New Evidence Leads to Capital Murder Charge for Widow of Slain North Texas Firefighter

ROYSE CITY, Texas (AP) – The widow of a Dallas-area firefighter is facing a capital murder charge after prosecutors said 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, 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 her lover Michael Glen Garza killed her husband for his money.

Garza was convicted of murder and sentenced to 99 years.

Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty against Poynter, who remains in custody pending trial. An attorney for her didn’t immediately return a message Friday seeking comment.