Peter Van Sant: Did Garza say anything to you? Sgt. Chacey Poynter: You know, I don't walk out and announce he's beating on me. SGT. Det. https://t.co/hAbokASiZO pic.twitter.com/M19BdqvhBt, The night of the murder, Poynter told police that she was young and stupid when [they] got married, and she didnt want to be married anymore.. That they saw who she really was. Nicole Poynter |Victim's daughter: I remember the bagpipes. Chacey Poynter Crime Wife of Slain UP Firefighter Found Guilty of Murder June 28, 2019 Timothy Glaze A jury of 12 sentenced Poynter to life in prison for her involvement in the murder of Robert Poynter III with her boyfriend, Michael Garza. The appeals court, in a July 2, 2020, ruling, affirmed Garza's conviction and sentence. Appeals of both defendants' convictions have been appealed before the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas, which issued its ruling July 22 to affirm Garza's conviction and sentence. Who shot Robert? Furthermore, she shared she was staying with her good friend Michael Garza, who she had also been intimate with. Amy Poynter: Signs started showing up that something was amiss. G-O-N-E." All capitalized. He'd been shot in the head. Peter Van Sant: So, she's lying to me is what you're saying? Chacey claimed that she saw a shadowy figure. On the night of her husbands murder, Poynter told police her side of what had happened that night. Therefore, today, at the age of 43, he is incarcerated at the minimum to maximum-security Michael Unit (or The Mark W. Michael Unit) in Tennessee Colony, Texas. Jeff Kovach: I think it's pretty clear it's about killing Robert Poynter. Pic credits: Hunt County Sheriff's Office This week on 48 Hours on ID, the team travel to Royse City in Texas to investigate the 2016 murder of fire department Captain Robert Poynter. SGT. Monday was the third day of testimony in the trial. and they're all man-killing slugs consistent with what the medical examiner said was used to kill Robert Poynter. . Dixon said their young daughter just started first grade. Found the resolution to each, I know who really killed Chanin, her husband did not, I have so many questions about this story. According to CBS News, she told police that she knew the identity of the man who killed her husband and that it was her boyfriend, Michael Garza. SGT. I'm not gonna do that because it would jeopardize his job. While police built a case around Chacey, they searched for clues that would implicate Garza and lead them to the murder weapon. Natalie says while her father pulled overnight shifts at the firehouse, Chacey often snuck out for hours at a time, leaving Natalie and her then-4-year-old sister alone. Peter Van Sant: And that suggested what to you? 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I cant believe it because they were both a nice couple as far as we could see. Chacey Poynter: This was done for Robert. Poynter then admitted she'd visited someone before meeting her husband - her lover, 39-year-old Michael Garza. A Complete Guide 2022-2023, Copyright 2023 list23.com [Breaking U.S. News & Latest World News] Media LLC | While he welcomed the former two with his high school sweetheart, his first wife, and spouse of 20 years Amy Poynter, he shared the latter with his second wife Chacey Poynter (married 2009). CHACEY POYNTER: You probably think I'm crazy. his girls were number one on his list. When officers arrived, she told them that shed been out driving when her Jeep got stuck in the mud. Peter Van Sant: What is it about Robert that you fell in love with? From her bizarre performance the night her husband was murdered, to her confession about her lover Michael Garza, investigators were convinced Chacey Poynter was determined to have her husband killed that night: DET. Reports further suggest he never even saw the assault coming since the bullet had entered clean through his temple. An arrest warrant was later obtained charging Chacey Poynter with conspiracy to commit murder. Michael Burk: He told Chacey that the ruts were too deep, and he wasn't going to be able to get his truck down here. SHANE MEEK: Did you see any type of firearm, rifle . The plan was to confront Robert outside the Jack in the Box, and demand he leave Chacey alone. DET. And then when I lost it is when we walked out. The then 20-year-old nurse aide was reportedly under the impression he was separated, yet everyone close to the firefighter has asserted she relentlessly pursued him until he left his family. According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Poynter is serving a life sentence and will be eligible for parole on September 9, 2046. And she was talking to men on there that weren't dad. Among those issues: her affair with Garza: CHACEY POYNTER: Michael and I ended up having sex while I was there. Det. 