Spouse Of Slain Texas Firefighter Accused Of Capital Murder
ROYSE CITY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The widow of a Dallas-area firefighter faces a capital murder charge after prosecutors say new evidence led to the upgraded count in his 2016 fatal shooting.
Chacey Tyler Poynter of Royse City was charged with conspiracy to commit murder following the off-duty death of Robert Poynter. He was a University Park Fire Department captain.
The Greenville Herald-Banner reports a Hunt County grand jury April 26 indicted Chacey Poynter on the capital murder charge. Prosecutors allege the woman and Michael Glen Garza had an affair and killed her husband for his money.
District Attorney Noble Walker on Thursday said the capital murder for remuneration count involves financial gain. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.
Garza last summer was convicted of murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison.