At around 21:00 GMT on 3 March 2021, Everard left the house of a friend near Clapham Junction to the west of Clapham Common.[1][8][9] She walked across the common, along the A205 South Circular Road, en route to her home.[4][8][5] She spoke to her boyfriend on her mobile phone for about fifteen minutes and agreed to meet him the next day.[4] At 21:28, she was seen on doorbell camera footage on Poynders Road[11] and four minutes later on the dashcam of a passing police car.[4][5][12] CCTV footage from a bus passing her route at 21:35 also assisted the investigation.[10][12] Everard's boyfriend contacted the police on 4 March after she did not meet him.[4]