Everything you need to know about the infamous Candy Montgomery. CandyOnHulu
, which premieres first in May, the story is far more complicated than one woman taking an ax to another. Married to Pat Montgomery and a mother of two children, Candy was a seemingly typical, 30-year-old housewife living in Collin County, Texas, who became close friends with Betty Gore, a fellow housewife and mother who was also a middle school teacher.
The church is also where Candy, who had grown bored with Pat, decided to have an affair with Betty’s husband, Allan Gore. More specifically, the moment that pushed her over the edge “happened on the church volleyball court, on a late-summer day in 1978,” when the two collided during a play. After that, Candy set her sights on Allan.
On June 13, 1980, Betty confronted Candy about the affair before attacking her with an ax. As the two fought, Candy gained control of the weapon and “brought the blade down on the back of Betty’s head,” before killing her. Eventually, Candy was arrested and charged in the murder of Betty. In court, she pleaded self-defense with her lawyer“after being struck twice with the ax by [Betty] and then gaining control of the weapon, the heavier and larger [Betty] refused to let [Candy] go.” The prosecution, meanwhile, argued that Candy could have fled “rather than bludgeon” Betty to death.
Months later, on Oct. 30, 1980, a jury of nine women and three men found Candy not guilty of Betty’s murder.
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