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eye. she was struggling for breath and her vital signs were slipping. as they rushed her to parkland medical center in dallas, the police went over the crime scene. >> the suspects had taken nancy's purse. >> reporter: did you have any reason to believe when you arrived this was anything other than a burglary gone bad? >> we didn't have anything reason to suspect it was anything other than an aggravated robbery. >> reporter: what details did you get from that 911 call? >> nancy was able to give a suspect description, a white male wearing a black hat, was in his 20s. >> reporter: police officers could find no one in the neighborhood who had seen or heard anything. >> it hadn't been raining significantly. when it rains, people are inside. there's no witnesses.
in the end. >> reporter: you guys were the claefrs. >> yeah, we were the claefrs and it was like this not a good situation. there is never a $ good time to get caught thaeting, but recovering rile whooil your house is begun actualed but once he's been living in california? >> we found each other basically playing a at gambling toubl one night and that's ibtd of. >> >> i knew there was evidence of the affair and i felt like it's going to be difficult but i felt like nancy and i could somehow work through that. >> did you think at all, well,
they'll come and bring all the kids. >> we were always together, always a family. we went to all of their events. they were busy, always doing something. whether it was soccer or, you know, anything in the fine arts musically. >> reporter: you guys do almos sound like t"leave it to beaver" >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: but by 2012 those days were gone. frank and ashley were empty nesters. you were so close with your kids. was it hard as one by one they started leaving the nest and going off to college? >> sure. yeah, it was. i mean, i'm proud of them but it was difficult. i mean, change is difficult. >> reporter: now nancy was often home alone.
>> reporter: frank howard arrived home in dallas the morning after his wife was shot. his daughter, ashley, said he looked awful when she finally saw him. they drove to the hospital together, and by the time he got there, he could hardly walk. >> and i hear this crash and i look back, my dad had collapsed on the ground. he was in terrible shape. any time monitors would beep, he was jumpy, just terrible shape. >> reporter: was he in tears? >> yeah. >> reporter: tell me what happened the first time you saw nancy in the icu. >> it was a time. she was real drugged up but all the family and a lot of people from the church and stuff were there. >> reporter: doctors told the family the bullet had entered nancy's skull just above her left eye and traveled downward
she took the stand. >> she believed he was in a loveless marriage, that was separated from his wife, but living under the roof for convenience sake in separate bedrooms. >> how important was the mistress's testimony? >> i don't think suzanne had any knowledge of any of this. i don't think she knew about the murder for hire plot. i don't think she knew about association with criminals, suzanne believed, like everybody else around frank, take him at his word and believe him. >> prosecutors told the jury, for a family man like frank, divorce was not an option. they argued, murder was. >> it didn't have to happen. divorce. the solution. >> frank was with suzanne in california on the day nancy was shot. etch so, he found time to send an e-mail to his wife. prosecutor, jamie beck read it to the jury. >> i know you have a busy day
today. he knows her schedule. provided it to the two michaels, i will try to call you some time today. i love you, and can't wait to get home to you. that is sick. that is sick. he wanted to get home to her casket. that is what he wanted to come home to. >> on august 18th, 2014, two years to the day after nancy was shot, the prosecution rested. now, it was the defense's turn to convince the jury that all of those east texans were lying, and frank never paid anyone to kill his wife. coming up. the defense comes out swinging. and in its corner, two devoted daughters. >> i wanted to be there for my dad. he is not the man that you are talking about. >> when "dateline" continues.
she'd somehow managed to drag herself into the house and in spite of taking a bullet in the head, she was able to give critical details to the 911 dispatcher. >> how many people was it? >> can you stay on the phone? >> reporter: yes, ma'am, i'm going to stay on the phone until they get there. >> reporter: a few minutes later, police arrived at the home. remarkable as it sounds, nancy managed to open the front door for them. >> help me. help me! >> reporter: soon carrollton police detectives were on the case. >> it's incredible how she was able to give the information to the dispatcher about what had happened and then be able to wait for the police at the front door. >> reporter: this was a really bloody crime scene. >> there was quite a bit of blood, yeah. >> reporter: there was a small hole just above nanny's left
>> it was 6:00 in the morning before frank howard could finally board a plane and head home. he could only imagine the nightmare that awaited him once he landed in texas. coming up -- >> my dad is like collapsed on the ground. he was in terrible shape. >> reporter: as doctors race to save nancy, her family races to her side. who could possibly be behind this? >> we were trying to figure out what happened and how it happened and we didn't have any idea. >> reporter: someone was out there. >> yeah. we were scared. >> reporter: when "dateline" continues. >> reporter: when "dateline" continues. who's got the time to chase around down dirt, dust and hair? so now, i use heavy duty swiffer sweeper and dusters. for hard-to-reach places, duster makes it easy to clean. it captures dust in one swipe. ha! gotcha! and sweeper heavy duty cloths lock away twice as much dirt and dust. it gets stuff deep in the grooves other tools can miss. y'know what? my place... is a lot cleaner now. stop cleaning. start swiffering.
to posthis $one million bond. witness after witness talked of his sterling reputation. >> clients, came forward, packed the courtroom for a bond hearing, which is unhearing. they took the stand. they you know, sang his praises on what a good guy he was the. >> he quickly bonded out of jail, the investigators were convinced frank howard was behind the attempt on his wife's life. not only could they prove that he was having an affair, and paid hundreds and thousands of dollars to make believe hitman, they had a picture of a meeting with one of them. a crucial element was missing. >> we are in the middle of this. we don't have the shooter identified. everyone that we arrested up to this point, we can only confirm they are involved in the solicitation to have nancy
walking me down the aisle. >> we had a good time. it was a joyful time. i remember walking with him and saying, well, we ended up doing this together afterall, didn't we. >> hard to imagine, frank and nancy put family first. for a long time, nancy refused to believe the worst about franchlth as the months pampt she had a change of heart. she kept hoping she was wrong. >> i believe that he had relationships with the kind of people that would do something like this. i am going to let the jury make the decision, on whether or not he called the shot. >> you are not ready to say he ordered the hit? >> i am not ready to say that. >> jamie beck was ready to say that, and a lot more. >> i try not to get too personally involved so on to speak, i did not like him.