Missing woman’s body believed found

They discovered the body of a woman Thursday after a two-day search for Christina Eileen Hunt near her ex-boyfriend’s property in Smith County. Nashville police have notified her family and told them the body likely is Hunt’s, spokesman Don Aaron said.

Hunt’s ex-boyfriend Jeffery Trusty, 38, a truck driver, is a suspect in the death and is being sought by police for questioning, Aaron said Friday. He is not currently charged in the case.

His whereabouts were unknown Friday afternoon, Aaron said.

Hunt, 42, was last seen at a south Nashville McDonald’s near Interstate 440 on June 23. Her family told police that it was out of character for her to be away for more than 24 hours without checking in.

Hunt had filed several orders of protection against Trusty before she disappeared, according to a Web site set up by the family to help find Hunt.

“I watched my daughter go from a bubbling, energetic, ball of fire to being a scared rabbit at the thought of what he might do,” Hunt’s mother, Wilda Brown, said in a statement on the Web at site http://www.helpfindchrystal.com.

Detectives believe Hunt was abducted from Nashville and murdered, Aaron said.

The body, found at 6:35 p.m. Thursday on rural land, showed signs of decomposition, Aaron said. Clothing found at the scene, as well as the victim’s dental work, indicates the body likely is that of Hunt’s, he said.

“This is property that is adjacent to land of Christina Hunt’s boyfriend, Jeff Trusty, who had been previously identified as a person of interest in this case,” Aaron said Thursday night.

The Nashville medical examiner is working to determine the cause of death, he said.

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Information from: The Tennessean, http://www.tennessean.com