1 00:00:03,128 --> 00:00:04,045 - FEMALE NARRATOR: A grizzly crime 2 00:00:05,422 --> 00:00:09,175 straight out of a horror movie rocks a Dallas suburb. 3 00:00:09,217 --> 00:00:13,346 - It made national headlines, you know an ax murderer. 4 00:00:13,388 --> 00:00:15,807 - I think that the-the Boogeyman phenomena 5 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:18,518 was in people's minds. 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,688 - NANCY: I can't understand why anybody would ax somebody 7 00:00:21,730 --> 00:00:26,109 40 times on Friday the 13th. 8 00:00:26,151 --> 00:00:29,571 - JIM: You couldn't find a more startling contrast- 9 00:00:29,612 --> 00:00:33,533 this little suburban home, this bloody scene. 10 00:00:33,575 --> 00:00:35,285 - STEVEN: They started getting telephone calls 11 00:00:35,326 --> 00:00:38,204 you know, your daughters are next. 12 00:00:38,246 --> 00:00:40,206 - NARRATOR: As the investigation begins, 13 00:00:40,248 --> 00:00:43,460 a dark betrayal comes to light 14 00:00:43,501 --> 00:00:44,878 - ROBERT: They were couple friends 15 00:00:44,919 --> 00:00:47,964 and their kids socialized together. 16 00:00:48,006 --> 00:00:49,507 - JOHN: He named one of her good friends 17 00:00:49,549 --> 00:00:52,385 as the person he had the affair with. 18 00:00:52,427 --> 00:00:54,888 It resulted in the most horrific confrontation 19 00:00:54,929 --> 00:00:56,473 that you could imagine. 20 00:00:56,514 --> 00:00:58,099 - NARRATOR: When the killer is revealed, 21 00:00:58,141 --> 00:01:00,477 this quiet community will be left wondering 22 00:01:00,518 --> 00:01:04,147 if justice will ever be served. 23 00:01:04,189 --> 00:01:05,732 - JOHN: She was everybody's best friend. 24 00:01:05,774 --> 00:01:09,944 She was the least likely suspect in the world. 25 00:01:09,986 --> 00:01:13,406 - RICHARD: The whole courtroom just roared because they could 26 00:01:13,448 --> 00:01:16,743 not believe that that was the verdict. 27 00:01:16,785 --> 00:01:19,412 - It really is just kind of appalling that something 28 00:01:19,454 --> 00:01:21,539 like this could happen here. 29 00:01:21,581 --> 00:01:24,292 - It's a story about the dark side of the subrubs. 30 00:01:26,544 --> 00:01:32,467 - [theme music] 31 00:01:36,596 --> 00:01:38,306 - * 32 00:01:38,348 --> 00:01:40,266 - NARRATOR: The quaint town of Wylie, Texas 33 00:01:40,308 --> 00:01:42,143 is a popular suburban escape 34 00:01:42,185 --> 00:01:46,022 from the hustle and bustle of Dallas city life. 35 00:01:46,064 --> 00:01:50,360 - JIM: This little town with an old church and an old courthouse 36 00:01:50,402 --> 00:01:52,195 and an old police department. 37 00:01:52,237 --> 00:01:56,199 It was self-consciously quaint. 38 00:01:56,241 --> 00:01:59,285 - STEVEN: Wylie is a small community, very slow moving, 39 00:01:59,327 --> 00:02:01,037 slow-paced community. 40 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:03,331 It was a very friendly community you know, 41 00:02:03,373 --> 00:02:05,333 it's a- really tight-knit. 42 00:02:07,669 --> 00:02:10,672 - NARRATOR: But on the night of June 13th, 1980, 43 00:02:10,714 --> 00:02:14,384 the charm of Wylie is shattered when resident Richard Parker 44 00:02:14,426 --> 00:02:18,221 receives a panicked phone call around 11PM from his neighbor, 45 00:02:18,263 --> 00:02:19,931 Allan Gore. 46 00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:23,476 - JOHN: Allan Gore was in Minnesota on a business trip 47 00:02:23,518 --> 00:02:26,896 saying, I can't get my wife to answer the phone- 48 00:02:26,938 --> 00:02:28,773 something must be wrong. 49 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:31,067 - He started getting really concerned after several hours 50 00:02:31,109 --> 00:02:33,737 of not being able to reach her. 51 00:02:33,778 --> 00:02:35,822 - NARRATOR: Richard agrees to check in on Allan's 52 00:02:35,864 --> 00:02:37,991 30-year-old wife Betty Gore, 53 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:40,827 and recruits neighbors to go with him. 54 00:02:40,869 --> 00:02:42,495 - JIM: They went around front, 55 00:02:42,537 --> 00:02:45,457 and they assumed that the front door would be locked, 56 00:02:45,498 --> 00:02:47,834 and one of them, uh, just by chance 57 00:02:47,876 --> 00:02:50,795 tried the door and it opened- it wasn't locked. 58 00:02:51,796 --> 00:02:53,715 - NARRATOR: The men cautiously enter the home, 59 00:02:53,757 --> 00:02:55,592 calling out for Betty... 60 00:02:55,633 --> 00:02:59,512 but the only response is a chilling cry... 61 00:02:59,554 --> 00:03:01,389 - ROBERT: The Gores had two children there, 62 00:03:01,431 --> 00:03:07,020 there was a baby that was about a year old that was in her crib. 63 00:03:07,062 --> 00:03:09,147 She was crying and wet. 64 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:11,566 I mean she'd obviously been in the crib all day. 65 00:03:13,818 --> 00:03:15,653 - JOHN: Now, they were true, truly scared. 66 00:03:15,695 --> 00:03:18,365 Of course, they got the baby out of there immediately 67 00:03:18,406 --> 00:03:20,742 gave it to one of the wives of the men. 68 00:03:20,784 --> 00:03:24,537 - The Gores had another child that was about five years old, 69 00:03:24,579 --> 00:03:27,707 who was actually spending the night at a friend's. 70 00:03:27,749 --> 00:03:31,378 They knew from Allan that she had been there. 71 00:03:31,419 --> 00:03:34,547 - JIM: They looked in every other space in the house, 72 00:03:34,589 --> 00:03:40,553 they can see blood, um, on the doorknobs and, 73 00:03:40,595 --> 00:03:43,765 so they decide to go look in the utility room. 74 00:03:43,807 --> 00:03:45,642 There's light coming beneath the door, 75 00:03:45,684 --> 00:03:47,310 so it's lit up so they think well 76 00:03:47,352 --> 00:03:48,687 we mine as well look in there. 77 00:03:48,728 --> 00:03:52,816 And one of them tentatively does and he sees, uh, 78 00:03:52,857 --> 00:03:57,904 Betty lying on the floor completely covered in blood. 79 00:03:57,946 --> 00:04:01,324 He immediately says to the two other guys, oh my God, 80 00:04:01,366 --> 00:04:04,411 she's blown her head off. 81 00:04:04,452 --> 00:04:09,249 His instinct is that she had, uh, committed suicide. 82 00:04:09,290 --> 00:04:11,459 - KEN: There was a- an enormous amount of blood. 83 00:04:11,501 --> 00:04:15,171 I mean, the blood literally was a half-inch to an inch deep 84 00:04:15,213 --> 00:04:16,798 around betty's body. 85 00:04:19,926 --> 00:04:21,511 - * 86 00:04:21,553 --> 00:04:24,389 - NARRATOR: Born in 1950, Betty Pomeroy grew up 87 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:26,433 in small town Kansas, 88 00:04:26,474 --> 00:04:29,519 the older sister to two brothers. 89 00:04:29,561 --> 00:04:31,146 - She was very popular. 90 00:04:31,187 --> 00:04:36,276 She was involved in all kinds of school events, music, plays, 91 00:04:36,317 --> 00:04:37,902 student council. 92 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:41,573 She wanted to be an elementary teacher really from the word go. 93 00:04:43,825 --> 00:04:46,036 - NARRATOR: While pursuing her dream in college, 94 00:04:46,077 --> 00:04:50,582 Betty met an ambitious grad student named Allan Gore. 95 00:04:50,623 --> 00:04:54,419 - Allan was a graduate teaching assistant and um, 96 00:04:54,461 --> 00:04:56,087 Betty was one of his students. 97 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:58,631 As soon as, she wasn't a student of his any longer, 98 00:04:58,673 --> 00:05:00,342 they got together and uh, and uh, they were uh, 99 00:05:00,383 --> 00:05:03,303 fairly quickly uh, fell in love. 100 00:05:03,345 --> 00:05:07,640 - She saw a very intelligent, smart guy 101 00:05:07,682 --> 00:05:11,436 that had a good education, you know, 102 00:05:11,478 --> 00:05:15,732 and was capable of doing bigger things. 103 00:05:15,774 --> 00:05:17,442 I said he next thing, you know, 104 00:05:17,484 --> 00:05:19,527 he'll be asking you to marry him, 105 00:05:19,569 --> 00:05:22,655 and she said, yeah, he did. 106 00:05:22,697 --> 00:05:25,658 She was very excited. She was very happy. 107 00:05:28,286 --> 00:05:30,830 - NARRATOR: On January 25th, 1970 108 00:05:30,872 --> 00:05:34,834 Betty and Allan tied the knot in her hometown. 