41 blows and an acquittal: The 1980 axe killing that shocked Texas
On June 13, 1980, Candace Montgomery killed her neighbor Betty Gore with 41 axe blows in Wylie, Texas, then claimed self-defense — and was acquitted by a Texas jury after a nationally watched trial.
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