Timothy Wayne Shepherd remains in the Harris County Jail on $250,000 bond.

He’s charged with murder in the killing of 19-year-old Tynesha Stewart, a Texas A&M University student who was killed while home for spring break.

TIMELINE

March 15 - Tynesha Stewart last seen after she and Timothy Wayne Shepherd left her mother’s apartment in Humble. It’s believed the 19-year-old was dismembered and her body parts were burned in two barbecue grills on Shepherd’s northwest Harris County apartment patio. Shepherd’s neighbors said he was barbecuing at all hours for two days at a time, at his apartment.

March 16 – Shepherd’s neighbors become alarmed after seeing dark-colored smoke billowing from Shepherd’s patio. A firefighter and Harris County deputy arrives at the apartment; Shepherd says everything is under control.

March 17, 18 – Neighbor sees Shepherd carry the grill and the smoker to the garbage bin.

March 19 – Tynesha Stewart is reported missing.

March 20 - The Harris County Sheriff’s Office homicide division launched its investigation into Stewart’s disappearance.

March 21 – Investigators interview Shepherd for 10 hours. After being released, he contacted community activist Quanell X. Quanell X persuaded Shepherd to tell him what happened to Stewart. He then led authorities to the garbage bin where he claimed to have placed Stewart’s body. That night Shepherd was charged with strangling Tynesha Stewart’s murder.

March 22 - The sheriff’s office says it won’t conduct a search in a landfill for Stewart’s body.

March 23 – HCSO reversed its decision not to search after public outcry. The department then says Shepherd may have been dismembered.

March 24 – Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas announces there would be no search because all the remains had been burned.

March 26 - Timothy Shepherd appeared in court again. The Harris County Sheriff’s Department detectives return to Timothy Wayne Shepherd’s apartment to further investigate the disappearance and reported murder of Tynesha Stewart. Shepherd’s attorney says his client should stay in jail for his own safety because of public outrage.

March 27 – Community activists call for authorities to search for Stewart’s body and say the Harris County Sheriff’s Office is inept to handle the investigation.