109 00:05:34,876 --> 00:05:36,336 - She was beautiful in her wedding dress, 110 00:05:36,378 --> 00:05:37,837 that's certainly true. 111 00:05:37,879 --> 00:05:42,092 Everybody knew her and the whole town was excited. 112 00:05:42,133 --> 00:05:43,510 - NARRATOR: Following the wedding, 113 00:05:43,551 --> 00:05:47,013 Allan took a job at a prestigious computer company. 114 00:05:47,055 --> 00:05:50,934 - He was a big uh, a big shot in the electronics field and um, 115 00:05:50,975 --> 00:05:53,812 was off to Dallas to live a, a um, a very uh, 116 00:05:53,853 --> 00:05:56,106 successful life and have children and, and uh, 117 00:05:56,147 --> 00:05:57,607 everything that she wanted. 118 00:05:57,649 --> 00:06:02,529 She was a success story from a small town in Kansas. 119 00:06:02,570 --> 00:06:04,322 - NARRATOR: In the late 70s, after the birth of their 120 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:08,076 daughter Alicia, the Gores left the big city and settled in 121 00:06:08,118 --> 00:06:10,370 the suburb of Wylie, where Betty 122 00:06:10,412 --> 00:06:13,540 quickly got a job in the local school system. 123 00:06:13,581 --> 00:06:15,959 - RICHARD: They didn't have to worry about money. 124 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:18,837 I mean, I think he made good enough money. 125 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:21,381 And of course, her being a school teacher, I'm sure, 126 00:06:21,423 --> 00:06:24,509 helped out considerably too. 127 00:06:27,887 --> 00:06:29,806 - NARRATOR: As they settled into their home, 128 00:06:29,848 --> 00:06:33,226 the Gores found community at a local church. 129 00:06:33,268 --> 00:06:36,438 - They started going to this church along with everybody else 130 00:06:36,479 --> 00:06:38,356 who were their peers. 131 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:40,358 Just because, you know, 132 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,277 they'd always gone to church growing up, 133 00:06:42,318 --> 00:06:45,572 and it was social center for them. 134 00:06:45,613 --> 00:06:47,741 - NARRATOR: It was there that Betty befriended a beautiful 135 00:06:47,782 --> 00:06:51,911 young housewife named Candy Montgomery. 136 00:06:51,953 --> 00:06:55,790 - ROBERT: Candy was a really outgoing, likeable person. 137 00:06:55,832 --> 00:06:59,586 Uh, she was very involved in her community, her church, 138 00:06:59,627 --> 00:07:02,297 she was in the choir, she taught Sunday school, 139 00:07:02,339 --> 00:07:05,884 she was on committees in the church. 140 00:07:05,925 --> 00:07:08,678 - JIM: She grew up moving around all over the place, 141 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,930 and with a dad who was in the army, 142 00:07:10,972 --> 00:07:16,853 she had to learn to be very social and sociable. 143 00:07:16,895 --> 00:07:20,440 - JOHN: She was rebellious and she um, 144 00:07:20,482 --> 00:07:22,650 always had an eye for the boys. 145 00:07:22,692 --> 00:07:25,653 She was always trying to live a more exciting life. 146 00:07:27,989 --> 00:07:30,992 - NARRATOR: When Candy met her future husband, Pat Montgomery, 147 00:07:31,034 --> 00:07:32,952 she took a step back from the excitement 148 00:07:32,994 --> 00:07:36,331 and became a new version of herself. 149 00:07:36,373 --> 00:07:38,833 - JIM: She had made a decision after she met Pat that she was 150 00:07:38,875 --> 00:07:42,671 gonna go the more tradtional route. 151 00:07:42,712 --> 00:07:47,550 I'm gonna be a house wife and a mom and you know that's it. 152 00:07:47,592 --> 00:07:49,135 - NARRATOR: And when she met Betty and Allan, 153 00:07:49,177 --> 00:07:53,973 she had it all: the church, a family...and friendship. 154 00:07:54,015 --> 00:07:56,142 - ROBERT: They were couple friends and their kids 155 00:07:56,184 --> 00:07:58,144 socialized together. 156 00:07:58,186 --> 00:08:00,230 - JOHN: Their daughters would spend the night 157 00:08:00,271 --> 00:08:05,235 at each other's houses and they would go swimming together 158 00:08:05,276 --> 00:08:06,945 or go to the movies together 159 00:08:06,986 --> 00:08:09,531 they were close because their children were close. 160 00:08:13,034 --> 00:08:14,994 - NARRATOR: But Candy and Betty's friendship was put to 161 00:08:15,036 --> 00:08:20,500 the test when Betty welcomed her second child in 1979. 162 00:08:20,542 --> 00:08:24,879 - Betty was prone to depression. 163 00:08:24,921 --> 00:08:29,676 She was particularly prone to post-partum depression. 164 00:08:29,718 --> 00:08:31,845 - NARRATOR: As Betty struggled with her mental health, 165 00:08:31,886 --> 00:08:34,389 her relationships began to suffer-- 166 00:08:34,431 --> 00:08:36,558 especially her marriage. 167 00:08:36,599 --> 00:08:37,976 - They weren't real connected and, 168 00:08:38,018 --> 00:08:40,854 and the marriage wasn't really good. 169 00:08:40,895 --> 00:08:42,856 - JOHN: There was a program called marriage encounter 170 00:08:42,897 --> 00:08:46,860 that was, that was sanctioned by the Methodist church. 171 00:08:46,901 --> 00:08:49,404 They went to this marriage encounter weekend and they were 172 00:08:49,446 --> 00:08:51,781 genuinely transformed by it. 173 00:08:51,823 --> 00:08:54,826 They fell in love all over again. 174 00:08:54,868 --> 00:08:58,413 - ROBERT: They were doing better and in fact they were planning 175 00:08:58,455 --> 00:09:00,165 a European vacation. 176 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:02,917 She was looking forward to that. 177 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:08,715 - NARRATOR: But with the trip less than a week away, 178 00:09:08,757 --> 00:09:12,469 the potential for a fresh start has come to an end 179 00:09:12,510 --> 00:09:15,722 as Betty lies dead in the laundry room. 180 00:09:15,764 --> 00:09:17,390 - There was a body lying on the floor 181 00:09:17,432 --> 00:09:19,184 with a great deal of blood. 182 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:22,270 There were blood spatters, blood smears all over the room. 183 00:09:24,189 --> 00:09:25,565 - NARRATOR: Betty's neighbors quickly call 184 00:09:25,607 --> 00:09:28,443 the Collin County Sheriff's Office. 185 00:09:28,485 --> 00:09:31,863 When detectives arrive, they are troubled to find that it appears 186 00:09:31,905 --> 00:09:35,658 to be something straight out of a horror movie. 187 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:37,118 - ROBERT: When the police looked at the scene 188 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:38,536 a little more closely 189 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:42,499 an axe was in the room uh where Betty's body was found, 190 00:09:42,540 --> 00:09:44,584 and it was clear Betty had not been shot- 191 00:09:44,626 --> 00:09:48,922 it that she had been killed with the axe. 192 00:09:48,963 --> 00:09:54,344 - KEN: You could see multiple wounds to the body from an ax. 193 00:09:54,386 --> 00:09:56,805 You can actually see where the blade entered, uh, 194 00:09:56,846 --> 00:10:00,892 on both her hands and arms, as well as on her head. 195 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:04,562 - IRV: It was a vicious set of blows to the body, the face, 196 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:09,776 the arms, the head, the torso, even into the- into the legs. 197 00:10:10,860 --> 00:10:12,487 - JIM: This was--was macabre 198 00:10:12,529 --> 00:10:14,364 it had the feeling of a horror movie. 199 00:10:14,406 --> 00:10:19,411 This outlandish, exaggerated melodramatic, uh, violence, um, 200 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:23,581 in, in a place where people rarely raised their voices 201 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:25,166 to one another. 202 00:10:26,543 --> 00:10:27,794 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 203 00:10:27,836 --> 00:10:30,630 A small clue holds big potential: 204 00:10:30,672 --> 00:10:31,798 - KEN: Someone had been in there 205 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,260 and left behind some smeared blood. 206 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:38,847 - NARRATOR: And detectives speak to their first suspect. 