Captain Robert Louis Poynter III, 47, was a firefighter and paramedic with the University Park Fire Department in Dallas. Born April 30, 1969, in Utica, Michigan, he was a father to three daughters and respected for his commitment to the community. On the night of September 9, 2016, he was found shot in the head while sitting in his wife’s Jeep on a remote rural road near Royse City, Texas; the bullet entered through his temple and he died despite emergency treatment.

Investigators eventually arrested his wife, Chacey Poynter, and her lover, Michael Garza. Chacey at first said an unknown assailant shot her husband while she was calling for help after the Jeep got stuck in mud, but inconsistencies came to light and she later confessed to arranging the killing. Prosecutors said the motive was financial gain through Robert’s life insurance policy. In June 2019 a jury convicted Chacey Poynter and Michael Garza of first-degree murder; Chacey received life in prison and Garza was sentenced to 99 years.

Are there details about Robert’s last hours or the road near Royse City that anyone can add to help understand what happened?