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Jeff Kovach: She's having affairs with multiple men. Breathe fast like that you're not helping yourself, OK? Whatever the case may be, they did officially begin dating in December 2007, she became pregnant in May 2009, and they happily tied the knot near their 2nd anniversary in December 2009. Mark McAdams | University Park firefighter: I did the Fireman's Prayer. A man and woman have been charged in the murder of the womans husband, a Texas fire captain, police said. He said the trip wasn't good. But you're miserable " And he said, "Yeah, you're right. His wife, Chacey Poynter, blamed an unknown assailant, but it would later transpire that shed orchestrated the killing. On July 20, Michael Garza was found guilty and sentenced to 99 years in prison. Garza, of Quinlan, was found guilty by a jury following a two-week trial in July 2018 on a charge of murder and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. On Sunday, Michael Garza, 37, was . Det. As per Chaceys narrative, shed spent the fateful day with Michael, and theyd planned to threaten Robert into leaving her alone, but she had no idea he intended to utilize his brothers shotgun. CHACEY POYNTER [bodycam video]: And he's been shot in the head, please he's around he's around the corner, like . Natalie Poynter | Victim's daughter: Other fire stations and police came in and they lined from the church all the way to the fire station. Is that right? pic.twitter.com/hMc4OIbNvh. Powered by. That's all I know. Poynter and Garza are being held without bail. Im beside myself. They still planned to meet up that night. He was taking testosterone and steroids to treat low testosterone levels and Chacey claims that made him violent. Are they telling the truth? Chacey was arrested and a SWAT team went to Garza's home but found he had already run. MICHAEL BURK [interrogation]: Michael was gonna shoot Robert? Jurors sentenced Chacey Poynter to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 30 years. He was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Back in 2000, he was sentenced to a year in prison for unauthorized driving, yet he allegedly had no violent or obscenity habits that emerged in the months he knew the married mother. It's another thing to go through with it. Peter Van Sant: But why would you have shouted that way if this was just going to be a conversation between two men? He did spend a year in prison back in 2000 for the unauthorized use of a vehicle, yet he allegedly had no violent or obsessive tendencies that came to light in the months he knew the married mother. I just I wanted him to know what it's like to be bullied all the time. SGT. Jason Salisbury | Firefighter: Honestly, it's one of those things you don't even believe it at first. Chacey Poynter: Correct. And I had made a joke about it. Jeff Kovach: We believe that was the motive. Det. The next day officers interviewed Chacey Poynter, later finding a link to a photo from Garzas Facebook page on her cell phone which resulted in the issuance of a probable cause affidavit for Garzas arrest two days later. Peter Van Sant: Garza answers, "F him. They called it search and rescue, but it was really more search and recovery, Poynter told the Dallas Morning News in 2005. I'm about to cry now. SHANE MEEK [bodycam video]: At a friend's? Nicole Poynter: This is his bunker gear. The harrowing night of September 9, 2016 is forever etched in the memory of Chacey Poynter. Police now had what they needed. So now, if you wish to learn more about the latter with a specific focus on his past, his involvement with Chacey, his own accounts, and his current standing weve got the details for you. She tells her story, Saturday at 10/9c. Peter Van Sant: Are your tears now, tears of what you did to your own life or tears of what you did to him? Peter Van Sant: Look at me. Two hours into the interrogation, Detective Burk broke through: DET. Jeff Kovach: It's one thing to talk about killing somebody. He drove out there. Chacey's mother and stepfather share custody of the couple's daughter with Robert Poynter's parents. The slain husband, Robert Bob Poynter, was a captain in the University Park Fire Department, officials said. Robert Poynter's life insurance benefits were split among his three daughters. Captain Robert Bob Poynter was an 18-year veteran of the University Park Fire Department, it said in a statement issued Saturday. Police have not yet released any information about a possible motive for the shooting. Chacey, 20, was working as a nurse aid. They'd started an affair after connecting on Facebook in the summer of 2016. Jason Salisbury: It was the Wednesday that Bob had come home from Mexico. he loved his ex-wife a lot, and I felt like she still had a lot of him. Natalie eventually found the courage to tell her dad about Chacey's cheating ways. Det. Chacey Poynters text messages read to jury at her murder trial. Earl Starnes | University