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'As far as I'm concerned, justice will be served. In the wake of the verdict, Betty's father Bob Pomeroy spoke to the press about his disappointment. She and husband Pat Montgomery walked out of the courthouse to boos and jeers that day, according to UPI. The jury, comprised of nine women and three men, ultimately voted to acquit Candy of murder by reason of self-defense.

Though prosecutors argued that the 41 ax wounds suggested this was murder, a psychologist testified that Montgomery was sent into a rage after Betty shushed her, triggering a psychotic rage, Texas Monthly wrote. She said that Betty came at her with an ax and a fight ensued, but she managed to take the ax and killed Betty in self-defense, UPI reported. Then, when she testified in court, Montgomery admitted to killing Betty after she was confronted about her affair with Allan. How Betty Gore's Killing Divided A Texas Suburb But a love affair between Allan Gore and Candy Montgomery would lead to a bloody confrontation.Īnd while there's no shortage of information on the events that lead up to the brutal killing, people are still curious about what happened in the aftermath of the controversial and highly publicized trial. Their children were even friends, with the Gore's daughter, Alisa, staying at the Montgomery's home on the eve of the murder, Texas Monthly reported. More than that, the Montgomerys and Gores knew each other, having attended the same church. RELATED: New Interviews Shed More Light On Candy Montgomery's Ax-Slaying Of Betty Gore In 1980 'We couldn't imagine that anybody would have believed, when she was hit that many times, that it was self-defense,' Ronald Pomeroy told producers. Put simply, the brothers will never understand how the jury returned a not guilty verdict. Since then, numerous true-crime shows have revisited the 30-year-old teacher's shocking axe murder, with Gore's own brothers speaking to Oxygen's ' Snapped' about their reactions. The details of Candy Montgomery's love affair with neighbor and friend Allan Gore were salacious enough, but the self-defense killing of his wife, Betty Gore, turned mere neighborhood gossip into tabloid fodder.

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