207 00:10:38,888 --> 00:10:40,348 - STEVEN: She had been brutally murdered 208 00:10:40,390 --> 00:10:41,725 he should've been a basket case. 209 00:10:41,766 --> 00:10:44,060 You know, I would think. You know, what's going on? 210 00:10:58,533 --> 00:11:00,410 - NARRATOR: On June 13th, 1980, 211 00:11:00,452 --> 00:11:03,872 investigators in the small town of Wylie, Texas 212 00:11:03,913 --> 00:11:05,290 have just come upon a scene 213 00:11:05,331 --> 00:11:10,295 unlike anything they've ever encountered. 214 00:11:10,337 --> 00:11:14,007 - JIM: You couldn't find a more startling contrast than 215 00:11:14,049 --> 00:11:18,386 this victim and the context. 216 00:11:18,428 --> 00:11:24,392 This little suburban home and uh, this bloody scene. 217 00:11:24,434 --> 00:11:28,438 It was unthinkable, uh, that, that something like that could 218 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,400 happen in that place. 219 00:11:32,442 --> 00:11:34,235 - KEN: It was Friday, June 13th. 220 00:11:34,277 --> 00:11:37,447 The first Friday the 13th movie had just come out 221 00:11:37,489 --> 00:11:38,823 and I think that the- 222 00:11:38,865 --> 00:11:42,369 the Boogeyman phenomena was in people's minds. 223 00:11:45,288 --> 00:11:47,874 - NARRATOR: 30-year-old mother and teacher, Betty Gore, 224 00:11:47,916 --> 00:11:50,418 lies dead in her suburban home, 225 00:11:50,460 --> 00:11:54,756 the apparent victim of a real-life horror story. 226 00:11:54,798 --> 00:11:57,634 - IRV: This was overkill of the first order, 227 00:11:57,676 --> 00:11:59,761 and it was represented not only 228 00:11:59,803 --> 00:12:01,888 by the number of blows to the body, 229 00:12:01,930 --> 00:12:04,599 but to the- the blood spatters and the blood smears 230 00:12:04,641 --> 00:12:06,184 all over the room. 231 00:12:07,435 --> 00:12:10,855 - NARRATOR: Investigators quickly get to work. 232 00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:13,400 - KEN: I could see that there was a struggle. 233 00:12:13,441 --> 00:12:16,903 There was the utility room, and the kitchen were all- 234 00:12:16,945 --> 00:12:19,739 it was a very confined space. 235 00:12:19,781 --> 00:12:22,117 You could see that it wasn't just, you know, 236 00:12:22,158 --> 00:12:26,329 a river of blood, but there were spots and splashes. 237 00:12:27,497 --> 00:12:29,457 - JOHN: You had evidence that someone had tried to clean 238 00:12:29,499 --> 00:12:32,877 the floor and clean some of the other surfaces 239 00:12:32,919 --> 00:12:35,964 in the utility room, unsuccessfully. 240 00:12:36,006 --> 00:12:38,133 As though, they had started cleaning and saw that it was 241 00:12:38,174 --> 00:12:41,344 impossible, there was too much blood and then left. 242 00:12:42,512 --> 00:12:43,680 - NARRATOR: In doing so, 243 00:12:43,722 --> 00:12:47,267 the killer left behind a potential clue: 244 00:12:47,308 --> 00:12:50,186 - On the freezer, I found a thumbprint that was in blood. 245 00:12:52,689 --> 00:12:53,815 - JOHN: That type of device 246 00:12:53,857 --> 00:12:56,151 usually you can't lift a print off of it, 247 00:12:56,192 --> 00:12:58,987 but they were able to take a photograph of it. 248 00:13:02,282 --> 00:13:05,410 - NARRATOR: Investigators soon discover another striking clue 249 00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:09,330 in the laundry room: a bloody footprint. 250 00:13:09,372 --> 00:13:11,624 - STEVEN: You know how the idention on the bottom of a- 251 00:13:11,666 --> 00:13:15,337 of a flip-flop how it's got those three little holes. 252 00:13:15,378 --> 00:13:18,381 So, we knew that was a someone's wearing, a shower shoe. 253 00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:25,138 - NARRATOR: As detectives continue to scour the house, 254 00:13:25,180 --> 00:13:27,807 they find another telling clue left behind 255 00:13:27,849 --> 00:13:31,227 in the killer's desperate attempt to clean up. 256 00:13:31,269 --> 00:13:34,314 - STEVEN: Down the hallway, inside the bathroom -I saw some. 257 00:13:34,356 --> 00:13:38,026 Blood on the tile from the shower wall and then around 258 00:13:38,068 --> 00:13:42,364 the drain I saw blood and also hair- lots of hair. 259 00:13:43,573 --> 00:13:46,451 - KEN: It was abundantly clear that someone had been in there 260 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:51,956 and left behind some smeared blood and it looked like, uh, 261 00:13:51,998 --> 00:13:53,416 the person had showered. 262 00:13:56,586 --> 00:13:59,047 - NARRATOR: As they wrap up their survey of the house, 263 00:13:59,089 --> 00:14:03,301 investigators notice a final chilling detail: 264 00:14:03,343 --> 00:14:05,220 - JIM: They had found the, the Dallas Morning News. 265 00:14:05,261 --> 00:14:09,599 I think it was opened to the movies for that weekend, 266 00:14:09,641 --> 00:14:12,394 and it was opened to the page where there was a big ad uh, 267 00:14:12,435 --> 00:14:16,064 for the Shining; which involves, uh, an axe murder 268 00:14:16,106 --> 00:14:19,025 and, there was some blood dripped there. 269 00:14:20,694 --> 00:14:23,405 - ROBERT: There was an axe, there was a lot of blood, 270 00:14:23,446 --> 00:14:26,950 uh there were bloody footprints in the house and then there was 271 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:29,786 a lot of speculation about what happened. 272 00:14:29,828 --> 00:14:32,372 I mean was this a a stranger that did it? 273 00:14:32,414 --> 00:14:35,458 Was it a vendetta killing? Did she know someone? 274 00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:40,463 - NARRATOR: After processing the horrific scene, 275 00:14:40,505 --> 00:14:43,925 investigators head next door to speak with Richard Parker, 276 00:14:43,967 --> 00:14:46,970 the neighbor who called 911. 277 00:14:47,012 --> 00:14:48,596 - STEVEN: We want to know what he neighbors, 278 00:14:48,638 --> 00:14:50,724 the ones that reported it knew. 279 00:14:50,765 --> 00:14:54,978 - NARRATOR: As Richard speaks to detectives, his phone rings. 280 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:56,604 - JIM: One of the cops answered the phone. 281 00:14:56,646 --> 00:15:00,442 And this is Allan Gore, um, what, what's going on there, 282 00:15:00,483 --> 00:15:03,028 you know, because he didn't... realize the police were 283 00:15:03,069 --> 00:15:06,990 already there or the police were there at all. 284 00:15:07,032 --> 00:15:10,410 Police officer told him well, "I'm sorry to tell you 285 00:15:10,452 --> 00:15:15,457 that we found your wife, she's deceased." 286 00:15:18,126 --> 00:15:20,503 - NARRATOR: Allan agrees to come home immediately, 287 00:15:20,545 --> 00:15:25,133 and before hanging up, provides a rundown of his whereabouts. 288 00:15:25,175 --> 00:15:28,720 - ROBERT: Allan left in the morning of June the 13th 289 00:15:28,762 --> 00:15:32,098 to go to work and then caught a flight to St. Paul, Minnesota, 290 00:15:32,140 --> 00:15:34,476 later that afternoon. 291 00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:37,062 - NARRATOR: Allan says he travels frequently for work, 292 00:15:37,103 --> 00:15:39,939 but he and Betty always kept in close contact 293 00:15:39,981 --> 00:15:42,484 while he was on the road. 294 00:15:42,525 --> 00:15:44,361 - JOHN: She knew that he was arriving in um, 295 00:15:44,402 --> 00:15:46,988 Minneapolis at a certain time and, 296 00:15:47,030 --> 00:15:49,699 they would normally talk on the phone, as soon as, 297 00:15:49,741 --> 00:15:53,620 he arrived in the distant city on his business trip. 298 00:15:53,661 --> 00:15:58,166 - Allan called Betty before he got on the plane to go to 299 00:15:58,208 --> 00:16:00,335 Minnesota, and she didn't answer. 300 00:16:00,377 --> 00:16:03,672 And um so he, he took his flight went to Minnesota and then tried 301 00:16:03,713 --> 00:16:06,508 calling her again when he got there and did, 302 00:16:06,549 --> 00:16:08,259 she still didn't answer. 303 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:11,096 Allan continued to try to call Betty, 304 00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:14,182 couldn't get her and then he called that neighbor. 