Josh mankiewicz: as the cops investigating the murder of bob poynter search for their prime suspect michael garza, they knew he might have already as the cops investigating the murder of bob poynter search for their prime suspect michael garza, they knew he might ve already climbed in his big rig and left texas, never to return. is that sheila? they turn to his family for help. we don t want to hurt him. we d like him to walk in with a smile on his face and let us do our job. she defended her son. i did not raise a boy that s evil like that. we don t want it to get ugly for him then we wanted to get ugly for us. two days after the murder, garza turned himself in. does he have an attorney? he does not.
he knows that will hurt me the most. she said they had been trying to work things out. we just got back from mexico this week. we had a really good time. things were fine. that did not last, she said. soon after returning from mexico, their marriage started heading south again. she told bob she needed space. chacey went to see a friend, michael garza. he knew about chacey s troubled marriage and offered his home to her whenever she needed it. that night, friday, chacey texted bob and they made plans to talk at a familiar spot. we used to stop and get tacos at jack-in-the-box. when he would come home late from work. so, i asked if he wanted to meet me at jack-in-the-box. bob agreed. i said i love you and i
There. chacey called bob to tell him her jeep was stuck, and bob, the man who was always ready to help, drove over to assist his wife with no idea that michael garza was lying in wait for him. chacey said at the last moment, she tried to save her husband. i yelled stop. and he didn t. he didn t even he he didn t even have time to react. he shot him. in a panic she said, she called 911 and ran only to have garza stop her. he pushed me down. he picked up my phone and ended
This murder for her. that is right. it turned out michael garza wasn t her only lover. in the months leading to the murder, she had been juggling three other boyfriends. detective burke brought them in for questioning. well, it s a lot of it was for sex. along with frequent meet ups for sex, two over lovers told police she shared the story of abuse that she claimed to have suffered at the hands of bob poynter. she did tell me that he had hurt her a lot. there was a lot of abuse going on. he never would leave marks because he did not want a trace. she would meet these guys and they would be interested in she would immediately start playing the victim. my husband is beating me. i m in this terrible marriage. maybe there is something here with you and me? exactly she plays the victim
I mean, as soon as he wakes up in the morning, he is texting me. oh, yes, the text messages. thousands retrieved from chacey s cell phone found in the mud. i just worry about you. i would burn the world down over you. these texts from garza full of misspellings were in response to chacey s complaints about her abusive husband, and they seem particularly dampening. your problems are my problems. and, i ll shoot his in this, iraq an orange jumpsuit. michael garza actually said in a text to chacey poynter iraq an orange jumpsuit? that wasn t very smart to say that. when you see what he is doing,