Boyfriend in custody after girlfriend's disappearance

It's been more than two weeks since anyone last saw Amalia Alexander.

On Wednesday, her co-workers at Legends Oaks Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Northwest Houston, spoke to Channel 2 and provided some insight into her troubled relationship with her boyfriend.

Alexander worked as a nurse's assistant, beginning her employment this summer. Even though she hadn't worked there for that long, she certainly left a memorable impression.

"Loved coming into work every day, loved interacting with the patients and everything," said Sammie Marth, the H.R. manager at Legend Oaks.
 
Alexander never showed up to work on Sept. 20, which was unusual for the punctual 32-year-old, co-workers said.
 
"We had already known that she was having some problems at home," Marth said.
 
This anecdote was backed up by court records, which said a man named Jarvis Earl Hickerson was her boyfriend.

He was arrested on Sept. 12 for striking Alexander with his foot.

She then filed for an emergency protection order.

The Harris County District Attorney's Office said  Hickerson posted bond, but he violated the conditions and was re-arrested on Sept. 23: four days after Alexander was last seen.
 
"It was kind of weird because we have to call her and but she didn't answer her phone," said Sunita Everest, the staffing coordinator at Legend Oaks.
 
Marth said the only other time Alexander had missed work was because she said she had a problem with her boyfriend.
 
"She had brought us a police card for a police report and so I called the number on there and told them that she hadn't gone in to work and that I was concerned," Marth said.
 
That welfare check sparked a search and investigation for more than two weeks.

On Tuesday, Texas EquuSearch volunteers scoured a 2-mile radius in North Harris County. 

She was last seen the night of Sept. 19 when she said goodnight to her sister at her sister's apartment.

On Sept. 20, Alexander's car was discovered at her own apartment a mile away from her sister's place. Alexander's clothes she wore the night before were found on her dresser.

On Wednesday,  Texas EquuSearch had suspended it' search at the request of the Sheriff's Office.

On Thursday, volunteers hope to get a more exact location to search.

Hickerson is still in custody and he has not been charged in Alexander's disappearance.