

Enter the 2016 White Ford Mustang taken into custody and searched by police – warrants say it belongs to Estrada.

Search warrants allege Fabian and Estrada used the Mustang to “conceal” property and “physical evidence” to show that Fabian has knowledge of Verk’s disappearance. Authorities asked for DNA, hair, blood or other evidence found in the vehicle.
 
Texas AG Leading Investigation Into Zuzu Verk Disappearance

(Alpine, TX) — The Texas Attorney General’s Office is taking over the criminal investigation into a missing Dallas-area woman in west Texas.
Sul Ross State University student Zuzu Verk hasn’t been seen since October 12th and now the Alpine Police Department has officially named her boyfriend, Robert Fabian, as a suspect.
Fabian family members are also described as “people of interest” and so is Fabian’s friend, Chris Estrada.
The search for Verk continues and is concentrated now near the Texas-Mexico border.
 
ALPINE, Texas - (Local 2/Fox 24)


The search for the missing Sul Ross student Zuzu Verk putting many people in Alpine on edge, including Deborah Bloomer, who lives in the same apartment complex as Zuzu's boyfriend Robert Fabian.



Alpine police officers spoke with her during their investigation.



"They took me into the laundry room and asked me if any of the clothes were mine and did I recognize any of the other clothing and I said 'no, none of them were mine and I didn't recognize any of them," said Bloomer.
http://www.yourbasin.com/news/zuzus...vily-on-laundry-room-in-his-apartment-complex
 
[h=3]Protesters urge Verk’s boyfriend to cooperate with law enforcement[/h]
ALPINE, TX (KWES) - According to the Brewster County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, people have taken to the corner of 5th St. and Holland Ave. to ask the boyfriend of missing student Zuzu Verk to come forward and speak to law enforcement.

Verk’s boyfriend, Robert Fabian is the primary suspect in her disappearance case.
http://www.newswest9.com/story/3350...s-boyfriend-to-cooperate-with-law-enforcement
 
Zuzu Verk Timeline (Key Events Only)

TUESDAY

11 Oct 2016-The last day Zuzu showed up for classes at Sul Ross State (CBS7, Search Warrants).

11 Oct 2016- The last day Zuzu showed up for her work at Sul Ross State Gym (CBS7, Search Warrants).

11 Oct 2016, 5 PM- Zuzu tries to call her mom but her mom missed the call (Dallas Observer).

11 Oct 2016, Evening- Zuzu and her on-again off-again boyfriend (RF) went to the movies w/a group of friends at the Rangra Theater.

11 Oct 2016, 9 PM or 10 PM- RF’s downstairs neighbor JF heard Zuzu and RF arrive home and make dinner. “You could hear him moving their stuff around, playing music, and then she (Zuzu) shows up,” said JF “They make dinner like at 9 p.m. or 10 p.m., you could smell their food, and you can hear their conversation and then laugh a little bit. Then, it got quiet like after 11 p.m." (CBS7 interview).

11 Oct 2016, 11 PM- It got quiet in RF’s apartment, then JF heard “shut the F___ up!” (CBS7 Interview)

11 Oct 2016- A neighbor of RF's at his apt complex said he heard the couple arguing/fighting the night Zuzu disappeared (WFAA, Star Telegram). The neighbor who lives directly below RF’s apt (JF) heard RF pacing back and forth (WFAA).

WEDNESDAY

12 Oct 2016, time unknown- CE said he picked RF up from 509 South 16[SUP]th[/SUP] St in Alpine and took him to RF’s residence at 405 N Harrison St (CBS7, Search Warrants).

12 Oct 2016, Middle of the night/Early Morning- RF borrowed the F-150 (WFAA, Star-Telegram). RF’s BIL (JC) says that RF stopped by his house in the middle of the night. JC told authorities his wife woke him up, asking for the keys so RF could borrow the truck (CBS7, Search Warrants).

12 Oct 2016, 1:00 AM- CE went to his friend RMJ’s home (In the 1000 Block of W Ave F Alpine). RMJ reported that CE was acting “very distraught” and pacing back and forth, and “acting nervous”. When RMJ asked if CE was ok he replied “I’m fine”, “I did not do anything, if they interview me I have nothing to say.” RMJ did not know what CE was referring to. CE then contacted RF via cell phone. CE asked RMJ if RF could come over. CE told RMJ that when RF arrived he would need to speak with him in private (CBS7, Search Warrants).

12 Oct 2016, about 2:00 AM- Downstairs neighbor JF heard RF’s bed shake multiple times (CBS7, Search Warrants).

12 Oct 2016, between 2:00 and 3:00 AM- Downstairs neighbors, JF and his girlfriend, hear RF pacing: "We can hear him pacing back and forth, like all over the house,” (CBS7 interview)

12 Oct 2016, about 3:00 AM- Downstairs neighbors, JF and his girlfriend, hear RF get in the shower (CBS7 interview).

12 Oct 2016, Between 3:00 AM and 4:00 AM- Media reports originally said “residents” last saw Zuzu on Harrison Street around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday morning just before she went missing (CBS7). Zuzu’s boyfriend RF was the resident who claimed to see Zuzu at his apt on Harrison St. (CBS7, Search Warrants). RF was the last known person to see Zuzu (confirmed by APD to WFAA ABC News). RF reportedly told investigators Zuzu left his place between 3 and 4 AM but witness statements say Zuzu’s car remained at the apartment until later in the morning (KHOU).

12 Oct 2016, approximately 3:15 AM- RF made 2 cell phone calls to CE (CBS7, Search Warrants). They communicated using Snapchat around that same time (WFAA, Star-Telegram).

12 Oct 2016, Around 4 AM- RF’s downstairs neighbor JF and his girlfriend said “Going down the stairs, we heard a loud thump.” (WFAA).

12 Oct 2016, Early morning- There was an unconfirmed sighting of Zuzu at Stripes Convenience Store with an unknown man (CBS7, Bigbendnow).

12 Oct 2016, 6:30 AM- The last time Zuzu’s phone indicated service was 6:30 AM (CBS7, Search Warrants). The probable cause affidavit also reveals that a Google timeline linked to Zuzu's Android phone shows the phone was last "...in a close proximity..." to RF's apartment on N. Harrison Street near the university (KHOU).

12 Oct 2016- Texts and phone calls from Zuzu’s friends and family went unanswered. Someone checked her apartment but she wasn’t there (NBC News).

12 Oct 2016- ZuZu's dog was reported running around near her apartment on Wednesday with its leash on. Animal control came, found the dog and put it in her fenced yard (CBS7 video interview w/LE).

12 Oct 2016- Zuzu did not show up for a midterm exam at Sul Ross State University.

12 Oct 2016- Zuzu did not show up for work at Sul Ross State University Gym (CBS7, Search Warrants).

FRIDAY

14 Oct 2016- Zuzu's mother says that she still hadn't heard from her come Friday. She then called Zuzu's boyfriend, who said he also hadn't heard from her. Zuzu's boyfriend said she never showed up for her mid-term exam on Wednesday and she missed her shift at work (CBS7). Zuzu’s mother told RF to call the police (KHOU).

14 Oct 2016, approximately 1:00 PM- Zuzu’s boyfriend RF called the police to report that he had not seen Zuzu since Wed Oct 12 and he requested a welfare check (CBS7, Search Warrants).

14 Oct 2016, Time unknown- Zuzu’s mother called police to report her missing (CBS7).

14 Oct 2016- Law Enforcement checked her residence and found Zuzu’s dog running loose in her backyard with its leash on its collar (CBS7, Search Warrants).

14 Oct 2016, approximately 2:00 PM- CE went to JC’s gas and lube auto shop the first of 3 times that day to try to get his White Ford Mustang cleaned. JC turned CE away because the shop was too busy. CE returned 2 more times that day, within hours, and each time was more eager to have his car cleaned (CBS7, Search Warrants).

14 Oct 2016, Evening- RF went to his friend JC’s Gas and Lube shop. The owner of the shop (JC) said RF was acting “very nervous” and also acting strangely (CBS7, Search Warrants).

14 Oct 2016- While at JC’s Gas and Lube shop, RF borrowed JC’s phone to make a call to CE’s girlfriend (CBS7). JC heard RF say on the phone, “Let me talk to Chris” and RF walked away from JC to talk in private. (CBS7, Search Warrants)

14 Oct 2016- At some point, RF went to the house of gas and lube shop owner JC with his laptop. RF left his laptop at JC’s house. JC later turned the laptop over to police. A warrant to search the laptop says it "...contained items that Robert Fabian wanted to remove from social media." (WFAA).

14 Oct 2016- RF had made a comment to JC that he (RF) did not look good and was a suspect in Zuzu’s disappearance (CBS7).

14 Oct 2016- Zuzu and her friends were planning to go camping in Big Bend National Park on Friday just after mid-terms (CBS7).