305 00:16:14,224 --> 00:16:16,559 - JOHN: And so uh, for her not to um, 306 00:16:16,601 --> 00:16:19,521 answer the phone for hours was uh, so far be, 307 00:16:19,562 --> 00:16:23,566 off of their pattern that he knew something had to be wrong. 308 00:16:27,278 --> 00:16:29,572 - NARRATOR: Investigators note that while Allan is being 309 00:16:29,614 --> 00:16:34,452 cooperative, his tone is oddly even keeled. 310 00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:37,372 - My gosh, if- if- if- if my wife had- had been murdered, 311 00:16:37,414 --> 00:16:40,542 I think I'd be boohooing and I mean It wasn't that case. 312 00:16:40,583 --> 00:16:44,212 It wasn't like that. He should've been a basket case. 313 00:16:44,254 --> 00:16:46,297 You know, I would think, here he's got the- 314 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:49,759 the mother of his two children ha- had been brutally murdered. 315 00:16:49,801 --> 00:16:52,554 You know, what's going on? 316 00:16:52,595 --> 00:16:55,557 - Everybody reacts to tragedy in a different way. 317 00:16:55,598 --> 00:16:58,685 And so, so I'm not really faulting him for that, 318 00:16:58,727 --> 00:17:01,730 but he didn't seem emotional. 319 00:17:01,771 --> 00:17:05,817 Allan was, was really pretty cold in, in my estimation. 320 00:17:07,068 --> 00:17:09,070 - JOHN: It seemed very strange to the police 321 00:17:09,112 --> 00:17:11,239 that Allan goes out-of-town, 322 00:17:11,281 --> 00:17:14,409 he's the first to report that something's wrong 323 00:17:14,451 --> 00:17:18,121 and meanwhile his wife is dead in the house. 324 00:17:20,165 --> 00:17:22,709 The initial assumption was he must have killed her 325 00:17:22,751 --> 00:17:25,420 right before he left town. 326 00:17:25,462 --> 00:17:28,423 - STEVEN: So you start looking at those aspects 327 00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:31,217 now he becomes more of a- uh, a suspect. 328 00:17:33,928 --> 00:17:35,263 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 329 00:17:35,305 --> 00:17:38,808 Investigators follow a new lead... 330 00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:40,852 - ROBERT: One of Betty's brothers answered the phone 331 00:17:40,894 --> 00:17:43,396 and someone said, "I killed her." 332 00:17:43,438 --> 00:17:46,608 - NARRATOR: And authorities sit down with a key witness... 333 00:17:46,649 --> 00:17:48,401 - STEVEN: This little girl went over and probably interrupted- 334 00:17:48,443 --> 00:17:51,446 or was there during the time of the homicide. 335 00:17:51,488 --> 00:17:54,574 - She was apparently the last person to see Betty alive. 336 00:18:09,923 --> 00:18:12,175 - NARRATOR: Investigators in the quaint Dallas suburb 337 00:18:12,217 --> 00:18:13,718 of Wylie, Texas 338 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,513 have just homed in on their first suspect in 339 00:18:16,554 --> 00:18:20,183 the brutal murder of 30-year-old Betty Gore -- 340 00:18:20,225 --> 00:18:22,602 her husband, Allan. 341 00:18:22,644 --> 00:18:27,691 - JIM: It's rare that a stranger killing will mutilate the face, 342 00:18:27,732 --> 00:18:32,696 but an acquaintance or someone close to the victim will 343 00:18:32,737 --> 00:18:37,325 frequently try to eviscerate the face to make a person disappear. 344 00:18:39,911 --> 00:18:43,415 That made Allan Gore the top suspect at the beginning. 345 00:18:46,251 --> 00:18:47,794 - NARRATOR: As investigators wait for Allan 346 00:18:47,836 --> 00:18:51,256 to get back to Wylie, news of the gruesome murder 347 00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:53,633 of this well-known mother and teacher 348 00:18:53,675 --> 00:18:56,928 spreads quickly through small town Wylie. 349 00:18:56,970 --> 00:18:59,556 - NANCY: The fact that it happened on Friday the 13th, 350 00:18:59,597 --> 00:19:01,641 everybody was freaking out over that. 351 00:19:01,683 --> 00:19:05,603 Everybody was afraid of everybody at that point, 352 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:08,189 they thought there was like a psycho killer 353 00:19:08,231 --> 00:19:11,568 or something like that wandering around. 354 00:19:11,609 --> 00:19:13,528 - It made national headlines, you know, 355 00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:15,739 and people concerned about, here's a you know, 356 00:19:15,780 --> 00:19:17,282 the ax murderer. 357 00:19:20,118 --> 00:19:21,453 - NARRATOR: To investigators however, 358 00:19:21,494 --> 00:19:25,457 the violence strikes them as more intimate... 359 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:28,752 - IRV: I wasn't worried about this being an outside person, 360 00:19:28,793 --> 00:19:30,420 crazy person. 361 00:19:30,462 --> 00:19:32,630 This was going to be pretty personal. 362 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:34,382 - STEVEN: They counted out the number ax- ax chops, 363 00:19:34,424 --> 00:19:37,218 and there's 41 times total ax marks, 364 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:40,597 they actually in 28 in the head. 365 00:19:40,638 --> 00:19:43,516 - ROBERT: There were a number of blows that were struck 366 00:19:43,558 --> 00:19:46,644 after she was down on the ground and already dead. 367 00:19:46,686 --> 00:19:49,773 There was so much overkill here. 368 00:19:49,814 --> 00:19:52,400 - How many of these wounds to the head would have killed her? 369 00:19:52,442 --> 00:19:55,987 Do you need to do anymore? This was just rage. 370 00:19:58,698 --> 00:20:00,658 - NARRATOR: Looking at the evidence before them, 371 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:05,622 investigators can only think of one person responsible... 372 00:20:05,663 --> 00:20:08,833 - IRV: When we walked into the kitchen, there was burnt coffee. 373 00:20:08,875 --> 00:20:13,505 It suggests that time frame of number of hours earlier, 374 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:16,132 in the early morning hours. 375 00:20:16,174 --> 00:20:17,550 - ROBERT: Allan could have killed Betty 376 00:20:17,592 --> 00:20:18,927 before he went to work 377 00:20:18,968 --> 00:20:21,846 and then gone to work at his normal time and, and uh, 378 00:20:21,888 --> 00:20:23,807 flown off to Minneapolis. 379 00:20:23,848 --> 00:20:25,975 - JIM: They looked at Allan, uh, real hard, 380 00:20:26,017 --> 00:20:29,229 but there were footprints on the linoleum in the, uh, uh, 381 00:20:29,270 --> 00:20:30,689 the utility room. 382 00:20:30,730 --> 00:20:32,565 And um, they could tell the, that it was a flip flop 383 00:20:32,607 --> 00:20:36,069 and it was too small to be a man's 384 00:20:36,111 --> 00:20:39,989 and so at that point they were, you know, flummoxed. 385 00:20:40,031 --> 00:20:43,201 - At that time, we were looking for someone and small in stature 386 00:20:43,243 --> 00:20:45,620 was a child or a woman. 387 00:20:47,539 --> 00:20:49,791 - NARRATOR: On June 14th, 1980, 388 00:20:49,833 --> 00:20:52,919 hoping to make sense of their conflicting leads, 389 00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:55,547 investigators head back to the Gore home, 390 00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:58,466 where they find Allan - along with his two daughters 391 00:20:58,508 --> 00:21:01,428 and Betty's family from Kansas. 392 00:21:01,469 --> 00:21:03,096 - It wasn't until Allan got back home. 393 00:21:03,138 --> 00:21:04,472 He flew back to Dallas. 394 00:21:04,514 --> 00:21:06,725 He found out what really happened. 395 00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:09,853 - RICHARD: Allan is- is pretty low-key, you know, 396 00:21:09,894 --> 00:21:14,733 he doesn't seem to show emotions too much about Betty. 397 00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:20,488 He just didn't have the emotion that somebody should have had. 398 00:21:20,530 --> 00:21:23,116 It was just another day, you know, 399 00:21:23,158 --> 00:21:27,370 just wasn't no big deal which did sat kind of odd 400 00:21:27,412 --> 00:21:29,622 with everybody or the family. 401 00:21:32,208 --> 00:21:34,753 - NARRATOR: Instead of interviewing Allan at his home, 402 00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:37,047 investigators opt to give him space 403 00:21:37,088 --> 00:21:39,090 to prepare for Betty's funeral. 