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
reporter: now, as she recovered in the hospital, it was obvious to nancy why frank hadn t been interested in saving their marriage. her husband was in love with somebody else. i said, where did you meet her? and he told me. and i said, and how long has it been? and he told me. reporter: three years, frank told her. three years of lying. three years of living a double life. one in texas. one in california. frank wasn t proud of it. you re a preacher s son. you know better than that. sure. it was very wrong. and you know, i know it now, and i knew it then. i mean, i knew it going through it. it was just trying to figure out, you know, how to deal with it. reporter: while most men try to keep their indiscretions private, frank howard s dirty laundry was now part of a criminal investigation. but the detectives say they were determined to keep an open mind. i think i told michael, let s not get tunnel vision on this. just because he s got a
his kids. but i think he had his work to help fill that void. reporter: nancy says once frank even ditched her on new year s eve so he could be with his new business associates. and i just blew a gasket. reporter: you re really on the back burner at this point? mm-hmm. absolutely. and i said, okay. i m going to counseling. because if we don t get into counseling, we re going to lose our marriage. reporter: did he agree to go? and he went for a little while and determined that he didn t feel that it was doing any good. reporter: now, as she recovered in the hospital, it was obvious to nancy why frank hadn t been interested in saving their marriage. her husband was in love with somebody else. i said, where did you meet her? and he told me. and i said, and how long has it been? and he told me.
duckett s police car. that s the last time i saw that little girl. the next time i heard about her, she was dead. earlier in his investigation, marshall frank was urged to meet with detectives from a sheriff s office in a neighboring county. until now, frank hadn t thought it was important to do so. someone told me that james duckett was being investigated by another agency. so i go to the polk county sheriff s department and talk to the detectives. they allowed me to read significant reports. and the more they talked to me, the more i began to think, oh, dear, he may have killed another child. if you qualify for a sittingham s card today i can offer you no interest for 24 months. thanks to the tools and help at experian.com,
he never let my life at peace. so i told him what he wanted to hear. what he told me happened, i said okay, it happened. the only reason i even agreed to do this interview was just on record to let it be known that the last time i saw teresa mcabee, she was in james duckett s police car. that s the last time i saw that little girl. the next time i heard about her, she was dead. earlier in his investigation, marshall frank was urged to meet with detectives from a sheriff s office in a neighboring county. until now, frank hadn t thought it was important to do so. someone told me that james duckett was being investigated by another agency. so i go to the polk county sheriff s department and talk to the detectives. they allowed me to read significant reports. and the more they talked to me, the more i began to think, oh, dear, he may have killed another child.