my husband he s been shot, help, please. she had mud and blood all over. panicked, saying her husband had been shot. a woman in distress, a murder in the dead of night. i m trying. we were concerned for her. that s my husband s body. yes sir. did she say who shot her husband? that s all i saw. she said just a figure, who turned and ran into the darkness. we take you inside this mystery. we don t know if the suspect is still out. there it s nerve racking. who killed your husband? oh my god. a small town murder with a big time twist. she knew something that she wasn t telling? yes, sir. hello and welcome to dateline. at six four and nearly 300 pounds, robert poynter looked menacing. but to love once he was a gentle giant. the selfless fire captain enjoyed helping others but no one could help him when he was murdered. an eyewitness offered only fuzzy details and yet investigators piece together the clues, bringing the deadly
turned and ran into the darkness. we take you inside this mystery. we don t know if the suspect is still out. there it s nerve racking. who killed your husband? oh my god. a small town murder with a big time twist. she knew somebody that she wasn t telling. yes sir. hello and welcome to dateline. at six four and nearly 300 pounds, robert poynter looked menacing. but to love once he was a gentle giant. the selfless fire captain enjoyed helping others but no one could help him when he was murdered. an eyewitness offered only fuzzy details and yet investigators piece together the clues, bringing the deadly deed into sharp focus here is josh mankiewicz with out of the darkness . 9-1-1. this friday night sounded like trouble. it was 10:47 pm, a woman calling 9-1-1 santa desperate. calm down. what do you need? we are you at? i ma am, we are u.s.? i reporter: she was on the cell phone, somewhere on the outskirts of town. this is hunt county wit
she had mud and blood all over. her panicked, saying her husband had been shot. a woman in distress, a murder in the dead of night. i m trying. we were concerned for her. that s my husband s body. yes sir. did she say who shot her husband? that s all i saw. she said just a figure, who turned and ran into the darkness. we take you inside this mystery. we don t know if the suspect is still out. there it s nerve racking. who killed your husband? oh my god. a small town murder with a big time twist. she knew somebody that she wasn t telling. yes sir. hello and welcome to dateline. at six four and nearly 300 pounds, but robert poynter looked menacing. but to love once he was a gentle giant. the selfless fire captain enjoyed helping others but no one could help him when he was murdered. an eyewitness offered only fuzzy details and yet investigators piece together the clues, bringing the deadly deed into sharp focus here is josh mankiewicz with o
2495. you are this table length distance away. somebody taking the shotgun, and pushing it right up against your husband s head, and boom! boom! and are you telling me you see nothing? you see nothing! reporter: then, she admitted there was something she did see, at garza s house that evening. he had a camel gun. a camel gun. how big is this camo gun? a camo saga, like the one garza is holding and that facebook photo. her story change multiple times. as if she s making it up as she goes along, or she is remembering additional details. it went along the lines of sheer law is the story that she provided wasn t good enough, and she was gonna give a little bit more, hoping that i d bite off on that and leave her alone. reporter: he did not, and after two hours, chacey spilled it. who killed your husband? who shot robert? [silence]
kissing you, he said i m gonna lips off. so, did michael garza kill bob poynter? had chacey told officer meek that by the time the murder occurred, garza was probably driving his truck out of state, so he couldn t have been the shooter. now, with detective burke, she seemed less sure of that. i don t know if he did it. i don t know that. she is assisted she didn t see garza on county road 25 95. you re at this table length distance away from somebody taking a shotgun, pushing it right up against your husbands head boom. no. no. and you re telling me you see nothing? you see nothing? then she admitted there was something she did see. at garza s house that evening. he had a camo. that camo gun. how big is this camel gun? like this big. a camo shotgun. like the one is garza holding in that facebook photo.