A Fairfield, California woman is missing, and police say they suspect foul play.
Missing person
last updated 26 August 2026 · 2 sources
Confirmed facts
13
Open questions
5
Last seen
17 Jul 2026
Charges
None reported
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Case file Chantel Brooks, reference D C zero one six three.
CBS Sacramento reported that Chantel Brooks was last seen on seventeenth July twenty twenty-six after leaving work in San Francisco shortly after midnight. CBS Sacramento reported that surveillance video later captured Brooks at a CVS in Fairfield before two a.m. The outlet also reported that earlier police information described Brooks as thirty-six years old, and said she was wearing a brown multicolored hat, a red zip-up hoodie, gray pants, and brown furry boots.
CBS Sacramento reported that Fairfield police began investigating after receiving a welfare-check request on twenty-eighth July. On eighteenth August, CBS Sacramento reported that the Fairfield Police Department said investigators believed Brooks’ disappearance involved foul play. CBS Sacramento reported that police said no suspects had been identified, and that the search had expanded across Solano, Alameda, and San Francisco counties.
The file’s open questions include where Chantel Brooks is, what happened after the CVS sighting, what evidence led police to suspect foul play, whether license-plate-reader activity in East Oakland is confirmed by police, and whether towed vehicles will yield evidence.
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Timeline of what's confirmed13 entries
17 July 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that Chantel Brooks was last seen after leaving work in San Francisco shortly after midnight.
CBS Sacramento
17 July 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that surveillance video later captured Brooks at a CVS in Fairfield before 2 a.m.
CBS Sacramento
17 July 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that earlier police information described Brooks as 36 years old and said she was last seen leaving a CVS on East Travis Boulevard in Fairfield.
CBS Sacramento
17 July 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that Brooks was last seen wearing a brown multicolored hat, a red zip-up hoodie, gray pants and brown furry boots.
CBS Sacramento
17 July 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that police asked for information about Brooks' black 2021 Infiniti QX50 with California license plate 9SBB134 after 17 July 2026.
CBS Sacramento
28 July 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that Fairfield police began investigating after receiving a welfare-check request.
CBS Sacramento
18 August 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that the Fairfield Police Department said investigators believed Brooks' disappearance involved foul play.
CBS Sacramento
18 August 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that Fairfield police said detectives had issued dozens of search warrants, conducted multiple coordinated ground searches and carried out aerial drone searches.
CBS Sacramento
18 August 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that Fairfield police said search-and-rescue resources through the California Office of Emergency Services had been involved.
CBS Sacramento
24 August 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that Fairfield police said no suspects had been identified.
CBS Sacramento
24 August 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that the search had expanded across Solano, Alameda and San Francisco counties.
CBS Sacramento
24 August 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that Fairfield police said several vehicles that may be connected to the investigation had been located, towed and were being processed for possible evidence.
CBS Sacramento
24 August 2026
CBS Sacramento reported that police and Brooks' family asked anyone with information to contact the Fairfield Police Department tip line at 707-428-7300.
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Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
Where is Chantel Brooks?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What happened after Brooks was seen at the Fairfield CVS on 17 July 2026?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What evidence led Fairfield police to suspect foul play?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
Whether license-plate-reader activity in East Oakland is confirmed by police remains unclear.unconfirmed · unconfirmed
Whether any of the towed vehicles will yield evidence remains unconfirmed.unconfirmed · unconfirmed
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