I said, what the hell . She brakes. And i brake. And i heard a thump. Hes pronounced dead at the hospital. A case of road rage . Or a love triangle racing toward tragedy . She goes, im having an affair with your husband. Two women in love with one man, hating each other. Youre getting Text Messages from bonnie of the two of them having sex . Uhhuh. A hollywood love story . This was the man i wanted to marry. Or, a fatal attraction . He goes, i cant get rid of this person. And so many about to lose so much. Why . I will live with that for the rest of my life. In a case of horror on the highway, who really crossed the line . Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with collision. Reporter this is the story of two fiery women battling for the heart of one muchloved man. Its about sex, secrets and lies. Redhot texas passion and a bitter feud. All leading to a final showdown on a twolane highway. Bexar county, 911. I got a black escalade and a black range rover. Theyre hauling ass, acting like idiots. Reporter a highspeed chase that went horribly, horribly wrong. It was a nightmare. Reporter when the dust settled, one life would be over, many others shattered. We all lost here. Reporter and the final chapter . Passion would write that one, too. San antonio, texas, home of the alamo, the riverwalk and the hall family. Three generations of truckers with deep roots in the city. It was here that bill hall met the love of his life at the tender age of 16. Her name was frances. What happened the first time you laid eyes on bill . I just fell in love with him. I knew this was the man i was going to marry. Reporter at 16 . At 16. Reporter they married right out of high school. A year later, daughter nikki was born. Were your parents in love . Oh, yes. We definitely saw love growing up in the house. I love my baby. Reporter what was your relationship like with your dad . Not your typical fatherdaughter relationship. Like, a best friend, almost. I could tell dad anything. Reporter four years after nikki came justin. Did he really want a son . Oh, my god. When they pulled that baby out and they said, mr. Hall, you have a son, that man cried. Reporter bill worked hard to give his young family a better life. Bill used to clean airplanes. He went to college. And on the weekends, if he was off, hed go dig ditches. We made ends meet. Reporter but his true passion was big rigs. So one day he up and quit school, started his own business. Bill hall jr. Trucking. Thats what his family did for a living. So its in their blood. Reporter bill got his first truck and went to work delivering topsoil. While frances hit the phones to drum up new business. He was a dreamer. And he always said, im going to go big, vieja. Vieja is a hispanic term which means old lady. Reporter after just a few years, bill and frances turned that one truck into a fleet of 130. At its height, their empire was valued at more than 15 million. All his dreaming paid off. And hard work. He put his life, his heart and soul into it. Bill was bill hall jr. Trucking. Reporter but for bill, it wasnt all work and no play. He was a daredevil. He loved racing. In his later years, he loved hunting. He was a mans man. Reporter and also a bit of a ladies man according to bills cousin hank. You know, beautiful women. You work hard, you play hard. And you do things, you know, that youre not supposed to be doing. He was great man, but he was not a perfect man. Reporter bills imperfections became painfully clear nearly 32 years into their marriage when frances says she got a call from a mysterious woman. It was september 13, 2013. Friday the 13th. She goes, you dont know me, but im having an affair with your husband. Reporter wow. I was in shock. Reporter heartbroken, furious. Frances says she confronted bill and asked, was it true. By that time, he is crying and telling me that hes sorry, that its true. I was devastated. Reporter this is three decades of marriage. I finally asked him how long has this been going on . He cried again and told me, three years. I go, this is not an affair. This is a relationship. Reporter about that and only that, she and the other woman agreed. You dont like the word mistress do you . No, i dont. Reporter this is Bonnie Contreras. What is it about that word that bothers you . Mistress, it just sounds like i dont want to say yeah, that i was the side person because i was more than that to him. This man is the man i wanted to marry and spend the rest of my life with. Reporter bonnie was a 28yearold single mom when they met. About 20 years younger than bill and frances. She said their love affair bloomed in the most unlikely of places. I met him at a spinach festival. Reporter spinach . Spinach festival. I was helping my aunt sell chicken on a stick. I know it sounds kind of corny, but thats how i