Katharina Buczek
Dina and Chuck also rowed through ponds on kayaks and spent thousands of dollars on distributing missing person flyers to homes both in their community and in neighboring towns.
A local search-and-rescue organization known as Texas EquuSearch lent a hand in the search for Danielle, but their efforts came up dry. Montgomery County Search and Rescue also pitched in, but their searches yielded no results.
So, Dina and Chuck were forced to extremes. They listened to every single tip they received from the community and even resorted to visiting psychics and mediums.
“It drives you crazy. You get home, and you lay awake all freakin’ night until early in the morning, and you finally get a couple of hours of sleep, and then you’re back up at it again,” Chuck recalled.
Unfortunately, though, none of the authorities or Danielle’s family’s questions about what exactly happened to Danielle that night have ever been answered.
Shortly after Danielle was reported missing, investigators from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office obtained a warrant to search Danielle and Austin’s home for any “implements and instruments used in the commission of a criminal offense of murder and/or aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and/or tampering with physical evidence.” Officers also took possession of Austin’s truck, cell phone, and tablet.
The warrant never led to Danielle’s cell phone being located. However, her phone records revealed that there were numerous text messages sent until 3:12 a.m. on the evening of her disappearance.
The last time that Danielle’s cell phone was turned on was also two days after she vanished. It pinged a cell tower located just two and a half miles from her home.
Additionally, investigators combed through Danielle’s bank account and credit card statements– both of which had not been used for two days before she disappeared. Her email account also showed no activity in the five days leading up to March 22, 2015.
And in the end, authorities never discovered anything within Austin’s truck or on his cell phone or tablet that helped investigators ascertain what happened to Danielle.
Still, Pual Hahs– a sergeant with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office who took on Danielle’s case– underscored that no one is off the hook in this investigation.