Park firefighter: I remember trying to hold it all together. He also had a $685,000 life insurance policy taken out, and Chacey Poynter was the beneficiary of that policy. By Julieta Chiquillo. She then tried to evade prosecution by accusing Robert of abusing her, and then followed that by focusing the blame on Garza. That's why the murder happened when the murder happened. Investigators have also not disclosed what the suspicious and conflicting information Chacey Poynter provided to them consisted of. But we didnt want to leave., Christy Sheats: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. SHANE MEEK [bodycam video]: All right look up at me. Chacey Poynter: I told him that GPS said that I was 3 miles out. On the night of Robert's murder, Sgt. Chacey Poynter and Michael Garza were arrested this weekend after her 47-year-old husband, Robert Poynter, was found shot dead in his truck Friday night in Royse City, Texas, according to. Shane Meek: That some guy just happened to be standing in the shadows of the trees to step out and shoot this guy point-blank in the head with a gun just didn't make sense. Probably 6-foot, maybe. Michael reportedly bought into Chacey's story that Robert was abusive. Chacey Poynter: When I dropped the weight, I didn't hide in his shadow anymore. He had pleaded not guilty. SGT. When veteran firefighter Robert Poynter lost his life in September 2016, it shook the entire community to the very core as it soon came to light that his wife and her boyfriend were behind it all. Earl Starnes: And I told him, "Hey, you just got to cut your losses. Photo courtesy Hunt County Detention Center. According to the State Department of Corrections records, he will be eligible for parole on September 10, 2046. Information provided led to a search warrant of a home in Quinlan, Texas, where a Michael Garza is believed to reside, police said. Det. Even later that day, she intended to have sex with another partner. Over a two-year span, Chacey transformed her body. Is Brandon Larracuente on his way out of The Good Doctor? According to Chacey, Robert had a temper. He's the dumb idiot she got to do this. Read more Community Daughters of Slain UP Fire Captain File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Her defense attorneys, Scott Cornuaud and Frank Hughes, told48Hoursthat they believe talking about the affairs Chacey Poynter was having tainted the jury and had nothing to do with murder. She says her husband Robert Poynter, a decorated fire department captain, was gunned down by a shadowy figure just feet away from her on a rural road in Royse City, Texas. He was tired. Amy says in the last days of his life, Robert was finally ready to walk away from Chacey. All Rights Reserved. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. Chacey Poynter: I'd lost a total of 104 pounds. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Michael Burk | Royse City Police Dept. The two had been having marital issues and Chacey had told Robert as the two ended what was supposed to a reconciliation vacation that she needed space and no longer wanted to have sex between them. Would love your thoughts, please comment. He was among a group of four University Park firefighters to volunteer in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Dallas Morning News reports. he did get on treatments he had normal testosterone For her to say that he had roid rage and all that, that just wasn't him. Peter Van Sant: The next day he is killed. Only Garza apparently agreed when she allegedly tried to convince several lovers to kill Robert. Meek details not of the shooting, but of the state of her marriage: SGT. And that night in the squad car, she decided to share her frustrations: CHACEY POYNTER [bodycam video]: I was young and stupid when we got married. Its imperative to note that although the truck driver was nowhere to be found when detectives came knocking on his door, he turned himself in (without any issues or an attorney) the next day. The police were instantly suspicious of Chacey and didnt buy her story that someone just happened to be waiting in the bushes to jump out and shoot Robert. Chacey claims her lover plotted to entice her husband and was even the triggerman within hours of the incident, all the while attempting to conceal her involvement in the actual crime. At 10:23 p.m. Robert texts Chacey, Long three miles.. You always had this underlying feeling that Even if he had to walk through fire, somehow that man would make it through. And Robert knew. Then, just 12 days before Robert's murder, the doorbell rang. "I just wanted him to be OK." Her husband, however, "was dead," she says. And uh, and he laughed. CHACEY POYNTER: [bodycam video]: I love him. The woman told responding officers her husband had been shot and was in a vehicle located on a nearby road, according to the press release. Poynter was found on a