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
and which one pulled the trigger, i don t know. but i know both of them. reporter: billie told the detectives he thought the murder for hire plot began sometime around 2009. i was laying on the couch and the phone rang. reporter: a stranger was on the line. how he got my information from them, i don t know. reporter: the stranger said his name was john. he said you don t know me, told me his name. said, i don t know you but i was told you might be the one to do a job for me. reporter: the job? kill nancy howard. he wanted it done as an accident so it wouldn t come on him. like a carjacking or a purse snatching. reporter: john was a man of means, he told the detectives, who drove a lexus and communicated with a disposable drop phone. see that number right there?
the phone rang. reporter: a stranger was on the line. how he got my information from them, i don t know. reporter: the stranger said his name was john. he said you don t know me, told me his name. said, i don t know you but i was told you might be the one to do a job for me. reporter: the job? kill nancy howard. he wanted it done as an accident so it wouldn t come on him. like a carjacking or a purse snatching. reporter: john was a man of means, he told the detectives, who drove a lexus and communicated with a disposable drop phone. see that number right there? 1764? that s john s contact number if he s still got the phone. that s how you called him? yep. he had it memorized. and so he provided the whole phone number, which was that 1764 number. reporter: billie knew more. he could describe nancy s car. she ain t had it long. it s brand new. okay. it s dark blue. it s a four-door. it s like it s got a hatchback.