R171: There's a really useful timeline at Reddit, with a link at R124. I excerpted a couple of the early entries below.
I agree that the husband's early leap to assume to worst about Alan seems suspicious. He seems eager to ascribe a great deal of urgency to a situation that, in my mind might be easily explained but outside a partner's knowledge. Maybe, for example, Alan had a message that the 7.00 meeting had been rescheduled or cancelled and stayed late at the gym then ran an errand or two. I don't know anything, but I'm suspicious when someone has a story that turns on its own very precise and detailed timeline and explains calling hospitals and sounding an official alarm quite quickly.
Another thing that strikes me as odd is in the preciseness of the niece and houseguest (see below) "reported on social media that her Uncle Alan mentioned that he would be going to the gym early the following morning, and expected to be home by 6:00 a.m" Why? She might as well have mentioned whether he wiped from front to back or back to front. I can't imagine any prospect that she would be involved and yet that detail just seems so very odd and overly precise detail to note. She's young, but who exactly was supposed to be interested in this bit of information?
October 21, 2020, Wednesday
EVENING: [bold]Alan's niece reported on social media that her Uncle Alan mentioned that he would be going to the gym early the following morning, and expected to be home by 6:00 a.m.[/bold] Alan's husband Rusty Jenkins, and Alan's coworker Matt Davies, both told the news media that they knew Alan had a work-related conference call scheduled for 7:00 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, October 22, 2020.
October 22, 2020, Thursday
4:40 AM: According to Alan's husband Rusty Jenkins, Alan and Rusty each left their home near W Mockingbird Lane and Inwood Road in Dallas to go to their gyms. Alan's gym is LA Fitness at Cityplace, a 12 minute, 3.8 mile drive.
5:00 AM: The LA Fitness gym opens, and Alan goes in and works out.
5:38 AM: Alan is captured on video surveillance cameras at LA Fitness leaving the gym. He does not appear under duress and he appears to be alone. He can be seen getting into his black 2019 Porsche Macan loaner car and exiting the parking lot.
5:47 AM: Alan is captured on video surveillance cameras at the RaceTrac convenience store and gas station at 2506 Inwood Road in Dallas. The distance and travel time from the gym to this gas station is 11 minutes and 3.9 miles, strongly suggesting that Alan went straight to the RaceTrac from the gym, with no intervening stops.
6:15 AM: Alan's husband Rusty reports that he thought it was odd that Alan wasn't home yet.
6:30 AM: Rusty reports he knew something was wrong because Alan still had not returned home. Alan's niece reported on social media that Alan's family was able to determine that the last text Alan's phone received was at 6:30 a.m.
6:45 AM: Rusty reports that he began to panic because Rusty had still not returned home.
7:00 AM: When Alan still has not returned home and misses his scheduled work conference call, Rusty reportedly begins searching for Alan. According to news media reports, and social media posts by Alan's niece, Rusty continues texting and calling Alan to no avail, calls hospitals inquiring if they had any John Does matching Alan's description, and drives the route Alan would have taken to and from the gym to their home, looking for Alan. Rusty reportedly was afraid Alan had been in a traffic accident. According to Alan's niece, Alan and Rusty's home security cameras show no sign that Alan made it home.
11:00 AM: Rusty files a Missing Person Report with the Dallas Police Department.
