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
minutes later, he texted. yeah, not an option. and then this exchange. i hate him so much, chase he texted sean. his response? shoot him. in she replied, i don t look good in orange. she s looking for someone besides the three that she had been involved with, and michael garza comes along. she wanted someone to do her dirty work? absolutely. the same day, bob was traveling home from that vacation in mexico, she texted garza. me more than anyone wants him. gone garza s reply? well, it can happen. before their trip to mexico, bob had already suspected that chacey was unfaithful. and you say, chase he is losing a lot of weight. but she s not doing it for me. really?
$680,000 in a lump sum. okay? you think robert essentially signed his death certificate the day he changed his insurance beneficiary? absolutely. reporter: prosecutors believe that win chacey found out that bob had made contact with his attorney, she had to move quickly. she had been planning to kill him. so the divorce was to push her foot on the accelerator? absolutely. reporter: prosecutors said that the murder was chacey s and not garza s, and all about the money. that s why, just before trial, they raised the charge against her again to capital murder. now the jury had to decide, if they found she killed bob for money, the sentence would be a life without parole. but if they believe any of chases varied stories, they could set her free. when the verdict is announced, are you looking at her? yeah, we all were.
been shot in the head. please! reporter: it was the worst crime royse city had seen in a very long time. a man shot to death on a muddy road. his wife standing close by. now she was in an ambulance. and police were trying to piece together what had happened. who their victim was. and who might have wanted him dead. i don t know, i don t know. reporter: support in his signature mustache, and a six foot four inches, 300 pound physique, could robert poynter look intimidating. to those who knew him best, he was the complete opposite. his mom, candy. he was your favorite. so they say. what do you say? possibly. probably. reporter: bob was candies middle child, between two sisters, jennifer and cheryl. he was not confrontational.