had been found. her ex-boyfriend, je michael. so he was on his home turf. he s in his backyard. that s rural county out there. there s not even a light in traffic light in that town. reporter: investigators thought that couldn t be a coincidence. but je michael wasn t someone the family had seriously considered as a suspect. at least not at first. he d been supportively by their side ever since danielle disappeared. he would gave me a hug. yep. he was at a balloon release. he was at the search parties, all that stuff. reporter: but there had been moments with je michael that gave them pause. one happened for chena during that big search. it was the strangest thing because he was, like, in the middle of an open circle, and there he stood not talking to anyone, standing there just staring down at his arm. reporter: she even snapped a picture of it.
for details about that night. you kept in touch with him. you stayed in contact. yes. if he was responsible, i m going to keep that enemy closer, so i wasn t going to let him out of my sight. jonni wasn t giving up. neither was christina s stepmom anna. somebody s seen her. something is somewhere. we just need that little bit of information so we can bring her home. there were no witnesses and few leads but attention grew. plano police were leading larger and larger search parties, scouring the countryside. there was a lot of people from the community that didn t know the family, that had no connection to christina, and they were coming to support. and dozens and dozens of people in these searches just trying to find this girl. days went by with no sign of christina or her belongings. more resources arrived like a mounted search team and drones. christina s family and friends
of people joined search parties all over the area. her family, her off his family came together. and we had realtors from all over the state helping us. by that afternoon we had the search set up, and everybody had an assignment. many realtors felt this was personal. one of their own will out doing her job, had gone missing. agents were already on alert. in recent years arising crimes against real estate brokers across the country. brutal assaults and even murder. how often do you talk about safety? we always talked about, it but a lot of times if somebody would call and ask us to go show a house, it was just kind of instinct you would jump up and go. this was not a last-minute showing for beverley. beverley said she d been in contact with the clients for a few days. she did have some concerns initially, because it was a man who had contacted her. she wanted to make sure that the wife was going to be there also. she wanted to show them both at the same time. that deal is
you stayed in contact. yes. if he was responsible, i m going to keep that enemy closer, so i wasn t going to let him out of my sight. jonni wasn t giving up. neither was christina s stepmom anna. somebody s seen her. something is somewhere. we just need that little bit of information so we can bring her home. there were no witnesses and few leads but attention grew. plano police were leading larger and larger search parties, scouring the countryside. there was a lot of people from the community that didn t know the family, that had no connection to christina, and they were coming to support. and dozens and dozens of people in these searches just trying to find this girl. days went by with no sign of christina or her belongings. more resources arrived like a mounted search team and drones. christina s family and friends