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, bill s 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, i m going to tell you everything, vieja.
i m 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 i m 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: bill s wife. they d 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 wasn t just chasing her. she was actually repeatedly ramming her cadillac escalade into the back of the range rover. i started screaming because she wouldn t stop hitting me. she kept ramming her vehicle into me. reporter: she said frances
saying she was his wife and she needed to get access to his room. and my dad told him, no, she s not my wife. my wife is here with me. reporter: security asked bonnie to leave. though she insists she never claimed to be bill s wife. but all parties agree. that night an all-out war began via text. you re getting text messages from bonnie. of the two of them having sex? uh-huh. 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 he ll find you more attractive. what s the worst text message she sent you?
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 baby s 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 couldn t stop bonnie, and he really couldn t stop frances really, you know? reporter: it sounds like two hurricanes. oh yeah. reporter: then, about a week before bill s death, the hurricanes collided. not on the road. not yet. this war was waged via text. you re getting text messages from bonnie of the two of them having sex? mm-hmm. the case heads to court where one expert testifies that frances deliberately rammed bonnie. this is not an accident.
i get her little finger. the middle finger? right. i start following her. i said, what the hell? she brakes. and i brake. and i heard a thump. he s pronounced dead at the hospital. a case of road rage? you re getting text messages from bonnie of the two of them having sex? uh-huh. a hollywood love story? this was the man i wanted to marry. or, a fatal attraction? he goes, i can t 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.