In 1977, two housewives named Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore, both living in the small town of Lucas, Texas, struck up a friendship.
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Why Candy Montgomery Was Acquitted Of Murder
In 1977, two housewives named Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore, both living in the small town of Lucas, Texas, struck up a friendship.
The last type of person most would think of as a possible ax murderer is a suburban housewife living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but that was the case for Candy Montgomery (via The Dallas Morning News).
On June 27, 1980, Texas housewife Candy Montgomery was arrested in the small northeast Texas town of Wylie for murdering her friend, Betty Gore, with an ax.
Candy Montgomery was a typical Texas housewife when she did the unthinkable.
The town of Wylie, Texas, was just a small, quiet suburb of Dallas-Fort Worth when Candy Montgomery committed her brutal crime.
