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Location (s) Wylie, Texas. Date apprehended. June 26, 1980. 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.
In 1978 Wylie, Texas, Candy Montgomery is a loving wife and mother, but finds herself dissatisfied with her life. She is attracted to Allan Gore, a married member of her church group, whose own marriage is strained while he and his wife Betty struggle to get pregnant with their second child.
HBO Max's true crime-inspired drama series Love & Death dramatizes the real life case of Candy Montgomery, the housewife from Wylie, Texas who killed her friend, Betty Gore, in 1980 following an ...
Dalia Faheid. February 22, 2023 at 1:00 AM. Courtesy of Jesse Plemons. Betty Gore’s husband Allan had an affair with her close friend, Candy Montgomery. In 1980, after a confrontation about the ...
Candy Montgomery had an affair with Allan Gore and killed his wife Betty with an ax in 1980. ... in 1977, where they became friends with Betty and Allan Gore. The Montgomery family led a ...
May 13, 2022. ( 2022-05-13) Candy (released internationally as Candy: A Death in Texas) is an American biopic crime drama miniseries created by Nick Antosca and Robin Veith. [ 1] The series stars Jessica Biel as Candy Montgomery, who was accused of the axe murder of her neighbor, Betty Gore (played by Melanie Lynskey) in 1980, in Texas. [ 2]
The 1980 murder of Betty Gore in Wylie, Texas, and the trial of her friend, Candace “Candy” Montgomery, has gotten renewed interest 43 years later with a new HBO crime drama revisiting the case.
Pat Montgomery met Candace "Candy" Wheeler El Paso and proposed just two months after they had met, according to "Evidence of Love," which is based on interviews with the Montgomery and Gore families.