met him. Reporter bill happened to stroll by that chicken stand with some friends. As soon as i saw bill, we kind of just locked eyes. Reporter bonnie was intrigued enough by this handsome older gentleman to sneak a peek at his ring finger. No wedding ring. No mark. You know, i figured, hes single. Reporter according to bonnie, the two started to spend nearly every day together. I fell in love with him. I didnt expect it. Its not something that i was looking for at all. Reporter bonnie said bill told her he was separated from his wife and going through a divorce. And i took his word. I never again bothered him about it. Reporter he affect etly called her his gorda, his chubby lady. And during their three years together bill lavished bonnie with attention. Spa days, vacations. Bonnie, come and feel the dolphin. Reporter and even breast implants. I wasnt that big. I was maybe a small b. And he goes, go do them. Well pay for them. Reporter and then she says, a 5 carat diamond ring. It meant love, it meant friendship. It meant a future together. Reporter bonnie denies calling frances out of the blue. She says frances had known about the relationship for years and that the two women even spoke by phone about the Financial Arrangements of a divorce. Who was going to keep what. And she was just going on and on about the properties and about money, about the company. And i said, im not even asking for none of that stuff. I dont want none of it. Reporter whichever version was true, the two women had never met. Cousin hank told bill he needed to break it off with bonnie before something bad happened. I said, you need to get out of that relationship. Dont turn back. Reporter did you find of feel like, hey, bill, youre playing with fire . Thats exactly what i told him. I said, you need to go fix this, man. Fix your house. Frances threw him out. He went back to bonnie. And he would go back to begging frances to go back. It was rr confusing. I have never seen bill like that. Never in my life. Reporter frances was conflicted, too. Take bill back or kick him out for good . The morning of october 9th, her anger boiled over. He was brushing his teeth, and i glanced over and i just i was enraged. Reporter she started pulling his hair, tussled with him all around the house. Bill appeared to take the assault as a joke. He was doing these little dancing he does. And it upset me so much. And i kicked him. And he goes, stop already. I go no. Reporter she went after his prized possessions, nothinging over his custom harleydavidson and hitting their new range rover with a stick. He pushed me down. I fell down. And he took off and waved at me. Smiling. Reporter the following day was rough for frances. Her family coaxed her out of the house to watch her nieces volleyball game. Then, on her way home, driving her Cadillac Escalade i see bill, in back of bill, i see the range rover. And im like, who is that . Reporter the vehicles were coming toward her in the opposite lane. And as they passed, frances did a double take. Sitting behind the wheel of her familys brandnew range rover was bills mistress, Bonnie Contreras. Frances said they locked eyes for the first time. And, of course, i get her little finger. Reporter like the middle finger . Right. And i keep going. Reporter furious, she called her daughter nikki. She said im turning around, im going to confront her. Reporter what did you say to your mom . I said good. Just be careful. Reporter not likely. All hell was about to break loose. Two women now on a collision course. When we come back, frances follows through on her threat. I make the biggest choice of my life. I pulled over, and i turn around. Moments later, horror. She brakes, and i brake. And i heard a thump. What are you doing . Go switch to sprint whos he talking to . I dont know. But i better go to sprint. Wait two iphone 7s. Love you vo get sprint unlimited. 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I can hear this piece of granite every time i brake because it moves. Reporter as bonnie accelerated, frances stayed on her. It was as if she had developed tunnel vision, could focus on only one thing. Im going to confront her. Im done. Ive had it with her. Im going to tell her, you want him . Keep him. Reporter the him in all of this, bill, had been riding his motorcycle in front of bonnie. But as the chase unfolded, he suddenly slowed down. All this time, bill is in front of us. And i see bill pulling over. Then shes passing him. Reporter then, frances said, bill dropped back to her right. And im passing bill. I see bill from my passenger window. And she brakes. And i brake. And i heard something. I heard a thump. Reporter that piece of granite again, frances thought, and she continued to chase after bonnie, still hellbent on confronting her. Suddenly, bonnie made a uturn. And