yeah. reporter: in september of 2016, almost two years to the day since christina had vanished, enrique arochi went on trial at the collin county courthouse charged with aggravated kidnapping. zeke fortenberry was the lead prosecutor. why not prosecute him for murder? we thought about that, and i believe he did murder her. the problem is we didn t have a body to show that and we didn t have a crime scene to show murder. it s probably the most difficult case i ve ever tried. i m here to give you the facts. and to tell you that on aug. 30th this defendant kidnapped christina morris. and that s what the facts say. reporter: the prosecutor showed the jury those interviews enrique gave police and pointed out his changing stories. why did he lie again and again and again? reporter: he told the jury that even though she can t be seen here, christina was probably in the passenger seat of enrique s car. so why did christina get in the car? my guess is he lied to her.
reporter: police also wanted to learn more about christina s boyfriend, hunter foster. her parents told police that relationship was rocky. she was planning on leaving him. i do know that for sure. she was home alone a lot by herself because he d go out partying with his friends. and she was lonely. she was sad. reporter: and when police talked with christina s friend steven, he told them she d been texting hunter that night asking him to pick her up from the shopping center. she had texted him a few times and then he stopped texting her back, and then she tried calling him and he didn t answer. reporter: as a result, steven said, christina became more and more upset as the night wore on. i mean, yeah, they were in a fight. they were definitely fighting that last night? uh-huh. reporter: police asked hunter to come down to the station. former prosecutor zeke fortenberry. what s he say about that fight that he and christina were having? hunter says he wasn t real
boyfriend, hunter foster. her parents told police that relationship was rocky. she was planning on leaving him. i do know that for sure. she was home alone a lot by herself because he d go out partying with his friends. and she was lonely. she was sad. reporter: and when police talked with christina s friend steven, he told them she d been texting hunter that night asking him to pick her up from the shopping center. she had texted him a few times and then he stopped texting her back, and then she tried calling him and he didn t answer. reporter: as a result, steven said, christina became more and more upset as the night wore on. i mean, yeah, they were in a fight. they were definitely fighting that last night? uh-huh. reporter: police asked hunter to come down to the station. former prosecutor zeke fortenberry. what s he say about that fight that he and christina were having? hunter says he wasn t really aware of the fight. he said that he was out drinking, partyi
my whole world was turned upside down. you knew she was gone then. yeah. in september of 2016, almost two years to the day since kree t christina had vanished, enrique went on trial charged with aggravated kidnapping. zeke was the prosecutor. why not prosecute for murder? we thought about that. and i do believe he murdered her. the problem was he didn t have a body to show that and a crime scene to show. it s the most difficult case i have ever tried. i m here to give you the facts and to tell you on august 30th this defendant kidnapped christina morris and that s what the facts say. the prosecutors showed the jury the interviews enrique gave police and pointed out his changing stories. why did he lie again and again and again? he told the jury even though she can t be seen here, christina was probably in the passenger seat of enrique s car.
i opened the door. i looked inside, you know. the car was locked. just a mess. just a mess like she keeps it. reporter: it was always a mess? it was always a mess. but no bag, no wallet, no cellphone. the car was locked and she never got in it. now police had to play catch-up. the plano police department had a disadvantage with a four-day delay start. zeke fortenberry was a prosecutor in the district attorney s office. the plano police department knew it was four days she had been missing already, so that raises a red flag something serious might be going on. there s no sign of a missing ft. worth woman who vanished from a plano parking garage. by this time a lot of people in north texas were hearing about christina morris. lauren caceres covered the story. people don t randomly disappear from shopping centers in plano, that just doesn t happen. the fact that maybe, just maybe