404 00:21:40,425 --> 00:21:42,552 But before they leave the Gore residence, 405 00:21:42,594 --> 00:21:45,305 one of Betty's brothers, Richard Pomeroy, 406 00:21:45,347 --> 00:21:48,850 approaches them with a disturbing story. 407 00:21:48,892 --> 00:21:50,852 - RON: The day after my sister was killed, 408 00:21:50,894 --> 00:21:53,229 we had people calling- claiming they had- 409 00:21:53,271 --> 00:21:56,107 they had killed her. 410 00:21:56,149 --> 00:21:59,736 - ROBERT: Someone called Betty Gore's home and Betty's... 411 00:21:59,778 --> 00:22:01,529 one of Betty's brothers answered the phone 412 00:22:01,571 --> 00:22:03,239 and someone said, "I killed her." 413 00:22:03,281 --> 00:22:05,992 and the brother hung up. 414 00:22:06,034 --> 00:22:09,913 - RICHARD: We had one caller that claimed that they were 415 00:22:09,954 --> 00:22:12,874 the one that did it. 416 00:22:12,916 --> 00:22:17,712 I was happened to pick up the phone when that happened. 417 00:22:18,963 --> 00:22:21,508 - STEVEN: They started getting telephone calls to their house. 418 00:22:21,549 --> 00:22:24,969 Like, okay, you know, your daughters are next. 419 00:22:29,474 --> 00:22:31,434 - NARRATOR: Investigators put a trace on the line, 420 00:22:31,476 --> 00:22:33,770 hoping for another call. 421 00:22:33,812 --> 00:22:36,606 In the meantime, they canvass the neighborhood where 422 00:22:36,648 --> 00:22:40,568 they receive a tip from an unlikely source. 423 00:22:40,610 --> 00:22:43,488 - JOHN: There was a five-year-old girl who was 424 00:22:43,530 --> 00:22:46,074 playing in the street that morning. 425 00:22:46,116 --> 00:22:47,784 - STEVEN: Probably around nine o'clock at morning, 426 00:22:47,826 --> 00:22:49,619 this little girl went over, knocked on the door to see if 427 00:22:49,661 --> 00:22:51,371 Betty's daughter, Alicia, was there 428 00:22:51,413 --> 00:22:53,998 and no one came to the door. So, she probably interrupted- 429 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,501 or was there during the time of the homicide. 430 00:22:57,836 --> 00:22:59,421 - NARRATOR: According to the little girl, 431 00:22:59,462 --> 00:23:02,799 she did see one person she recognized that day, 432 00:23:02,841 --> 00:23:06,302 the mother of one of her other friends from school... 433 00:23:06,344 --> 00:23:07,804 - JOHN: She saw Candy Montgomery 434 00:23:07,846 --> 00:23:10,223 leave Betty's house Friday morning at about 11:00 A.M. 435 00:23:12,434 --> 00:23:14,686 - STEVEN: So we're thinking that she might be the last person to 436 00:23:14,728 --> 00:23:16,855 actually see Betty alive. 437 00:23:20,358 --> 00:23:23,153 - NARRATOR: Though the word of a five-year-old feels thin, 438 00:23:23,194 --> 00:23:24,904 detectives ask Candy Montgomery 439 00:23:24,946 --> 00:23:28,700 to come in for an interview on June 15th. 440 00:23:28,742 --> 00:23:31,327 - They were just interviewing her because she was apparently 441 00:23:31,369 --> 00:23:34,581 the last person to see Betty alive. 442 00:23:34,622 --> 00:23:36,332 - NARRATOR: The 30-year-old housewife explains 443 00:23:36,374 --> 00:23:37,709 she'd been at church until 444 00:23:37,751 --> 00:23:41,004 she ran a quick errand in the late morning. 445 00:23:41,046 --> 00:23:44,132 - ROBERT: It was around, um, ten-thirty, eleven o'clock. 446 00:23:44,174 --> 00:23:47,302 She went to Betty's house to pick up a swimsuit 447 00:23:47,344 --> 00:23:48,678 for Betty's daughter 448 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,263 because Betty's daughter is gonna be spending 449 00:23:50,305 --> 00:23:51,473 the night with her. 450 00:23:51,514 --> 00:23:53,099 That they, chatted for a few minutes, 451 00:23:53,141 --> 00:23:56,686 she got the swimsuit and left and then she got back to church 452 00:23:56,728 --> 00:23:59,064 around noon for lunch. 453 00:24:02,901 --> 00:24:05,236 - NARRATOR: Though Candy is forthcoming, at this stage, 454 00:24:05,278 --> 00:24:09,199 everyone is considered a possible person of interest. 455 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,452 - During the interview, we actually took her fingerprints 456 00:24:12,494 --> 00:24:13,912 because whenever you are there- 457 00:24:13,953 --> 00:24:17,165 we took fingerprints of everyone that was in that house. 458 00:24:17,207 --> 00:24:19,668 - NARRATOR: Before she leaves, Candy lets them know they may 459 00:24:19,709 --> 00:24:22,962 find her prints in her friend's home. 460 00:24:23,004 --> 00:24:24,422 - STEVEN: She talked about places 461 00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:26,299 where her fingerprints might be. 462 00:24:26,341 --> 00:24:29,552 She went in the utility room to get Alicia's bathing suit 463 00:24:29,594 --> 00:24:31,513 and then she said she also went the bathroom 464 00:24:31,554 --> 00:24:34,140 and combed her hair and washed her hands. 465 00:24:34,182 --> 00:24:36,893 She was very cooperative, you know, her friend had died, 466 00:24:36,935 --> 00:24:39,396 had been murdered, and she's just going to try 467 00:24:39,437 --> 00:24:41,231 and be as helpful as possible. 468 00:24:44,442 --> 00:24:45,902 - NARRATOR: After interviewing Candy, 469 00:24:45,944 --> 00:24:49,072 detectives get word that one of Betty's brothers has just 470 00:24:49,114 --> 00:24:52,367 fielded another disturbing phone call. 471 00:24:52,409 --> 00:24:54,411 - RONALD: I would answer the phone call and try to keep him 472 00:24:54,452 --> 00:24:57,622 on- on the phone as long as possible so they could trace it. 473 00:24:57,664 --> 00:24:59,958 And one of them they traced to a mental hospital. 474 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,254 - NARRATOR: Investigators immediately race to the hospital 475 00:25:04,295 --> 00:25:06,715 to speak to the caller. 476 00:25:06,756 --> 00:25:09,259 - It turned out to be a mental patient making the call 477 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:11,970 they really had nothing to do with the case. 478 00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:16,975 - RONALD: The guy was, I guess, enjoying the fact that he could, 479 00:25:17,017 --> 00:25:20,270 uh, claim that he had killed my sister and where it happened, 480 00:25:20,311 --> 00:25:23,398 and all this will know the details added up. 481 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,526 So, we knew it wasn't true at all. 482 00:25:26,568 --> 00:25:29,571 - ROBERT: Police were really scrambling around trying to find 483 00:25:29,612 --> 00:25:31,781 uh who, who did it and and they they had no, 484 00:25:31,823 --> 00:25:34,951 no real leads for at least several days 485 00:25:34,993 --> 00:25:39,039 af-after this happened and they were concerned. 486 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:43,668 - We had the funeral down there in- in Wylie and we were really 487 00:25:43,710 --> 00:25:45,920 just taking care of the girls as we could. 488 00:25:48,423 --> 00:25:51,968 - NARRATOR: On June 16th, just a few hours after Betty Gore 489 00:25:52,010 --> 00:25:55,347 is laid to rest, investigators finally sit down 490 00:25:55,388 --> 00:25:57,974 with her husband, Allan. 491 00:25:58,016 --> 00:26:01,895 According to Allan, his marriage was solid--although he admits 492 00:26:01,936 --> 00:26:03,605 that on the morning of the murder, 493 00:26:03,646 --> 00:26:05,065 they did get into an argument 494 00:26:05,106 --> 00:26:08,193 as he left for his business trip. 495 00:26:08,234 --> 00:26:11,446 - She was afraid that she was pregnant again. 496 00:26:11,488 --> 00:26:14,657 Betty didn't do well with pregnancies and she didn't think 497 00:26:14,699 --> 00:26:16,826 she could go through that. 498 00:26:16,868 --> 00:26:18,995 - NARRATOR: Allan tells detectives he tried to touch 499 00:26:19,037 --> 00:26:21,748 base with Betty as soon as he could. 500 00:26:21,790 --> 00:26:23,416 - STEVEN: So he calls. 501 00:26:23,458 --> 00:26:25,960 Of course, we had, you know, no cell phones, so he had to call, 502 00:26:26,002 --> 00:26:29,881 and he, uh, calling her and she wouldn't ever answer the phone. 503 00:26:32,967 --> 00:26:35,136 - NARRATOR: Since Allan's story hasn't changed, 504 00:26:35,178 --> 00:26:37,013 investigators allow Allan to leave 505 00:26:37,055 --> 00:26:40,016 while they follow up on his alibi. 