as she makes a uturn, i make the uturn. She takes off. I got a black escalade and a black range rover theyre traveling at high rate of speed. I dont know, 90100 miles an hour that black range rover was. Reporter an offduty officer spotted bonnie and frances and called it in. Theyre hauling ass driving on the wrong side of the road acting like idiots. Reporter frances was still on bonnies tail, when i hear this wind coming in. Reporter the howl of the wind snapped frances out of her trance. She looked back and realized her thirdrow passenger window was shattered. And then, she realized something else. She couldnt see bill anywhere. Frances called her sister connie, who lived close by. Then she called her daughter nikki. She goes, i cant find your dad. I dont know where your dad is. Im turning around. Reporter frances started to make her way back down the highway. She spoke to connie again. My sister tells me, i found him. Reporter connie had jumped in her own car and soon came upon bill and his bike by the side of the road. Hed crashed and was in bad shape. Police were already at the scene when frances arrived. And then as im running to him, an officer grabs me. And i yank him. I heard somebody yell, thats his wife. Leave her alone. And i get down to where hes at. And hes alive. Reporter do you say anything to him . I was just in shock. And he kept telling me, i cant breathe, vieja. And i told him calm down, dad. Calm down. Reporter bill had internal injuries. Whatever happened, the wreck was so severe it even knocked his boots off. Sierra 4, here comes your bird. Reporter they took him away in the helicopter. They got a gurney. And he grabbed my arm. And he goes, vieja, come with me. I go, im coming, dad. And they take him. And i remember he told them, she needs to come with me. Reporter but officers wouldnt allow frances in the chopper, wouldnt allow her to go anywhere, in fact. And i told the officer, im his wife. And he said, turn around. And he handcuffed me, put me in the back and they left with bill. Reporter it was only then, frances says, that it all came together in her mind. The thump, the broken window, somehow bills bike and her escalade must have collided. I think some people might find it hard to believe that you wouldnt realize that you had hit a motor bike. I didnt feel anything. I heard a thump. I thought it was in piece of granite. Reporter Police Detained her for questioning while the rest of the family took up a vigil at the hospital. Bills cousin was hopeful hed pull through. We had been in so many wrecks on bikes and stuff. I said, hell be all right. He had worse accidents than that, so reporter but bill wouldnt be all right, not this time. When they told us that he had passed away, it was just complete shock. I kind of screamed out and i just couldnt believe it. I didnt want to believe it. Reporter frances was still in the back of the patrol car when she got the news. I noticed three people come to me wearing suits, and one of them tells me that he hadnt made it. And i was like, youre full of it. I go, no, he did. I go, just go check. They come back and tell me, miss hall, your husband didnt make it. Reporter with bill dead, frances was not only a grieving widow, she was now clearly a suspect. Police took her to the station for questioning, but she wasnt ready to answer anything. I completely understand, okay. Im terrified. Reporter frances appeared to be in denial. Bill, please. Bill, come back. Reporter but if frances wasnt talking to the police, the other woman in bills life was. And she said bills death was no accident. Coming up bonnies story, terrifying. Im driving, and i feel somebody hit me from behind. What she says frances was really up to on that highway. I just let out a big old scream. I found something that worked. And keeps on working. Now . They see me. See me. 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On his last day on earth, bill hall was staying with neither of them knowing that frances, quite by chance, was coming from the opposite direction. But bonnies version of events would differ sharply from the tale frances told. Hes driving, im driving. Somewhere along the way we stopped at a light, and he pulls up beside me in the other lane. He tells me, i love you so much, gorda. Im so happy. And that was the last time i heard his voice. Reporter the light turned the green and everything changed. He was in front of me and im driving and i feel somebody hit me from behind. At first i thought it was an accident. Reporter a sudden jolt, then another. I feel another hit. And i said, what the hell . And i looked in my Rearview Mirror, and it was frances. Reporter bills wife. Theyd spoken by phone but never met. Bonnie said she never saw frances on the road before she felt those jolts, never taunted her with her middle