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morning classes. Her roommate and friends told police that she was last seen wearing a long-sleeve
black turtle neck shirt, black pants and Doc Martin shoes. Her roommate also said she was carrying
a blue duffle bag, which contained her MacBook computer, an iPhone 6, materials for school and an
extra jacket. University police then conducted a search for Weiser in Waller Creek but were unable
to locate her.
In this photo taken Tuesday morning, April 5, 2016, police tape blocks off an area in Waller Creek on
the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, where police say a woman was found dead.
Tuesday, April 7
9:45 a.m.: University police canvassed the route Weiser was known to walk to and from her dorm
and classes. During the search, the body of a young woman with "obvious trauma" was found in
[Waller] creek behind the UT Etter-Harbin Alumni Center.
10:45 a.m.: Weiser was pronounced dead by Austin-Travis County EMS Medical Director Dr. Mark
Ackrell. It was later identified to be Weiser.
Crime scene investigators work near the scene where a woman's body has been found in a creek in
Austin, Texas, April 5, 2016.
Wednesday, April 6
10:45 a.m.: Weiser's death was ruled a homicide by the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office,
due to "obvious trauma."
Meanwhile, as the Austin Police Department processed the scene where Wesier was found, they
noticed the blue duffle bag she had been described as carrying was not in her possession.
The Austin Police Department released this booking photo of Meechaiel Khalil Criner, 17, on April 8,
2016.
Thursday, April 7
2 p.m.: UT Austin President Gregory L. Fenves held a press conference, along with the Austin Police
Department. Fenves read a statement from Weiser's family and described her attack as "unthinkable
brutality." Austin Police Department Chief Troy Gay played surveillance video of a suspect seen on
campus Sunday night, asking for the public's help in identifying him.
4:08 p.m.: After the Austin Police Department released surveillance video of the suspect to the
public, Austin Fire Department Capt. David Leonard called investigators to inform them of the
incident of the 17-year-old found burning items in an abandoned building.
5:20 p.m.: Officers arrested Criner at LifeWorks for the suspected tampering with evidence. Earlier,
detectives had returned to the abandoned building and found a burned notebook with college-level
coursework inside and a small-sized Doc Martin shoe. They also found "an article of evidence that
matched the same texture, age and appearance of an article seized on or near the victim's body," the
affidavit said.
Friday, April 8
11:30 a.m.: The Austin Police Department held a press conference announcing that Criner had been
taken into custody and charged with first-degree felony murder. He is currently being held on $1
million bond.
One of Criner's family members told ABC News they do not believe he committed a crime and plan
to travel to Austin to find out what happened.