506 00:26:40,058 --> 00:26:42,602 - STEVEN: It was easy to confirm that he left that morning. 507 00:26:42,644 --> 00:26:45,313 He flew to, uh, Minneapolis-Saint Paul. 508 00:26:47,565 --> 00:26:49,526 - NARRATOR: But the next morning, 509 00:26:49,567 --> 00:26:54,280 Allan Gore calls the chief to get something off his chest. 510 00:26:54,322 --> 00:26:57,367 - He thought about it, that he probably should tell police 511 00:26:57,409 --> 00:26:59,494 more information. 512 00:26:59,536 --> 00:27:02,997 - JIM: He was having a crisis of conscious, I guess. 513 00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:07,127 And he thought he needed to tell them that he had an affair with 514 00:27:07,168 --> 00:27:10,213 this church member and friend of Betty's. 515 00:27:11,423 --> 00:27:14,426 - ROBERT: The affair started about a year and a half maybe 516 00:27:14,467 --> 00:27:17,345 before Betty was killed. 517 00:27:17,387 --> 00:27:20,515 - NARRATOR: The name of Allan's alleged mistress immediately 518 00:27:20,557 --> 00:27:23,393 sets off red flags... 519 00:27:23,435 --> 00:27:25,562 - He named Candy Montgomery 520 00:27:25,603 --> 00:27:27,480 as the person he had the affair with. 521 00:27:29,858 --> 00:27:32,068 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 522 00:27:32,110 --> 00:27:35,739 Details of a forbidden romance emerge... 523 00:27:35,780 --> 00:27:37,782 - They decide okay, on this certain day 524 00:27:37,824 --> 00:27:40,035 we're gonna start the affair. 525 00:27:40,076 --> 00:27:41,494 - JIM: They said we're not gonna get 526 00:27:41,536 --> 00:27:43,496 really romantically entangled. 527 00:27:43,538 --> 00:27:47,250 - NARRATOR: And detectives get a shocking admission of guilt. 528 00:27:47,292 --> 00:27:48,710 - She said, "I didn't, 529 00:27:48,752 --> 00:27:51,671 "I haven't done anything wrong. I did not murder her." 530 00:27:51,713 --> 00:27:56,843 - Self-defense usually doesn't involve, you know 40 odd blows. 531 00:28:11,524 --> 00:28:13,985 - NARRATOR: Just days after the brutal ax murder 532 00:28:14,027 --> 00:28:17,364 of teacher Betty Gore, her husband calls investigators 533 00:28:17,405 --> 00:28:20,784 to offer illicit details of his love affair 534 00:28:20,825 --> 00:28:23,703 with one of her closest friends. 535 00:28:23,745 --> 00:28:26,247 - ROBERT: Allan Gore and Candy Montgomery had been having 536 00:28:26,289 --> 00:28:29,668 an affair and, so that created some suspicion, 537 00:28:29,709 --> 00:28:32,212 I think both on Allan and Candy. 538 00:28:34,631 --> 00:28:36,675 - NARRATOR: Allan tells investigators things between 539 00:28:36,716 --> 00:28:40,679 he and Candy heated up after a church volleyball game about 540 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,181 a year and a half prior. 541 00:28:43,223 --> 00:28:47,310 - She followed Allen to his car out in the parking lot and, 542 00:28:47,352 --> 00:28:49,938 and said, um, words to the effect of, of um, 543 00:28:49,979 --> 00:28:52,065 "Well, I'm, I'm really attracted to you 544 00:28:52,107 --> 00:28:55,652 and, and I think we should have an affair. 545 00:28:55,694 --> 00:28:59,322 He didn't quite know what to say. 546 00:29:01,491 --> 00:29:03,576 - NARRATOR: Allan says he and Candy decided to move 547 00:29:03,618 --> 00:29:06,746 forward--with one condition: 548 00:29:06,788 --> 00:29:09,749 - JIM: We're not gonna get involved, uh, you know, beyond, 549 00:29:09,791 --> 00:29:13,628 uh, uh, the physical, we're not gonna get 550 00:29:13,670 --> 00:29:16,798 really romantically entangled. 551 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,466 - JOHN: Finally, they decide okay, 552 00:29:18,508 --> 00:29:20,969 on this certain day we're gonna start the affair and they go to 553 00:29:21,011 --> 00:29:24,264 a sleazy motel and have sex. 554 00:29:27,434 --> 00:29:30,979 - NARRATOR: But a few months in, Allan says his relationship with 555 00:29:31,021 --> 00:29:33,857 Betty started to change: 556 00:29:33,898 --> 00:29:35,442 - JIM: Because of marriage encounter, 557 00:29:35,483 --> 00:29:38,987 and what Betty and Allan, uh, were learning about one another, 558 00:29:39,029 --> 00:29:41,322 uh, Allan decided I need to... I need to call this off. 559 00:29:41,364 --> 00:29:44,909 It was beginning to be trouble for him. 560 00:29:44,951 --> 00:29:47,245 - ROBERT: They mutually decided to end the affair 561 00:29:47,287 --> 00:29:50,123 and so by the time um Betty was killed 562 00:29:50,165 --> 00:29:52,584 the affair had been over six or seven months. 563 00:29:56,087 --> 00:29:58,131 - NARRATOR: Allan tells investigators that he never told 564 00:29:58,173 --> 00:29:59,924 Betty about the affair 565 00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:03,136 and he believes Candy had also moved on. 566 00:30:03,178 --> 00:30:07,557 But investigators aren't so quick to dismiss the revelation. 567 00:30:07,599 --> 00:30:10,769 - At that point the, the investigators were suspicious 568 00:30:10,810 --> 00:30:12,771 of both Allan and Candy. 569 00:30:12,812 --> 00:30:14,606 I'm sure that that caused 'em to think 570 00:30:14,647 --> 00:30:17,484 even if Allan was in Minnesota, 571 00:30:17,525 --> 00:30:19,986 maybe he asked Candy to do it, they planned it. 572 00:30:24,157 --> 00:30:26,034 - NARRATOR: As detectives press Allan, 573 00:30:26,076 --> 00:30:29,120 he remains adamant he had nothing to do with his wife's 574 00:30:29,162 --> 00:30:32,207 death and is eager to prove it. 575 00:30:32,248 --> 00:30:34,668 - He took a polygraph and passed with flying colors. 576 00:30:37,087 --> 00:30:39,130 - NARRATOR: With Allan seemingly in the clear, 577 00:30:39,172 --> 00:30:42,842 investigators focus on Candy's alibi. 578 00:30:42,884 --> 00:30:44,302 - STEVEN: During the interviews with her, uh, 579 00:30:44,344 --> 00:30:46,137 she had- was teaching Vacation Bible School 580 00:30:46,179 --> 00:30:48,473 at the Lucas Methodist Church. 581 00:30:48,515 --> 00:30:51,226 - NARRATOR: Detectives head to Candy's church to talk to those 582 00:30:51,267 --> 00:30:54,145 working directly with her the day of the murder, 583 00:30:54,187 --> 00:30:56,981 starting with Nancy Crandell. 584 00:30:57,023 --> 00:31:00,860 - She did wonderful at the Vacation Bible school. 585 00:31:00,902 --> 00:31:02,529 Everything completely normal. 586 00:31:02,570 --> 00:31:06,241 Then she said, "I've got to run over to Betty's in Wiley." 587 00:31:06,282 --> 00:31:09,536 She said she was going to uh, go over there and get Alicia's 588 00:31:09,577 --> 00:31:14,666 swimsuit so she could take her to the swim classes. 589 00:31:14,708 --> 00:31:18,503 - NARRATOR: Nancy says, Candy left around 9:45 in the morning 590 00:31:18,545 --> 00:31:22,966 and returned after 11, a little later than expected. 591 00:31:23,008 --> 00:31:24,759 - NANCY: She was a little more quiet, 592 00:31:24,801 --> 00:31:26,845 a little bit more reserved, 593 00:31:26,886 --> 00:31:30,265 but other than that completely normal. 594 00:31:30,306 --> 00:31:32,642 - NARRATOR: According to Nancy, there was one thing 595 00:31:32,684 --> 00:31:36,646 that was odd: Candy had changed clothes. 596 00:31:36,688 --> 00:31:40,650 - NANCY: She had on sleeves that came down to like her elbows, 597 00:31:40,692 --> 00:31:43,486 and it was kind of up, you know, high around her neck 598 00:31:43,528 --> 00:31:46,781 and everything and I thought, "Man, that must be hot. 599 00:31:46,823 --> 00:31:49,784 I can't believe she's wearing something that hot." 600 00:31:49,826 --> 00:31:51,745 - That was suspect, you know. 601 00:31:51,786 --> 00:31:55,832 So you've actually changed clothes and changed shoes, why? 602 00:31:57,751 --> 00:32:01,671 - NARRATOR: With Candy now at the center of the investigation, 603 00:32:01,713 --> 00:32:04,382 detectives summon her to the Collin County Sheriff's Office 604 00:32:04,424 --> 00:32:07,552 on the morning of June 17th. 605 00:32:07,594 --> 00:32:09,888 - ROBERT: Her position at that point was she didn't have 606 00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:12,140 anything to do with the killing. 607 00:32:12,182 --> 00:32:14,684 - NARRATOR: With nothing concrete to keep Candy in 608 00:32:14,726 --> 00:32:20,398 custody, detectives let her go, but do have one final request. 