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Candace Lynn Montgomery (née Wheeler; born November 15, 1949) is an American woman who was accused of murdering her lover's wife, Betty Gore. The killing took place in Wylie, Texas, on June 13, 1980. During the assault, Gore was struck 41 times with a wood splitting axe.
Apr 27, 2023 · It’s been more than four decades since Candy Montgomery was accused of murdering her lover’s wife, but the story of the axe-wielding Texas housewife still hasn’t left the headlines or the...
May 2, 2022 · A 30-year-old housewife living in the suburbs of Dallas, Candace "Candy" Montgomery murdered her best friend Betty Gore with an axe on June 13, 1980.
Apr 15, 2024 · Max's ‘Love & Death’ stars Elizabeth Olsen as infamous axe murderer Candy Montgomery, who killed her neighbor Betty Gore. Here's what to know about the horrifying real-life crime.
May 9, 2022 · The housewife was charged with murder by police in Wylie, Texas, but she claimed the attack was self-defense at her trial. Here is everything you need to know about Montgomery, and where she...
Apr 26, 2023 · On Oct. 30, 1980, a jury of nine women and three men found Candy Montgomery not guilty of Betty Gore’s murder. She was acquitted of the murder charge.
Apr 27, 2023 · This suspicion of the suburbs was fueled in part by books like Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road, but also by real life cases—most notably the serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a cheery...
May 10, 2022 · On Oct. 30, 1980, a jury of nine women and three men found Candy Montgomery not guilty of Betty Gore’s murder. She was acquitted of the murder charge.
Apr 27, 2023 · Over 40 years after housewife Betty Gore was brutally killed in 1980, two limited, true-crime series -- Candy and Love & Death -- are chronicling the lives in the small Texas town of Wylie and...
May 18, 2022 · Inside the grisly story of an axe killing that inspired new Hulu series ‘Candy’. As Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Olsen portray Candy Montgomery in two different TV shows, Clémence Michallon...
