true. she gives a shadowy figure wearing dark clothing. shoots her husband and runs away. shadowy figure, waiting out there in the dark, on this remote road? correct. didn t make a lot of sense. burke didn t challenge her right away. he wanted to know more about the bumpy road that was chacey and bob s marriage. she d already told police she and bob had problems. to burke, she will build much more. if i got random bruises from robert. it could just be him grabbing me. he s done it to me for seven years. she is describing a marriage full of domestic abuse? yes. and violence. yes, she made comments that he had thrown her up against the wall. the rest of her story was by now as familiar as a summer rerun. a planned meeting at jack-in-the-box. her jeep getting stuck. and then chacey hearing but not
met, i mean. . i want to strangle her. i really did. reporter: bob poynter the s mom had to wait nearly three years to see her daughter-in-law stand trial for her son s murder. when it finally happened, bob seem to be the one on trial. i ve got rain and bruises from robert. reporter: the defense argued, whatever lies chacey may have told police, she told the truth about this. she was a battered wife. it could be him describing me. he s done this to me for seven years. reporter: robert poynter, all six feet four inches, of him was a bowl of a man, often a raging one, implied the defense. because bob took testosterone prescribed by a doctor.
Dateline investigates the 2016 murder of Texas firefighter Robert Poynter. His wife Chacey Poynter and her lover Michael Graza were convicted of the murder. Chacey has since appealed the decision alleging she didn't sufficiently know her constitutional rights.
Tornado sirens were activated in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. There was no threat of an actual tornado, according to the National Weather Service, but extreme winds bore down on the community.