609 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,442 - ROBERT: They'd asked her about the polygraph 610 00:32:22,484 --> 00:32:24,611 cause they're trying to eliminate her as a suspect 611 00:32:24,652 --> 00:32:27,530 and then that's when I shut down the polygraph. 612 00:32:30,325 --> 00:32:32,535 - NARRATOR: With Candy unwilling to cooperate, 613 00:32:32,577 --> 00:32:35,580 investigators return to the evidence. 614 00:32:35,622 --> 00:32:37,248 - ROBERT: They knew they had like a, 615 00:32:37,290 --> 00:32:40,669 a bloody thumbprint on the freezer in the laundry room. 616 00:32:40,710 --> 00:32:45,256 They hadn't compared that print to anyone. 617 00:32:45,298 --> 00:32:47,217 - NARRATOR: Four days after Betty's murder, 618 00:32:47,258 --> 00:32:49,552 investigators pull Candy's prints -- 619 00:32:49,594 --> 00:32:52,931 still on file from her initial interview. 620 00:32:52,972 --> 00:32:56,142 - The fingerprints specialist from Dallas Sheriff's Office 621 00:32:56,184 --> 00:33:00,814 tried to lift that fingerprint unsuccessfully. 622 00:33:00,855 --> 00:33:04,109 However, he did have a really good photograph of it 623 00:33:04,150 --> 00:33:06,611 that he used and was able to identify 624 00:33:06,653 --> 00:33:10,198 the fingerprints from Candice Montgomery. 625 00:33:13,201 --> 00:33:14,452 - STEVEN: You can't account for a- 626 00:33:14,494 --> 00:33:16,955 how did a body thumbprint get on that freezer. 627 00:33:16,996 --> 00:33:19,332 That you- that you can't account for unless you were there, 628 00:33:19,374 --> 00:33:21,626 and you committed the offense. 629 00:33:21,668 --> 00:33:24,379 - NARRATOR: Investigators also learn that Candy wears a size 630 00:33:24,421 --> 00:33:28,800 five shoe--a match to the size of the bloody flip flop print 631 00:33:28,842 --> 00:33:31,094 found at the scene. 632 00:33:31,136 --> 00:33:33,680 - All flashy arrows are pointing at her. 633 00:33:36,433 --> 00:33:39,894 - NARRATOR: As they wait for a warrant for Candy's arrest, 634 00:33:39,936 --> 00:33:43,314 investigators formulate their own theory about what happened 635 00:33:43,356 --> 00:33:48,486 after Candy arrived on the morning of Friday the 13th. 636 00:33:48,528 --> 00:33:51,281 - JIM: We can't know that because you know, 637 00:33:51,322 --> 00:33:56,578 she's not with us but she might have known he was uh, 638 00:33:56,619 --> 00:33:58,913 having an affair. 639 00:33:58,955 --> 00:34:02,834 I think, I think you can know that about a partner, but uh, 640 00:34:02,876 --> 00:34:05,962 you can sense that this affair had gone on for about a year. 641 00:34:06,004 --> 00:34:07,505 Betty's out of sorts. 642 00:34:07,547 --> 00:34:09,507 She's in terrible a terrible mood. 643 00:34:09,549 --> 00:34:12,469 She's depressed, she's upset, anxious, 644 00:34:12,510 --> 00:34:16,848 Alan's gone and here comes Candy to the house. 645 00:34:16,890 --> 00:34:18,767 - She went over there to get the bathing suit 646 00:34:18,808 --> 00:34:20,143 and I think what happened 647 00:34:20,185 --> 00:34:22,729 they did get into an argument about the affair. 648 00:34:22,771 --> 00:34:26,024 Maybe it had been in the back of- of Betty's mind, who knows, 649 00:34:26,066 --> 00:34:29,903 that there was an affair going on and this is what I think it 650 00:34:29,944 --> 00:34:33,990 happened at-at the back door in from the garage. 651 00:34:34,032 --> 00:34:37,410 There's lots of tools hanging up there, Candace gets that ax. 652 00:34:37,452 --> 00:34:40,413 It's the first tool implement that's hanging up there. 653 00:34:40,455 --> 00:34:42,916 She gets it, and she hits her. 654 00:34:44,417 --> 00:34:48,546 She knocked her and she- she fell back in the utility room. 655 00:34:48,588 --> 00:34:52,217 - There were 41 times where she was hit with the ax. 656 00:34:52,258 --> 00:34:54,302 - STEVEN: It was a crime of opportunity. 657 00:34:54,344 --> 00:34:56,971 I don't think it was a- a premeditated thing. 658 00:35:00,183 --> 00:35:01,726 - NARRATOR: Realizing what she had done, 659 00:35:01,768 --> 00:35:06,272 detectives believe Candy quickly tried to cover her tracks. 660 00:35:06,314 --> 00:35:07,941 - She actually went and cleaned up 661 00:35:07,982 --> 00:35:09,734 and she actually went back here and tried to clean up things. 662 00:35:09,776 --> 00:35:12,737 She wiped and swiped on that- on that freezer. 663 00:35:12,779 --> 00:35:15,990 - Candy took a shower, went back to church, you know, 664 00:35:16,032 --> 00:35:17,492 didn't tell anyone. 665 00:35:20,370 --> 00:35:23,581 - NARRATOR: On June 27th, fourteen days after Betty's 666 00:35:23,623 --> 00:35:27,669 gruesome murder, detectives obtain an arrest warrant for 667 00:35:27,711 --> 00:35:29,587 Candy Montgomery. 668 00:35:29,629 --> 00:35:32,465 - There was media everywhere, there were spectators, 669 00:35:32,507 --> 00:35:34,342 there was, uh, there were cameras, uh, 670 00:35:34,384 --> 00:35:37,178 there were four major TV stations in the area. 671 00:35:37,220 --> 00:35:40,306 All of 'em had their cameras there. 672 00:35:40,348 --> 00:35:42,058 - STEVEN: She is arrested and I'm the one who actually 673 00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:43,643 read her rights. 674 00:35:43,685 --> 00:35:46,730 Some female jailers to actually, uh, strip search her, 675 00:35:46,771 --> 00:35:48,231 and take her- all of her clothes off 676 00:35:48,273 --> 00:35:49,691 that's where they noticed 677 00:35:49,733 --> 00:35:52,485 all of these bruises and also the cut on her toe. 678 00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:58,450 - NARRATOR: News of Candy's arrest hits the town of Wylie 679 00:35:58,491 --> 00:36:02,996 almost as hard as the gruesome details of Betty's murder. 680 00:36:03,038 --> 00:36:06,374 - I was just shocked. I was just completely in shock. 681 00:36:06,416 --> 00:36:09,669 Uh, I just I could not believe that these two people 682 00:36:09,711 --> 00:36:13,340 that I liked, had- one had killed the other one. 683 00:36:13,381 --> 00:36:16,801 It- it was just terribly shocking. 684 00:36:16,843 --> 00:36:19,262 - RONALD: I was shocked that it was this woman that had brought 685 00:36:19,304 --> 00:36:21,765 food to the house. 686 00:36:21,806 --> 00:36:23,683 You know, she was one of the church ladies 687 00:36:23,725 --> 00:36:26,770 that brought food over after my sister had been killed. 688 00:36:29,939 --> 00:36:33,318 - NARRATOR: As Candy continues to maintain her evidence, 689 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,487 speculation runs wild about 690 00:36:35,528 --> 00:36:39,157 how the 30-year-old mother of two will plea. 691 00:36:39,199 --> 00:36:41,326 - STEVEN: We're sitting there talking about the case. 692 00:36:41,368 --> 00:36:43,495 And they said, well, is she going to plea insane? 693 00:36:43,536 --> 00:36:45,663 We've got her bloody thumbprint there. 694 00:36:45,705 --> 00:36:48,500 We got all this, how are they going plea? 695 00:36:48,541 --> 00:36:51,544 - NARRATOR: When her trial begins in October 1980, 696 00:36:51,586 --> 00:36:55,173 Candy's lead attorney presents his opening argument, 697 00:36:55,215 --> 00:36:58,760 revealing her much-anticipated defense: 698 00:36:58,802 --> 00:37:01,346 - He said something along the lines that -- 699 00:37:01,388 --> 00:37:04,224 we have quite a story to tell, uh, 700 00:37:04,265 --> 00:37:06,768 that Candy Montgomery did kill Betty Gore 701 00:37:06,810 --> 00:37:08,812 and she did so in self-defense. 702 00:37:10,063 --> 00:37:11,564 - RONALD: We were all shocked. 703 00:37:11,606 --> 00:37:14,526 She was talking self-defense, and we could imagine anybody 704 00:37:14,567 --> 00:37:17,028 that would have believe that when she was hit that many times 705 00:37:17,070 --> 00:37:18,988 that it was self-defense. 706 00:37:19,030 --> 00:37:21,950 - JIM: Self-defense usually doesn't involve, 707 00:37:21,991 --> 00:37:23,993 you know 40 odd blows. 