finger, as frances claimed. Now, bonnie said frances wasnt just chasing her. She was actually repeatedly ramming her Cadillac Escalade into the back of the range rover. I started screaming because she wouldnt stop hitting me. She kept ramming her vehicle into me. Reporter she said frances story that bonnie kept slamming on her brakes was nonsense. You were accused of brake checking her. No, i was trying to get away from that woman. So i started speeding up. And she kept ramming me from behind. And she through me into oncoming traffic. Reporter bonnie said she was hit so hard her purse fell off the front seat. And my stuff flew to the floor. Reporter and here, another significant difference from frances version. Bonnie says that when she swerved back into her lane, she looked in her Rearview Mirror and saw bill was now riding behind her between the two suvs. And i see her coming up behind bill, and im yelling at the top of my lungs. And i see her hit bill, and i see bill fly, then i see the bike fly. Reporter according to bonnie, she saw frances deliberately hit bill from behind, then keep chasing her. I was shaking, and i was in shock. I didnt understand why she hadnt stopped when she hit bill. I couldnt understand it. I still dont understand it. I felt like stopping, but i didnt know if she had a gun. And my first instinct is to make a quick uturn. Reporter so she does a uturn too . Right. She continues to hit me. We even pass the scene of where bill was clinging to his life, and even at that she didnt bother to stop hitting me. Reporter bonnie eventually made her way back to where bill lay by the road. And i see just hecticness everywhere. Police cars, detectives, ambulance. Reporter she said she tried to get to bill, but the officers wouldnt let her near him. I wanted to hug him. I wanted to hug him. I wanted to tell him everything was going to be okay. Reporter bonnie watched the helicopter take bill away. Hours later, a Police Officer gave her the news she was dreading. He goes, bill has passed away. And i just let out a big old scream. Reporter so there was bonnies version. This was no accident. Frances purposefully rammed her repeatedly and fatally knocked bill off the road. Is there only one person to blame for this, in your eyes . Of course. Its frances. She started that high speed chase. She chose to turn around. Why . You know youre going to cause some sort of trouble. Reporter and when investigators looked at the evidence and heard bonnies version of events, they came to the same conclusion. Nico lahood. We do not support this behavior. Reporter frances was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. And for the death of her husband, bill hall jr. , she was charged with murder. We felt there was an attempt at an aggravated assault and at that point life was loss, which gives felony murder. Reporter but frances said the real aggressor was bonnie, and she said she had proof. 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Frances hall was out on bail, facing a murder charge for the high speed chase that ended with the death of her husband, bill. The key witness against her, bills mistress, Bonnie Contreras. But according to frances and her daughter, if anyone should be blamed for what happened, it was bonnie. She has a lot of responsibility or full responsibility in causing this. She ruined a family. Reporter the way the hall family tells it, bonnie was a golddigger, a stalker and a liar who had been manipulating and threatening bill for years. Frances said that after she learned about the affair, she learned the truth about bonnie from bill himself. He laid it all out. He said, im going to tell you everything, vieja. Reporter the family insists bonnie told frances about the affair because she was angry over, of all things, a manicure. She was upset because my father wouldnt give her 100 to get her nails done. Reporter they said bill told them that bonnie had been stalking their whole family on facebook. She had created a fake account with a fake profile picture and friend requested the entire family. Everyone accepted. My mom had her, i had her. Aunts, uncles, cousins. Reporter the family said bill told them thats how bonnie gathered information, that she would use to manipulate him. If we went on a trip as a family or if he took my mother to las vegas, immediately after, he would have to take her somewhere. Reporter according to frances and nikki, bill said he wanted to break up with bonnie, but she threatened to air their affair all over the internet. He goes, i cant get rid of this person. She had over 2,000 pictures. In my 34 years of knowing bill, i dont have that many pictures. Who does that . Reporter frances said bill told her bonnie also stalked her and her family. She knew where my kids lived. She knew my schedule. He said that i