rural track in his wifes car; he was slumped over the passenger seat, having been shot in the head with a single blast from a shotgun. SGT. She told police she had no idea who fired the fatal shot. Chacey Poynter: He told me to take my Jeep back up around the first corner and let Robert know that my Jeep was stuck and I needed him to come help me. MARK MCADAMS [speaking at the funeral]: When duty calls me, o Lord, wherever flames may rage, give me the strength to save some life, whatever be its age. He claimed he'd given his brother's rifle to her as a self-defense device because he thought she might have gotten the better of her suggesting she might have pulled the trigger. Deeply troubled, Robert filed paperwork for divorce, but ended up not following through. Calvin Grogan: Michael Garza just happened to be the person that was in Chacey's life at the right time All it really took for Chacey was to basically just dangle the bait. Peter Van Sant: Chacey told me that you always had Robert's heart. MICHAEL BURK: Somebody, from what you're saying, shoots your husband, cold-blooded murder, and just lets you run away. The same appeals court, in a July 2, 2020 ruling, affirmed Garza's conviction and sentence. After the fourth hour, Chacey Poynter was found guilty of murder. It turns out that Chacey conspired with one of her side guys, Michael Garza, to murder Robert. It was Robert's wife of nearly seven years Chacey Poynter who'd dialed 911, but it soon came to light that she, along with her lover Michael Garza, was responsible for the slaying. Tune in for tonights #Dateline classic mystery at 10/9c on @NBC. But is it enough to solve the case? And for what it's worth, Robert's life insurance money went to his three daughters. Shane Meek: Well, then that red flag goes off. Sgt. Michelle Hadley: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. Where is Chacey Poynter's Boyfriend Michael Garza Now? And many of those texts more than 10,000 were between Chacey and her lovers. Peter Van Sant: How do you want your father to be remembered? MICHAEL BURK [interrogation]: Look, the way your husband was killed, somebody was right next to him. Chacey. Michael Burk: The victim was sitting in the driver's seat He's got an entry wound approximately right here on the temple. She was just frantic, Sergeant Shane Meek, who interviewed Poynter as the scene, told CBS News. Meek was puzzled. She's guilty of being negligent, because she should have anticipated that this thug Garza would commit a murder to get to her. Peter Van Sant: What kind of conversations? Firefighters from all over Texas honored him. Michael Burk: He did not want to speak to us. Amy Poynter: From what I understand, she continued to go up to the station to kind of let him know that she was interested and did that quite often. Amy Poynter: That was the initial realization that there was somebody else. Det. In her first network TV interview, Chacey Poynter tells "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant what happened the night of her husband's murder. He couldn't have shot Robert, he claimed, because he was tending to a cow on his family's farm. The harrowing night of September 9, 2016 is forever etched in the memory of Chacey Poynter. Chacey Poynter: He wore the cologne that he wore on our wedding day, and he hadn't worn it since. Peter Van Sant: So, are you thinking is this a performance? The couple's daughter would stay with Chacey's mother. Garza, 37, was charged with murder. He's a pain in the ass, but I love him. 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BRAD GOLDEN [interrogation]: I never even suspected suspected, boy, that she had been married. It is also not known if they have hired attorneys. This week on Reasonable Doubt, the team takes on the Raul and Cathy Sarinana were sentenced to death for abusing Would love your thoughts, please comment. The fact shed actually convinced her husband to make her the primary beneficiary of the $685,000 policy mere months prior and had texted several lovers she wanted him dead didnt help her case either. He should have been executed right, I am Franks cousin (mothers side) - every time I, What sickens me about this case was that Marilyn was. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the family at this difficult time. Jeff Kovach: She was texting Brad Golden while she was out there committing this murder She had sex with Brad Golden that morning. Where he was just ready, you know, to get a divorce. But whoever that suspect was, why would he want Robert Poynter dead? Michael Burk: The night of the murder, there was still water in the ruts, they were still muddy, it was pretty rough. Peter Van Sant: True redemption and remorse comes from telling the truth. Later, at the police station, she confessed that she did know the identity of the man who killed her husband a lover by the name of Michael Garza.