Candy Montgomery: The Most Famous House in Wylie, 43 Years Later

The “Love and Death” tale of Candy Montgomery is the salacious news story that daltxrealestate.com readers can’t get enough of. For those unfamiliar, here is the abridged version of the infamous Candy Montgomery 1980 true crime story: Candy and Betty Gore were friends, having met at the First United Methodist Church of Lucas. Candy had eyes on Betty’s husband, Allan Gore, and propositioned him after a church volleyball game. “Would you be interested in having an affair?” Candy cavalierly asked her friend’s husband. For 10 months, Candy and Allan carried on their extramarital affair, unbeknownst to their respective, suspicious spouses. Seven months after the affair ended amicably, Candy — still friends with her lover and his wife — went over to the Gore house for an errand, when Betty allegedly confronted her about the affair. Betty attacked and Candy killed her friend with 41 blows from a three-foot ax. Candy claimed self-defense and after a speedy trial, was acquitted.

Candy Montgomery
The salacious details and interesting threads that crisscross the Dallas area are what keep people fascinated 43 years after the crime took place on Friday, June 13, 1980. As renewed attention comes to this sensational North Texas crime, we’ve used our unique real estate lens to give context to the parts of the story often neglected: the home, the neighborhood, and the community surrounding the trial. daltxrealestate.com founder John covered the trial of Candy Montgomery when she was a television reporter for Fox4 News. In 2014, she wrote a story about how Betty Gore’s former home in Wylie was listed for sale. Nine years later, this story is still soliciting comments from readers — looking to discuss the crime itself and the acquittal that shocked North Texas (plus some tongue-lashing about some wayward typos that we’ve since edited).

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