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
profile and there he was, holding a shotgun. could michael garza be the shooter? but then she start saying, he wasn t in town, he s a long haul truck driver. so that you are mentioned that. and then you start thinking, who else could that be? reporter: meek wasn t sure. she was giving me too much information. she was telling me things that ultimately didn t make sense for what we were there for. reporter: and he noticed something odd. when i wasn t talking to her she would come down, but as soon as i would talk to her, she would get hyper ventilating again. the more i spoke to her, the more signaled like an act. reporter: was it all and act?
haul truck driver. so that you are mentioned that. and then you start thinking, who else could that be? reporter: meek wasn t sure. she was giving me too much information. she was telling me things that ultimately didn t make sense for what we were there for. reporter: and he noticed something odd. when i wasn t talking to her she would come down, but as soon as i would talk to her, she would get hyper ventilating again. the more i spoke to her, the more signaled like an act. reporter: was it all and act? or was there something else going on? only one way to find out. they escorted chacey back to the police station and dug deeper into her story. and that was sometimes hard to follow, as county road 25 95. reporter: coming up
that s all i could see. i didn t see any firearms. reporter: naturally, meek wondered about chacey s friend michael garza. they looked up his facebook profile and there he was, holding a shotgun. could michael garza be the shooter? but then she start saying, he wasn t in town, he s a long haul truck driver. so that you are mentioned that. and then you start thinking, who else could that be? reporter: meek wasn t sure. she was giving me too much information. she was telling me things that ultimately didn t make sense for what we were there for. reporter: and he noticed something odd. when i wasn t talking to her she would come down, but as soon as i would talk to her, she would get hyper ventilating again. the more i spoke to her, the more signaled like an act.