708 00:37:24,035 --> 00:37:27,831 You know, self-defense is one blow and you run. 709 00:37:29,249 --> 00:37:31,418 - * 710 00:37:31,459 --> 00:37:32,669 - NARRATOR: Coming up: 711 00:37:32,711 --> 00:37:37,007 Candy tells her story for the first time... 712 00:37:37,048 --> 00:37:40,218 - ROBERT: She said Betty Gore comes back inside with an axe 713 00:37:40,260 --> 00:37:42,679 and starts confronting Candy 714 00:37:42,721 --> 00:37:46,141 about having an affair with her husband Alan. 715 00:37:46,182 --> 00:37:51,271 - Betty told her shh like that, and that just set Candy off- 716 00:37:51,312 --> 00:37:53,565 that's where she snap right there. 717 00:38:07,537 --> 00:38:10,957 - NARRATOR: On day one of Candy Montgomery's murder trial, 718 00:38:10,999 --> 00:38:14,961 her attorney drops a bombshell that sends waves of shock 719 00:38:15,003 --> 00:38:16,796 through the courtroom: 720 00:38:16,838 --> 00:38:20,884 - Candy Montgomery did kill Betty Gore and she did so in 721 00:38:20,925 --> 00:38:24,012 self-defense, and she did so with this axe, 722 00:38:24,054 --> 00:38:28,099 but I firmly believe this was self-defense. 723 00:38:28,141 --> 00:38:31,394 - She plead, you know, ah, um, not guilty by reason 724 00:38:31,436 --> 00:38:33,021 of self-defense. 725 00:38:34,814 --> 00:38:36,358 - NARRATOR: To bolster their claim, 726 00:38:36,399 --> 00:38:41,071 the defense calls 30-year-old Candy Montgomery to the stand. 727 00:38:41,112 --> 00:38:44,240 - She seemed like a genuinely concerned, 728 00:38:44,282 --> 00:38:45,825 nice person, you know. 729 00:38:45,867 --> 00:38:49,412 I mean, she- she definitely had her game face on, 730 00:38:49,454 --> 00:38:52,165 I guess because you wouldn't have thought 731 00:38:52,207 --> 00:38:55,335 that Candy could have done this. 732 00:38:55,377 --> 00:38:56,836 - JOHN: She was a pillar of the community. 733 00:38:56,878 --> 00:38:58,838 She was everybody's best friend. 734 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:03,468 She believed that as long as she held it together, 735 00:39:03,510 --> 00:39:06,596 no one would ever know because 736 00:39:06,638 --> 00:39:11,726 she was the least likely suspect in the world. 737 00:39:14,938 --> 00:39:17,065 - NARRATOR: Candy explains when she went to Betty's house 738 00:39:17,107 --> 00:39:20,235 on June 13, her past affair with Allan 739 00:39:20,276 --> 00:39:22,862 was the last thing on her mind. 740 00:39:22,904 --> 00:39:25,573 - ROBERT: In her mind, uh, you know the affair was over. 741 00:39:25,615 --> 00:39:27,075 Candy, when she went over there, 742 00:39:27,117 --> 00:39:29,911 she didn't know that Betty even knew there was an affair. 743 00:39:31,913 --> 00:39:35,458 She said Betty Gore goes out to the garage in her home 744 00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:37,919 and comes back inside with an axe. 745 00:39:39,254 --> 00:39:44,050 And starts confronting Candy about having an affair 746 00:39:44,092 --> 00:39:45,677 with her husband Alan. 747 00:39:47,220 --> 00:39:50,306 - JOHN: She said Betty brought the ax forward, 748 00:39:50,348 --> 00:39:51,891 it bounced on the linoleum, 749 00:39:51,933 --> 00:39:57,897 and it sliced into one of Candy's toes and drew blood. 750 00:39:57,939 --> 00:40:00,567 - NARRATOR: Terrified, Candy claims she tried to leave 751 00:40:00,608 --> 00:40:03,903 the laundry room but Betty blocked her. 752 00:40:03,945 --> 00:40:06,072 - ROBERT: She gets the axe away from Betty and hits Betty 753 00:40:06,114 --> 00:40:09,200 and knocks Betty down and Candy thought 754 00:40:09,242 --> 00:40:11,870 okay Betty is down and she tries to go out the door 755 00:40:11,911 --> 00:40:14,581 and leave and Betty pops back up 756 00:40:14,622 --> 00:40:16,791 and grabs the axe again. 757 00:40:18,126 --> 00:40:21,421 Candy is doing everything she can to leave the house 758 00:40:21,463 --> 00:40:23,048 and she couldn't and so then, uh, she 759 00:40:23,089 --> 00:40:24,591 you know they struggle over the axe 760 00:40:24,632 --> 00:40:27,385 and Candy gets the axe and ends up killing Betty. 761 00:40:31,514 --> 00:40:33,058 - NARRATOR: Prosecutors quickly counter, 762 00:40:33,099 --> 00:40:36,227 alleging that the excessive nature of Betty's murder 763 00:40:36,269 --> 00:40:39,356 goes far beyond self-defense. 764 00:40:39,397 --> 00:40:42,359 - STEVEN: A person is- is struck, 41 times with an ax. 765 00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:45,028 You know, and there, you know, they probably died 766 00:40:45,070 --> 00:40:47,280 in the first couple blows of the head. 767 00:40:47,322 --> 00:40:48,907 And- and it's overkill 768 00:40:48,948 --> 00:40:50,909 where is self-defense at? 769 00:40:52,243 --> 00:40:55,121 - NARRATOR: Candy's attorneys next call a psychiatrist 770 00:40:55,163 --> 00:40:56,873 to the stand. 771 00:40:56,915 --> 00:40:58,958 - ROBERT: There was so much overkill here that I thought 772 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,920 we really needed to explain what happened. 773 00:41:01,961 --> 00:41:04,130 I thought I needed to send her to a, uh, 774 00:41:04,172 --> 00:41:08,802 a psychiatrist or psychologist to just get her evaluated. 775 00:41:08,843 --> 00:41:12,806 As part of his evaluation process he hypnotized Candy 776 00:41:12,847 --> 00:41:14,265 and it was really just like 777 00:41:14,307 --> 00:41:18,019 watching a movie of what happened and that convinced me 778 00:41:18,061 --> 00:41:23,650 without any shadow of a doubt that she was telling the truth. 779 00:41:23,692 --> 00:41:25,318 - NARRATOR: According to the psychiatrist, 780 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:30,115 the events in the laundry room had triggered a memory in Candy. 781 00:41:30,156 --> 00:41:32,409 - She was hit by a sharp instrument or something whenever 782 00:41:32,450 --> 00:41:36,454 she was a child and it hurt her and she was bleeding real bad. 783 00:41:36,496 --> 00:41:41,167 And her mother shook her and told her shh like that, 784 00:41:41,209 --> 00:41:44,379 and that's what supposedly set her off because she said Betty 785 00:41:44,421 --> 00:41:46,715 actually did that, went shh- 786 00:41:46,756 --> 00:41:50,135 that's where she snap right there. 787 00:41:50,176 --> 00:41:51,970 - ROBERT: That, that just set Candy off 788 00:41:52,012 --> 00:41:54,889 Candy is just hitting and hitting and hitting, 789 00:41:54,931 --> 00:41:57,183 she went into this dissociative reaction. 790 00:42:00,228 --> 00:42:01,980 - NARRATOR: After four and a half hours, 791 00:42:02,022 --> 00:42:05,191 the jury returns with a verdict. 792 00:42:05,233 --> 00:42:08,653 - The whole courtroom literally lined shoulder to shoulder with 793 00:42:08,695 --> 00:42:14,034 bailiffs separating, us, from all the crowd in the courtroom. 794 00:42:14,075 --> 00:42:18,121 The judge gets the verdict from the foreman of the jury and uh, 795 00:42:18,163 --> 00:42:20,874 he reads it and it's a not guilty verdict. 796 00:42:23,543 --> 00:42:28,214 - RICHARD: The whole courtroom just roared because they could 797 00:42:28,256 --> 00:42:32,594 not believe that that was the verdict. 798 00:42:32,635 --> 00:42:33,970 - STEVEN: They were stunned. 799 00:42:34,012 --> 00:42:37,640 I mean, the- the- the people were just outraged. 800 00:42:37,682 --> 00:42:40,727 They were just- they just couldn't believe it. 801 00:42:40,769 --> 00:42:45,065 - JIM: The jury was a jury of her peers. 802 00:42:45,106 --> 00:42:49,569 Uh these were people from these little communities 803 00:42:49,611 --> 00:42:52,489 she knew many of them. 804 00:42:54,949 --> 00:42:57,118 - NARRATOR: Even decades later, 805 00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,163 questions around what really happened in the Gore home 806 00:43:00,205 --> 00:43:03,917 that fateful morning continue to linger. 807 00:43:03,958 --> 00:43:06,211 - There's this dissatisfaction with, 808 00:43:06,252 --> 00:43:08,213 with their lives and in this case it, 809 00:43:08,254 --> 00:43:10,173 it results in the most horrific, um, 810 00:43:10,215 --> 00:43:14,678 uh confrontation between two nonviolent women, um, 811 00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:16,137 uh that you can imagine. 812 00:43:16,179 --> 00:43:19,140 It's a story about the dark side of the suburbs. 813 00:43:19,182 --> 00:43:21,267 - RONALD: I feel like my sister ought to be remembered as 814 00:43:21,309 --> 00:43:26,773 the warm, bubbly, highly motivated elementary teacher 815 00:43:26,815 --> 00:43:28,316 that she was. 816 00:43:30,485 --> 00:43:39,035 - *