would go to my grocery store, and shed be there following me. Reporter even, said the halls, followed her and bill into a movie theater. Bonnie tracked them and was sitting three rows behind them. She was kind of like a fatal attraction. Just, or or psycho. Reporter she claims that she was in love with bill, that he was going to leave you, they were going to start a family, they were going to be married. She got an abortion. Tell me if she was starting a family. She got an abortion. Reporter bill wanted bonnie to have an abortion, said frances. But bonnie wouldnt do it unless bill gave her something in return. The only way shed get an abortion, if he bought her breast implants. Which he did. She got rid of the baby. I despise her. And she has not stopped embarrassing our family. Its like, can you just go away . Can you just leave us alone . Go find another married man. Because this is what she does for a living. She strips or she gets with married men. Reporter in the end, said the halls, bonnie told frances about the affair as a final act of desperation. An attempt to hold onto bill, who was about to drop her. I think she finally thought, hey, im losing this man. Im losing my bread and butter here. Her sugar daddy. This girl was not in love with bill. I dont even think she knows what the word love means. Reporter of course, bonnie sees things very differently. Theyve really gone after you with names. Of course. And i understand where the halls are coming from. Its a pretty big pill to swallow when your husband wants to divorce you after 32 years. And of course, theyre never going to say anything good about me. Reporter do you want to clear it up . Were you an exotic dancer . I worked at a strip club, yes. And that was way reporter as a dancer . Yes. And that was a mistake. I mean, i regret that. No ones perfect. Reporter but the fake facebook account . Stalking frances . The abortion in exchange for breast implants . None of that ever happened, said bonnie. For her to sit there and say that i switched a babys life that was growing inside of me coming from a man that i love dearly for a breast augmentation . Ridiculousness. Reporter each woman clung to her truth. The battle for bill raged. He couldnt stop bonnie, and he really couldnt stop frances really, you know . Reporter it sounds like two hurricanes. Oh yeah. Reporter then, about a week before bills death, the hurricanes collided. Not on the road. Not yet. This war was waged via text. Youre getting Text Messages from bonnie of the two of them having sex . Mmhmm. Coming up the case heads to court where one expert testifies that frances deliberately rammed bonnie. This is not an accident. While another expert provides a demonstration that seems to show the suvs never even touched. Thats simple physics. But then i talked to my doctor about humira, and learned humira can help get and keep uc under control. 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And it all led up to a confrontation about a week before his death. Bill and frances met at this hotel. She said they were trying to work things out. But then bonnie showed up at the front desk. Saying she was his wife and she needed to get access to his room. And my dad told him, no, shes not my wife. My wife is here with me. Reporter security asked bonnie to leave. Though she insists she never claimed to be bills wife. But all parties agree. That night an allout war began via text. Youre getting Text Messages from bonnie. Of the two of them having sex . Uhhuh. Pictures of sexual positions. Reporter photos with captions like this is what he really likes, you fat old woman. Normally the mistress keeps a very low profile. She wanted to make sure i knew now she was in the picture. Reporter did she ever. Many of the messages are too graphic to show, but you can get a good sense of them from these excerpts. Let me know if you want some good juicy pics of me and your hubby. You stupid old person, keep fixing yourself up, maybe hell find you more attractive. Whats the worst text message she sent you . The hollow bitch. Reporter she actually called you hollow. Hollow. Reporter because of my hysterectomy. Reporter complete with a diagram to reinforce the point. Bonnie admits she sent those nasty texts. You have to imagine though that people are going to see this and theyre going to think that some of those Text Messages are cruel. Never sent her pictures of my and bill having sexual intercourse. What i did send her pictures of was three butt pics of me. And thats because she infuriated me. Because she told me that my butt looked like a broken saddle bag. It looked like a broken toilet seat. Trust me, she was going at me very hard. Reporter in fact, bonnie says it was frances who started the text war. Plain and simple, i was defending myself. Reporter the text that frances