sounds, nancy managed to open the front door for them. help me. yes, ma am. help me. help me. soon, carrollton police detectives michael wall and brian turner were on the case. it s just incredible how she was able to give the information to the dispatcher about what had happened and be able to wait for the police at the front door. this was a really bloody crime scene. there was quite a bit of blood, yes. there was a small hole just above nancy s left eye. she was struggling for breath. and her vital signs were slipping. as paramedics rushed her to parkland hospital in dallas, detective wall turned his attention to the crime scene. you could see exactly where she d gone through the house. the garage and the hallway
like the bottom of her hand. and i m like, okay, she s spelling something. crap! brianna, what is that letter again? yeah. and then anytime somebody would say something, you know, she d beat her hand on the pillow to be like, no, no, no. we re like, okay, put our spelling caps on. nancy s recovery was remarkably speedy. just days after she was shot in the head at close range, she was able to get out of bed, take a few steps. and best of all, the breathing tube was removed. the howard family rejoiced. finally nancy could speak. do you consider it a miracle? oh, absolutely. there s no explanation except my heavenly father was there. reporter: what did she say to you when she finally was able to speak? it was just, you know, i love you. glad you re here. i mean, that was the sense that we were both saying to each other. reporter: and then it was time for business. detectives wall and turner wanted to know
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nancy s recovery was remarkably speedy. just days after she was shot in the head at close range, she was able to get out of bed, take a few steps. and best of all, the breathing tube was removed. the howard family rejoiced. finally nancy could speak. do you consider it a miracle? oh, absolutely. there s no explanation except my heavenly father was there. reporter: what did she say to you when she finally was able to speak? it was just, you know, i love you. glad you re here. i mean, that was the sense that we were both saying to each other. reporter: and then it was time for business. detectives wall and turner wanted to know every last detail of that night. it began at nancy s church. i had a plan that evening to go to church to see one of my little children that i ve known since she was born. and she was being baptized that night at church. reporter: surveillance
sitting around talking about it. we were trying to figure out what happened and how it happened. and we didn t have any idea. someone was out there. yeah. we were scared. there had been a series of break-ins in the area. did that cross your mind? that was one of the things that came up. i believe the detectives or whatever had told us there had been break-ins. in fact, they had somebody that fit kind of the general description, that he was someone that they knew of that had participated in some break-ins in the area. detectives wall and turner were eager to talk to nancy. she s our only witness to this offense. we just had the minimal suspect description at this time. so we felt it was important to confirm those details with her as soon as possible. while they waited for nancy to get well enough to speak, they called in frank, hoping he could fill in some of the blanks. can you update me on her condition, what the doctors have said? yes. actually, very i