I agree with you, and I think that search was underway. Im not sure what happened as far as the timeline goes. Again, I dont work for any of the agencies involved and any info Im giving you, comes from experiences within my agency. Im not sure which PD found the boyfriend. I dont know if it was the Campus PD that found him or Blacksburg PD found him. There were rumors floating around about a white guy in a pickup truck. If he was off campus, Im assuming that it was either Blacksburg, The local sheriff or the Va SP that found him. Maybe Blacksburg PD found the guy and reached out to the Tech PD and told them they had the guy and were transporting him back to Tech, and Tech was waiting on the guy to get back.
I don’t know which agency picked up the boyfriend, but the timeline has him being picked up 5 minutes *after* Norris went off.
Thanks for you insight on the event.