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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 didn't 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 husband packed their bags and drove the four hours down to plano. straight to the parking garage where...

>> and yet it's 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 up his cell phone. >> that's like wearing a sandwich board saying, "be suspicious of me." >> so it...

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. >> she's the love of my life, the apple of my eye, my heartbeat. she's 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 she'd get so small but she gives the biggest hugs. and she will not let you go. >> reporter: kelly lange met...

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 didn't 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 it's, like, okay to be with a guy who didn't do anything? >> well, because that's our world, not her world. >> reporter: okay. >> i -- i know, i'm the same way. trust me. it bugged the heck out of me. >> reporter: on the friday of labor day weekend, hunter decided to driv...

Mom, jonni, now living up in tulsa, oklahoma, got a text from one of christina's 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 hadn't shown for her shiftsn satuay or tuesday. >> i immediately got a feeling in my stomach that i've never had before. i knew something was wrong. i sent christina a message on her phone. and i sent hunter a message. >> reporter: hunter, christina's live-in boyfriend. >> and he never called me back. >> reporter: jonni call...