Cheating wife wanted her husband ‘out of the picture’
So convinced her lover to shoot him Chacey Poynter couldn’t risk her husband filing for divorce, so she came up with a horrific plan…
Gentle giant Robert Poynter was a real-life hero. The veteran firefighter was retired but no one had forgotten the lives he had saved, and they still instinctively turned to him for help.
Robert, 47, had spent 19 years fighting blazes while based at the University Park firehouse near Dallas, and eventually made Captain of his crew. He’d earned the respect of his colleagues for being able to use his physical strength in life-anddeath situations, but also for his gentle side, comforting traumatised children at the scenes. Robert had been active in the community but also went to Louisiana in 2005 to help search for survivors after Hurricane Katrina.
He was married with two daughters when he met Chacey Morman. At the time, Chacey was just 20 – 12 years his junior. But he was captivated by the blonde assistant nurse and eventually left his wife for her. The couple married in 2009 and they settled in Royce City, Texas, with their six-year-old daughter.
By 2016, Robert was retired and his seven-year marriage to Poynter was in trouble.
Robert confided in friends that he had considered divorce and that Poynter, then 29, had been unfaithful with multiple men. He’d even installed a security camera and had caught Poynter with one of her lovers.
Robert was slumped over the passenger seat with a bullet wound in his temple
UNPROVOKED ATTACK
When concerned loved ones suggested Robert leave his wife, he seemed reluctant. With a divorce already behind him, and a potential custody battle ahead, Robert wanted to make it work. The couple even went on holiday to Mexico in the