SUNDAY

16 Oct 2016- CE’s White Ford Mustang was cleaned at JC’s auto shop (CBS7).

16 Oct 2016- Police tape off Zuzu’s home to process for evidence and impound her car (a 2004 Mazda Miata—confirmed to be Zuzu’s car by a friend of hers to Fox4). Pictures of her car at her apt published by CBS7.

16 Oct 2016- Alpine police ask for anyone who saw a 2006 gray Jeep Liberty or a 2004 Mazda Miata convertible with a beige top being driven between midnight and 10 a.m. on Wed., Oct. 12.

16 Oct 2016- The manager of Stripes confirms they turned over CCTV to Alpine PD (CBS7).

TUESDAY

18 Oct 2016- In an interview, her former HS boyfriend (TA) from Keller, TX says he spoke to Zuzu two weeks ago and told him she wanted to transfer schools. She also talked to TA about her current boyfriend (RF) and said she was feeling unsafe (Fox4).

18 Oct 2016- CE talked to investigators and told them he had given RF a ride on Oct 13.

18 Oct 2016- Witnesses BMJ and JC were interviewed at the Brewster County Emergency Center, 102 South 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] st in Alpine. BMJ relayed what happened at 1 AM on Wed Oct 12[SUP]th[/SUP] (CBS7, Search Warrants)

WEDNESDAY

19 Oct 2016, midday- LE took evidence out of the apt belonging to Zuzu's boyfriend. The boyfriend is listed as a Person of Interest. He has not been officially identified. The boyfriend was taken in for questioning at some point but later released after he got an attorney. The boyfriend has not helped with the search. (CBS 7)

FRIDAY

21 Oct 2016, 11:30 AM- Press conference w/LE and Zuzu’s family; LE said they have a POI, Zuzu’s boyfriend who was not cooperating, LE did not name the POI; Zuzu’s father and brother called the POI by his first name, Robert, and begged him to tell what he knows and help APD find Zuzu.

21 Oct 2016, LE have interviewed over 100 potential witnesses and executed “a dozen” search warrants, in which time they have amassed forensic evidence including computers, cell phones, and vehicles.

21 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s family and the press identify Zuzu’s boyfriend and the POI who will not cooperate with LE as Robert Fabian.

SATURDAY

22 Oct 2016- APD impounds a Dark Grey 2005 Ford F-150 with magnetic decals for U-Construction on it. LE is seeking information about this vehicle’s movement during the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 12. The magnetic decals may have been removed during the time in question. A search warrant has been obtained and a forensic team is now processing the vehicle for evidence (APD FB, CBS7, WFAA). Online records indicate the Ford F-150 belongs to a family member of RF (Fox4). The Ford F-150 belongs to RF's sister's husband, JC (Search Warrants).

22 OR 23 Oct 2016—Zuzu’s parents and brother met with RF’s attorney, Liz Rogers, over the weekend, but learned “nothing,” according to Zuzu’s dad. “It was not productive,” he said (WFAA).

SUNDAY

23 Oct 2016- LE release photos of a 2016 White Ford Mustang belonging to a POI (CE) and ask for anyone who saw it being driven between the hours of midnight Wed. October 12 through Thursday morning October 13[SUP]th[/SUP] to call police. The vehicle is in custody at Alpine PD. The license plate number is HTV-1076 (APD FB, CBS7). LE calls the vehicle “a key piece of evidence” in the case (NBC News). Search warrants allege RF and CE used the Mustang to “conceal” property and “physical evidence”. Authorities asked for DNA, hair, blood or other evidence found in the vehicle (CBS7, Search Warrants).

23 Oct 2016- authorities took evidence from the carpet of the impounded White Mustang and it was sent off to a forensic lab in El Paso. The owner of the White Mustang was questioned, then released (CBS7).

23 Oct 2016- The owner of the white Mustang, CE, posted to Facebook that he gave LE his phone, GPS timeline and car and was not hiding anything (CBS7). CE’s fb post was later deleted (CBS7, NBC news).

TUESDAY

25 Oct 2016- The owner of the white Mustang, CE, was interviewed again for 4.5 hours. CE also took a polygraph given by Texas Rangers, results inconclusive. His car (the white Mustang) was returned to him after testing (CBS7).

25 Oct 2016- Alpine PD brought RF’s sister, JC, as well as his mother, LF, in for questioning (CBS7). The mother and sister are talking but APD believes they are not telling everything they know and plans to convene a grand jury to compel testimony (CBS7).

WEDNESDAY

26 Oct 2016, Early Morning- Search crews used a drone and helicopter to search a field across the street from RF’s sister’s house. RF is currently living with his sister. (CBS7).

26 Oct 2016- Zuzu’s boyfriend, Robert Fabian, was officially named as a suspect in the case; RF’s mother and sister are named as Persons of Interest (Your Basin Local2/Fox4). CE was named by LE as “a key witness” and also a person of interest (FOX4, CBS7).

26 Oct 2016- According to police, RF has been uncooperative with the investigation and has since retained a lawyer. RF’s Lawyer released a statement saying RF is “distraught over the disappearance of Zuzu”. The Lawyer's statement also said RF is cooperating and that they are conducting their own investigation (Your Basin Local2/Fox 24, CBS7).

26 Oct 2016- A neighbor of RF at his apartment complex said he had been asked not to discuss what he knew in detail. He did say he heard the couple arguing the night Zuzu disappeared (WFAA).

26 Oct 2016- The Texas Attorney General's Office has now officially become involved with the case. Alpine Police Chief Russell Scown says that now that the Attorney General is involved they will be able to put together a grand jury and compel witnesses, including Robert Fabian, Zuzu's boyfriend and now suspect in the case, to answer investigators' questions (CBS7, Newswest9).

26 Oct 2016- 83rd District Attorney Rod Ponton made a motion to recuse his office and appoint Adrienne McFarland and Geoff Barr of the Texas Attorney General's Office to provide continuity of the investigation. Ponton is set to leave office in 2017. The motion to recuse Ponton was granted (CBS7, Newswest9).

THURSDAY

27 Oct 2016- CBS 7 News spoke briefly with CE over the phone. CE says he has nothing to do with the disappearance of Zuzu. CE says the last time he saw Zuzu was over a year ago. When asked if CE believes RF was involved somehow he said no (CBS7).

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**ALL media sources referenced are in the media thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sho...-NO-DISCUSSION
**For space and clarity, I have taken out the events involving searches and other previous life events not directly related to Zuzu's disappearance. Those events are still in previous versions of the timeline in the media thread.
 
“You could hear him moving their stuff around, playing music, and then she (Zuzu) shows up,” said John Franco, who lives in the apartment below Robert. “They make dinner like at 9 p.m. or 10 p.m., you could smell their food, and you can hear their conversation and then laugh a little bit. Then, it got quiet like after 11 p.m."


That silence didn't last long.
"We just heard one, like you know, shut the ‘F’ up and that was it," Franco said.
At around two that Wednesday morning, Franco heard Robert’s bed shake multiple times.
"We can hear him pacing back and forth, like all over the house,” Franco said. “Maybe around 3 o'clock in the morning, we hear him jump in the shower."
Then, one hour later Franco's girlfriend hears a loud thump and quickly wakes him up.
"She wanted me to go check, so I went to go check, and it was just Robert,” Franco said. “Robert was leaving, but his girlfriend's car was still parked out there."
Neither Franco nor his girlfriend saw Zuzu leave and say her car was gone by Friday -- the day police began their investigation into her disappearance.
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Ne...rd-the-night-Zuzu-disappeared--398978991.html
 
Law Enforcement Concludes Fruitless Landfill Search for Zuzu Verk; Reward Increases to $200,000

Over the weekend, law enforcement officers in West Texas finished searching landfills in Alpine, Presidio and Odessa without finding any sign of missing Sul Ross University student Zuzu Verk. Monday, the Alpine Police Department increased the reward for information to $200,000, raised entirely through private donations.

http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/...zuzu-verk-reward-increases-to-200-000-8861748
 
ONE MONTH LATER: Search continues for Zuzu Verk, parents remain hopeful
Saturday, November 12th 2016

It's been one month since Sul Ross State University student Zuzu Verk was last seen in Alpine, Texas. It's been even longer since her parents have seen her. The Verk family said they never expected Zuzu to be gone this long and the memories of her are making the days go by faster.

We visited with several courts in Alpine and we have learned a grand jury will be presented with evidence very soon. We've reached out to the Attorney General's Office, there is no word on any possible indictments.

http://www.newswest9.com/story/33692490/one-month-has-passed-since-zuzu-verk-was-last-seen
 
Finding Zuzu: Grand jury meets to hear testimony from witnesses and persons of interest

By DeAnn Lopez |

Posted: Mon 11:19 AM, Nov 14, 2016

On Monday a grand jury is meeting to hear testimony from witnesses and persons of interest including Robert’s sister, Jocelin Carrillo, and brother-in-law James Carrillo.

CBS 7 News has sent a Freedom of Information Act to the Texas Attorney General’s Office requesting any and all subpoenas issued in Zuzu’s case.


http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Fi...nesses-and-persons-of-interest-401124096.html
 

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