i heard a noise. it sounded like someone was in the house. i opened up her door to her bedroom and i thought, i am hearing things. your instincts were right. something happened in the middle of the night. you think your child is safe in your home sleeping. she was just 16. emma, the honor student, cheerleader, volunteer. she could get along with anybody. always so like kindhearted and sweet. she wanted to be a nurse and she had a plan. reporter: she went to sleep one sunday night and never woke up. i saw a 16-year-old female laying in her bed. there was a bullet hole in the wall. she has been shot? someone fired a shot from outside of the residence. was emma a target? that weekend she seen a mysterious figure in black. she was shaking. reporter: now, two brave friends set out on a secret mission. could they help catch her killer? you are trying to bring down a murder suspect. i just knew it was something that had to be done. this is insane.
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. there s 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 fre
thought you heard somebody messing at the front door of the residence, she thought she was being watched. all the wounds she had to her body, it was a very angry attack. a nursing student with three children. nobody was busier than angila. and that is where they found her. the officers could see a lot of blood. the officers thought her boyfriend s behavior seemed odd. people thought there was something suspicious about it. buddy had an alibi. did he try to point the finger at somebody else? he did. her ex-husband. he had an alibi, too. and there was something else missing. we got a phone call. until someone found it. just one old friend talking to another. about a secret she was dying to share. i think she was almost proud of the whole thing. a case for the biggest swiss came after the verdict. that was my response. wow. hello and welcome to dateline. working mom angila wilder came to becoming a nurse and was burning the candle at both ends to ma
he is my superman, he was always my protector. i think he has been killed. he has been shot. this is not possible. she found him on the floor, the fianci that was the love of her life. icy road in on him, he was just laying there. it is a stone cold assassination. eight tough veteran turned target. somebody hated him so much they shot him through the window. angry colleagues at work. people complained about how nick talked to them. he has dated another number of women. bullet casings, carpet fibers, bloodied clothes, who was the killer? we wanted answers. there needs to be justice. people are no good at getting away with murder. welcome to dateline. kristi said she waited 40 years for nick to come into her life. they were engaged to be married when suddenly her world crumbled. she found nick gunned down in his own home. investigators waited through a deep pool of suspects before a boost from nick s brother helped reveal the true killer. here is
me. the bullet shot me in the head and it went down. lord jesus, help me. oh, my god. 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 s collapsed on the ground. it was very traumatic to see. a very emotional time. her survival seemed like a miracle. i did not know if i would live. was this awful random crime or did someone want her dead? that was mistry number 1. someone was out there. we were scared. a secret 1600 miles away. there were several text messages. slowly snowballing. it was a punch in the gut. mystery number 3? who would they turn out to be. what did this lady do? fate, 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. go to buy their dreams. carrollton, texas, just north of dallas is a kind of plays with the upwardly mobile go to by their dreams. the schools are good. golf courses.th