said hurt her the most was the one where you called her hollow and sent the diagram of a woman who had had a hysterectomy. That is cruel. Reporter that would hit a woman hard. And im not happy about that. Reporter why did you do it . Because i was pissed at her. She was telling me vicious, ugly things. Reporter did you send any back to her that were nasty as well . Not really. No. Reporter because it would be hard not to engage. Well, yeah. I started to at the hotel. I think i did one or two. Reporter had him in the palm of your hand and couldnt keep him frances wrote to bonnie. Keep sending. Fatal attraction. Cops need all the pics. And, i mean, i couldnt keep up. I text slow. This girls young. She knows technology. Reporter bonnie says frances more than held her own. Dont flatter yourself. Hes been cheating on you with me. But, says frances, the nastier texts bonnie received didnt come from her. She says, bill sent them. Bill grabbed the phone, and he said, let me take care of her. No, he didnt. That was her. It was her sending those Text Messages. Bill wouldnt have never disrespected me like that. Reporter but if there was any doubt that shed been following the halls, she seemed to confirm it herself by sending photos of their house and frances car. Why were you sending those pictures . To piss her off. To defend myself. Reporter what are you i mean, youre the one but, but her telling me that bill didnt love me. Her telling me that bill was using me. Reporter but bonnie, youre the one who is having the affair with bill. So why are you attacking his wife . Because she was attacking me. And i will defend myself. Reporter one week after that text message feud came the car chase that left bill hall dead. Nearly three years after that frances hall went on trial for murder. Prosecutors Stephanie Paulissen and Scott Simpson laid out the case for the jury. We understand why she was angry. But thats not justification to go attempt to run down your husbands mistress and kill him in the process. Reporter the star witness for the prosecution, Bonnie Contreras. I start to get hit from behind. Reporter bonnie told the jury how she watched with horror as she believed frances deliberately knocked bill off the road. I see her hit bill with the truck. And i see him fly off the motorcycle. Reporter bonnie said she later discovered frances daughter, nikki hall, had left a message on her voice mail during the car chase. A message that seemed to speak to frances intent that evening. Told you to watch your back you [ bleep ] stupid [ bleep ]. What does that tell you . That they were out to cause harm to somebody. This is not an accident. Reporter tim lovett was the states collision reconstruction expert. He said the evidence showed frances chased and hit bonnie. That escalade definitely hit that range rover at least two, maybe three times. Reporter but frances defense attorneys, leigh cutter and jean brown, said investigators made a big mistake when they bought into the story of Bonnie Contreras. Everyone got their information from one person at the scene. And thats bonnie. And bonnie lied her ass off. Reporter defense accident reconstructionist charles ruble said there was no physical evidence to back up bonnies claims that frances had hit her over and over again. No evidence, he said, the suvs had even touched. Not even once. Reporter and remember how bonnie said her purse flew forward off the seat when frances hit her . This is her purse in her car. I get hit from the rear. Wheres my purse go . It doesnt dump in the front. Thats simple physics. Reporter in fact, he said, the purse falling forward supports frances claims that bonnie was repeatedly slamming on her brakes. She does a sudden brake, and shes moving like this. Then the purse would go into the floorboard. Bonnie contreras is not telling the truth. Reporter whats more, both defense and prosecution agreed bonnie was wrong about her contention that bills motorcycle was struck from behind. Evidence showed the motorcycle actually collided with the side of frances suv. You cant believe a damn thing she said on there. Reporter in closing arguments the defense said bills death was simply a terrible accident. And frances hall had suffered enough. Shes been living in hell for three years. Let her go home. Let her be with her family. And let her mourn her husband. Reporter but the prosecution told the jury frances must be held accountable for her actions. Of course, the defendant hated Bonnie Contreras. We dont blame her for that. Any wife would. What we do blame her for is getting in her escalade, chasing after bonnie and then veering into bill. Theres your felony murder. Reporter the jury deliberated into the night. Who would they believe . Coming up the verdict. 