called john made everything crystal clear. john was frank howard. he had a photograph of frank howard sitting in his gray lexus. and in the foreground of the picture billie johnson s sitting on his motorcycle. reporter: he may have been frank to his friends and mr. john to the east texans, but in truth he was both. his full name was john franklin howard. john franklin howard. reporter: aka frank? frank. frank, yeah. reporter: three names for a man who d evidently been living three lives. one with his wife in carrollton, one with his mistress in california and a third one with the east texas crowd. it was a surprise just based on being the beaver cleaver family, being involved with the church. it was unusual. reporter: so eight days after nancy was shot, the detectives returned to the scene of the crime. this time they had a warrant.
together this campaign cycle, not more than five years they ve done something like this. they were on conan o brien recently. this is an orchestrated effort. the campaign is doing what it can to help make their dad look less, as you say perfectly, buttoned up. they accomplished that, think, tremendously. they tell a lot of stories about their dad at home as a prankster, josh who s the middle son tells a story about one time their dad was going into the basement and he was hiding there. josh was. when their dad reached out to grab the string to pull the light, josh grabbed him and they were wrestling downstairs. sounds like a black and white 1950s or 60s sitcom. everybody gets along like a beaver cleaver family. that s the intent they have, show folks their dad is a real guy, a nice guy, raised a good family and can have some fun. and what did you learn as well about the pressures of the campaign on the family, their mom, who s had her challenges with illness, and how they re coping