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
because she knew details that only the shooter and nancy would know. for instance, in a flustered moment nancy had handed her bag of food to the shooter. my ears perked up, and i felt like she had some pretty good information about who was responsible for shooting nancy. reporter: the caller led them eventually to someone who they believed was the shooter. his name was also michael, michael lorance. he and speck had been prison cellmates. this is like six degrees of separation. it is. reporter: everyone in this case. all the puzzle pieces were starting to come together for us. reporter: the police thought they could finally put both michaels in that silver car on the night nancy was shot. it would now be up to a jury to decide whether frank howard had paid them to kill his wife. coming up the case begins. and the witnesses sure are colorful. but are they credible? very questionable characters. absolutely. how do you get the jury to believe what they re saying? w
the other man was. then a few months later, a call out of the blue seemed to provide the break they d been looking for. the caller sounded credible because she knew details that only the shooter and nancy would know. for instance, in a flustered moment nancy had handed her bag of food to the shooter. my ears perked up, and i felt like she had some pretty good information about who was responsible for shooting nancy. reporter: the caller led them eventually to someone who they believed was the shooter. his name was also michael, michael lorance. he and speck had been prison cellmates. this is like six degrees of separation. it is. reporter: everyone in this case. all the puzzle pieces were starting to come together for us. reporter: the police thought they could finally put both michaels in that silver car on the night nancy was shot. it would now be up to a jury to decide whether frank howard had paid them to kill his wife. coming up the case begins. and the witnesses s