DESTIN - 22-year-old Cynthia Barrett's body was discovered early Thursday morning, with no clues as to how she died.

Okaloosa County deputies now say her boyfriend, wanted for questioning in the case, has committed suicide.

Channel Three's Laurie Bernstein joins us now with the details.

Deputies stumbled upon the body of 21-year-old Matthew Freeman Thursday evening, hanging from a tree behind Parkwood Estates.

It puts an end to the search that started after his girlfriend, Cynthia Barrett, was found dead inside the apartment they both shared.

It's not something residents here at Old Bay Condominiums are used to waking up to...the sight of police cars in their driveways.

"I came out to empty my trash, saw cars all over the place, didn't know what was going on."

"Just walked down to walk the dog, say a body bag coming out, what's going on?"

Okaloosa deputies first got the call around 7:30 a.m., when the mother of Matthew Freeman came to the apartment to pick up her son to take him to a court date.

She didn't find him. Instead she found the body of his girlfriend, Cynthia Barrett.

Her car, a 1998 Honda Civic, was gone, along with Freeman.

Neighbors told investigators they saw Matthew Freeman exit the apartment as recently as Wednesday night, but police tell us Cynthia's body had been in the apartment for days, begging the question, why didn't he go to police?

All day long, Okaloosa deputies would only call Barrett's death suspicious, not a murder.

They stopped short of calling Freeman a suspect, saying they only wanted to question him.

Just after noon, Barrett's car was found on State Road 20.

Five hours later, Freeman's body was found hanging from a tree behind Parkwood Estates.

Deputies say he left two notes: one for police, and one for his family, although they won't tell us what he said.

Police will say, that Barrett's death is not considered a homicide at this point.

"It's crazy, but in the world we live in, not very shocking, people do the craziest things for the smallest of reasons, you never know what could have been the cause, what could have drove him to that."

Both Freeman and Barrett have previous records involving drug charges.

An autopsy is scheduled for Friday, to determine exactly what caused Barrett's death.Slain Destin Woman's Boyfriend Dead of Apparent Suicide