142 feet. steve: to the north and east of downtown minneapolis and saint paul. brian: the mayor is joe emerson. ainsley: really pretty there. everyone has memories of the lake. did you grow up skiing on the lake? fishing? steve: i was born in iowa. our family in minnesota. when i was growing up in kansas we would spend the summers out on lake milford reservoir, gigantic reservoir they built. and we would my friends shoreman has this great ski boat. and they would drag us around the lake every day. brian: against your will. ainsley: did you ever do the inat tubing or big rafts on the back and see how long you can hold on and one slides off. steve: i did the two skis much harder than laying there. brian: we had a lake we were told not to hang out there because tufts hang out there. guys with jean jackets and, yes, the band man made lake they
billie and his family were willing to talk about killing nancy. and every time the hit didn t happen, john wanted to know why. billie was the master of outlandish excuses. he had a brain tumor. he had seizures. he had spells. he d done too much dope. the neighbors were home. he [ bleep ] him just as far as he could take it. and john would buy it hook, line and sinker every time. reporter: mr. john s big money scheme to kill nancy howard was an economic bonanza for east texas. according to charlie, billie earl couldn t seem to spend that money fast enough. motorcycles, vehicles for his children, all three of them, a car for his mother, three or four four-wheelers, a couple go-karts for the grandkids, a ski boat. he bought me a riding mower, a four-wheeler, numerous assault weapons. just anything he wanted. reporter: and so for more