he wasn t paying attention to his phone. 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 s friday night, but they re not going out together. and he doesn t call when she s missing. and he won t let you download his phone. is that about right? that s all true. reporter: christina s mom also found hunter s behavior very odd. and she confronted him about it. i need to know why you didn t call, why you didn t check on her? yeah. i flipped out.
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 christina s car had been found. you came straight here. yes. even though this was the one place in dallas where you can pretty much guarantee police had searched pretty thoroughly. yes. but you re searching. you re walking all over the place.
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 christina s car had been found. you came straight here. yes. even though this was the one place in dallas where you can pretty much guarantee police had searched pretty thoroughly. yes. but you re searching. you re walking all over the place. yes. as a mom, i just couldn t
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 s friday night, but they re not going out together. and he doesn t call when she s missing. and he won t let you download his phone. is that about right? that s all true. reporter: christina s mom also found hunter s behavior very odd. and she confronted him about it. i need to know why you didn t call, why you didn t check on her? yeah. i flipped out. i got little anxiety right now. reporte
upscale shopping mall in the town of plano. it was hopping. the group headed to a bar called henry s tavern, then closed down another called scruffy duffy s. at about 2 am, christina, steven, and a few others went back to the apartment where they d started. reporter: how drunk was everybody? i mean, we were all pretty drunk. it was myself, i probably had ten to 12 shots and a couple beers when i was out. reporter: too drunk to drive, steven wanted to crash on the couch and sober up. but christina hadn t had much to drink at all and she just wanted to get home. it was now about 3:30 saturday morning. she wanted me to take her home. reporter: she wanted you to take her home and you say, i can t. i ve had too much to drink. why don t you stick around? yeah. reporter: and she says, no, i want to go. i m going to go. yeah, she s stubborn. i m not going to force her to stay there. reporter: steven says christina decided to drive herself home. i told her if she felt like