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
girlfriend, you know. let s make sure we look outside and not just key on that as a possible motive or reason for the shooting. reporter: so the detectives went back to work, examining every piece of evidence they had. turns out that church surveillance tape would take their investigation in a whole new direction.
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 girlfriend, you know. let s make sure we look outside and not just key on that as a possible motive or reason for the shooting. reporter: so the detectives went back to work examining every piece of evidence they had. turns out that church surveillance tape would take their investigation in a whole