oh, my got. he shot me. it came out of nowhere. a sweet stay-at-home mom from a strong family of faith shot point blank at her own garage door. my dad is like collapsed on the ground. it was very traumatic to see, very very emotional time. her survival seemed like a miracle. i didn t know if i would live. was this some awful random crime, or did someone want her dead? that was mystery number one. someone was out there. yeah, we were scared. mystery number two, a secret 1,600 miles away. there were several text messages. it s just slowly snowballing. it was like a punch in the gut. and mystery number three? i m going to hurt you. who would they turn out to be? i m like damn, what did this lady do? faith, temptation, and a twist the size of texas. let s be very clear. justice needs to be served. i don t think it has been. carrollton, texas, just north of dallas, is the kind of place where the upwardly mobile go to buy their dreams. the sc
In carrollton, texas. Remarkably, she survived. Ek nancy howard was Shot Poi Blank at her home In Carrollton, texas. Remarkably, she survived. A week into the investigation, detectives got a lead from an inmate who claim to know he knew the real story behind the crime. His name was billy earl johnson. The cops nude he was a tough guy from east texas, an area about 90 miles from carrollton, home to those piney woods. Billy was the ringleader of a colorful crew. Many petty criminals, related to billy by blood or marriage. Certainly a strange cast of characters. East texas folks and some people might depict them as the he hog gang. A gang just getting by in a region struggling to make it. Theres a lot of drugs and methamphetamine. Someone makes money, extra money, they handed out to each other. It is meeting with investigators, he was a Man On A Mission who wanted to cut a deal and fast. I got grandkids that i want to spend the rest of my life with. I want to be free. And i went out this
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 mean, actually very good. he had confirmed that she had actually lost her left eye. no brain damage. no you know, none of that. she ll lose her left eye, but but from there it will be cosmetic stuff. detective wall asked if frank knew anyone who might want to hurt his wife. what i know about her doesn t seem like she would have anybody that oh, no, absolutely not. in fact, everyone knew that nancy had a soft spot fo
investigation detectives wall and turner got a lead from an inmate who claimed to know he knew the real story behind the crime. his name was billy earl johnson. the cops knew billy earl was a tough guy from east texas, an area about 90 miles from carrollton, home to those piney woods. billy was the ringleader of a colorful crew, many of them petty criminals related to billy by blood or marriage. it s certainly a strange cast of characters. but they re east texas folks. and people might depict them as the heehaw gang. a gang that was just getting by in a region struggling to make it. there s a lot of drugs, a lot of methamphetamine out there. if somebody makes money out there, has extra money, they just hand it out to each other. at his meeting with investigators billy earl was a man on a mission. he wanted to cut a deal and fast. i m 49 years old. i don t get out till 15 years. i have
immediately after hearing details only an insider could know about the nancy howard shooting. their informant was billie earl johnson. he was the patriarch of an east texas family. he claimed he d been involved in a plot to kill nancy. wall and turner wanted to talk to those family members starting with billie s stepson dustin hiroms. billie earl didn t seem to think much of him. he s so stupid. he didn t know how to put antifreeze in a pickup truck. that dude don t know nothing about nothing. reporter: dustin hiroms, remember, was the young man pulled over in nancy s neighborhood a month before she was shot.