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>> reporter: the stars at night were big and bright. but by dawn, deep in the heart of texas there was no trace of christina morris. >> i didnt sleep for 24 hours. i stayed up all night. >> reporter: by wednesday morning, four days after christina vanished from the fancy shopping center, her mom jonni was growing frantic. >> i called every police department. i called every hospital because you never know. >> reporter: the calls led nowhere, and jonni felt helpless in oklahoma, so she and her hus...

>> and yet its the opinion of all her friends who heard her side of that conversation that they were? >> oh, yeah. the friends said she was upset to the point of even crying sometimes. she was so upset with hunter that she was tearful and upset. >> reporter: hunter told police he was out with friends in downtown dallas the night christina disappeared and 20 miles away from that mall in plano. but when cops pressed him for details, he was vague. and there was one more thing. hunter would not give...

She grew up in suburban dallas with her dad, mark, her step-mom, anna, and a brother and sister. but she remained close to her mom, jonni mcelroy. >> shes the love of my life, the apple of my eye, my heartbeat. shes my everything. >> reporter: it was almost like christina had two moms, and later when jonni married ronnie, two dads. and lots of friends. sydney robertson has known christina since they were 3 years old. >> her personality was definitely ten times bigger than she was. and shed get s...

The ambition or the money, relying on christina to help him with his business and with the bills. >> she worked a full-time job and was a manager. her boyfriend didnt do anything. she supported him. >> reporter: so she had a mom and a dad who worked, correct? >> uh-huh. >> right. >> reporter: where did she get this idea that its, like, okay to be with a guy who didnt do anything? >> well, because thats our world, not her world. >> reporter: okay. >> i -- i know, im the same way. trust me. it bug...

Mom, jonni, now living up in tulsa, oklahoma, got a text from one of christinas friends. >> asking me have i heard from christina. and i said, "no. why?" and she sent me back a message. she goes, "her boss called me and said she never showed up for work." >> reporter: she hadnt shown for her shiftsn satuay or tuesday. >> i immediately got a feeling in my stomach that ive never had before. i knew something was wrong. i sent christina a message on her phone. and i sent hunter a message. >> reporte...

Successful at first, it hadnt worked out, and he was back in town without a job, but with plenty of free time. christinas mom could see why >> he was a great skater and a dirt bike rider and good looking in her eyes. and he lived life on the edge and took chances. that was her excitement, too. >> reporter: by the summer of 2014, 23-year old christina was living with hunter about an hour away from family and friends. she was working in marketing at a dating service and had just earned a promotion...

>> reporter: the stars at night were big and bright. but by dawn, deep in the heart of texas there was no trace of christina morris. >> i didnt sleep for 24 hours. i stayed up all night. >> reporter: by wednesday morning, four days after christina vanished from the fancy shopping center, her mom jonni was growing frantic. >> i called every police department. i called every hospital because you never know. >> reporter: the calls led nowhere, and jonni felt helpless in oklahoma, so she and her hus...

Place. >> yes. as a mom, i just couldnt believe that theres no way that -- theres no evidence that she didnt come out of this parking garage, that she had to still be here. >> reporter: jonni didnt find anything but she hoped maybe someone in the neighboring apartments heard or saw something. >> how many doors you knock on total do you think? >> oh gosh. 50, 100. >> reporter: christinas friends were searching the shopping center too. >> we walked to restaurants. we talked to people. we walked th...

>> reporter: jonni kept pressing hunter for details about that night. >> you kept in touch with him. you stayed in contact. >>yes. if he was responsible, im going to keep that enemy closer, so i wasnt going to let him out of my sight. >> reporter: jonni wasnt giving up. neither was christinas stepmom anna. >> somebodys seen her. something is somewhere. we just need that little bit of information so we can bring her home. >> reporter: there were no witnesses and few leads but attention grew. plan...

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