Lester Holt

You gave just a heartbreaking victim impact statement in the courtroom.

You faced your father.

That unanswered question hung in the courtroom and hung over the lives of everyone who knew John Michael and his mother.

And in the years ahead, the questions would only multiply.

There are going to be people who find what you're saying right now despicable.

And Allison, she would chart a new life as entrepreneur, podcaster and politician.

Hi, everybody.

I'm Allison Salinas and welcome to Citizen Watch.

But what was her next plan?

Something's got to happen because that's my only way out.

Can you see, though, the similarities between the two cases?

You're the common thread.

Seven years after Delbert Mills was convicted of murder and about 300 miles north of that Goliad County courthouse, James Turrentine's phone pinged with a new message.

He didn't recognize the number, but when he opened it, the name rang a bell.

It was Allison Mills, Delbert's ex-wife.

James dated Allison when they were in high school.

Now, nearly 30 years after their teenage breakup, she was reaching out.

How random was that?

What does she want?

Just to reconnect?