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It was the worst feeling in my life. Reporter it was a moment frances herself did not seem prepared for. You were found guilty. And you were facing possibly life behind bars. Yes, i was. I didnt want to be there. I wanted to go home to bill. I was like, i cant do this. Reporter but things werent over yet for frances. There was still a second phase of trial sentencing. Texas law allows the defendant to be sentenced by either the judge or the jury. Frances chose the jury, the same one that found her guilty. Four days after the verdict, the players returned to the courtroom for the final act of this reallife soap opera. The defense believed it had found a secret weapon in the texas criminal code. We said, this caveat, this was written for frances hall, if anyone, ever. Reporter the law calls it sudden passion. Essential, that the defendant was immediately provoked to a degree of anger that would make an ordinary person incapable of cool reflection. The defense told the jury, sudden passion gripped frances when she spotted bill and bonnie on the road. She sees this woman who has not let up and tried to ruin her life for the last month. Reporter the stakes were enormous. A finding of sudden passion could drastically reduce frances sentence, from possible life in prison to a maximum of 20 years and a minimum of just 2. Relatives of frances and bill hall begged the jury to be lenient. If theres any way that you can find in your heart to give her a lighter sentence, im begging you. Reporter and then, for the first time, the jury heard from frances hall directly. You dont understand. I loved this man heart and soul. I gave him my life. I would have never hurt him, never. Reporter in her final arguments, defense attorney leigh cutter insisted frances halls actions were a textbook example of sudden passion. The Text Messages, the calls, the taunting. Those would probably make you really hate someone. But never having seen them until they drive by in your car, if thats not sudden passion where youre incapable of thinking clearly, i dont know what is. Reporter but prosecutor Scott Simpson told jurors not to be swayed by emotion. You shouldnt, for one second, feel ashamed or bad for doing what you believe to be right. Reporter after about three hours of deliberations, the jury was ready. All eyes were on Bonnie Contreras when she arrived to hear the sentence. And on frances hall, too. Would she get life in prison or a chance at freedom . We unanimously find the defendant caused the death of bill hall under the immediate influence of sudden passion. We assess her punishment for a term of two years. Reporter two years. The absolute minimum sentence. What is going through your mind when you hear that . Because things were looking bad. Oh, yes. I was like, thank you, jesus. I can do this. Reporter the criminal trial may be over. But the battle between these two women is as heated as ever. Does two years fit . No. Two years for a life you take . Absolutely not. Reporter bonnie is suing frances, for Bodily Injury and emotional distress. Frances Attorney Says those allegations are without merit. Bills never coming back. Why . Because she decided to make a very irresponsible decision and cause this. Reporter a decision which bonnie said cut short her dream of a future with bill. Do you think there was any chance that he was playing both of you . No. Reporter he wanted his cake and eat it, too . No. He wanted out of his marriage. Reporter do you regret now ever meeting bill . No, i dont. I dont regret loving him. I dont regret still loving him. I will always carry that man in my heart. I love him so much. Reporter as for frances, she said she does regret her decision to make a uturn that october evening. It was my choice that i turned around. And for that i am so remorseful. And i will live with that for the rest of my life. Reporter but as she serves out her sentence in a texas state prison, frances says make no mistake, theres only one True Love Story here the 32year marriage of frances and bill hall. I pity her because she has to continue living and looking for the right man. Ive had the best man in my life. I will never love another man like i loved bill. Once you have the best, no looking back. Reporter except for he cheated on you. He had this much bad, but he had this much good. And he might have done what he did, but i know he loved me. Call me ignorant. Call me stupid. But i loved bill hall jr. Till the day i die. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Well see you again next friday at 10 00, 9 00 central. And of course ill see you each week night for nbc nightly news. For all of us at nbdz, good night. Nbdz, good night. Bnbdz, good night. Cnbdz, good night. Bdz, good area. The shoreline amp theater canceled at the last minute. 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