Betty Gore's house

This is Betty Gore's former house.

It is situated at 410 Dogwood Drive in Wylie, Texas.

In June of 1980, the fifth grade teacher (pictured right) was brutally killed at this address after her husband's ex-lover (pictured left) struck her more than 40 times with an ax.

Betty became friends with Candy Montgomery

Betty and Allan Gore lived on Dogwood Drive with their two young daughters, Alisa and Bethany.

In 1977, Betty met a woman named Candace "Candy" Montgomery, who had recently moved to Collin County with her family.

Candy and Betty were both members of the choir at the First United Methodist Church in Lucas. Furthermore, their daughters were of similar ages and attended the same church camp together. Consequently, the two mothers became friends.

Unfortunately, it didn't take long for this new friendship to go awry.

Affair

In December of 1978, Candy Montgomery began an affair with Betty's husband, Allan Gore.

The pair had started talking and spending time together during volleyball games at their local church. As time went on, Candy, who was reportedly bored with her marriage, became more and more attracted to Allan.

This eventually culminated in her bluntly asking him to have an extramarital affair.

Although Allan initially declined her advances, he changed his mind a few weeks later. At the time, Betty was pregnant with their second child, and he was starting to feel as though their marriage had become "loveless" and "mechanical".

For the next couple of months, Candy and Allan secretly met up at a motel called the Continental Inn, which was situated beside an expressway in the nearby city of Richardson.

Allan decided to end his affair with Candy

The following year, Allan decided to end things with Candy. By that point, his wife had given birth to their second daughter. Furthermore, he and Betty had managed to revitalize their relationship by attending a counseling program that organized weekend trips for Christian couples.

Although Allan put an end to his affair and rekindled his marriage, Betty was no fool. By the time Allan finally called it quits, she had already begun to suspect that something was "off" about him. His libido had declined, he always seemed like he wanted to be at work, and he had declined her sexual advances.

Despite all of this, the couple patched things up and headed into the summer of 1980 with newfound optimism about their marriage.

The killing of Betty Gore

On June 10th, 1980, Candy Montgomery called over to Betty Gore's house. That weekend, their daughters were supposed to be attending church camp together. However, Betty's daughter, Alisa, didn't have a swimming suit.

According to Candy, the conversation turned sour when Betty suddenly asked her if she had slept with her husband.

When Candy finally admitted that she did, Betty allegedly grabbed an ax from the garage and tried to hit her with it.

During her court testimony, Candy claimed that she managed to wrestle the ax out of Betty's hands and use it in self-defense.

Betty was struck 41 times and died from her injuries. Her body was not found until later that night, when her husband became concerned about the fact that all of his phone calls were going unanswered.

Candy was arrested and charged with murder after the police found her bloody fingerprint inside the house. By that stage, she was already their prime suspect, as they had learned about her affair with the victim's husband.

During the trial, the prosecution argued that striking someone 41 times with an ax was far too excessive to be deemed self-defense. However, the jury felt otherwise.

On October 30th, 1980, Candy Montgomery was found not guilty of the murder of Betty Gore.

The controversial verdict was met with derision and anger from members of the local community, many of whom shouted "Murderer!"

Aftermath

Three months after the case ended, Allan Gore married another woman named Elaine Clift. The newlyweds moved to the nearby city of Sachse with his daughters, Alisa and Bethany. However, the two children were taken away from the couple after the authorities received reports that they had been subjected to inhumane treatment.

According to the girls, they were regularly deprived of food and forced to take cold showers as punishment. At one point, their grandfather also noticed that Bethany had clumps of hair missing from her head.

Consequently, Betty's parents were awarded full custody of the children.

Candy Montgomery and her husband moved to Georgia after she was acquitted of murder. However, they divorced four years later.

Nowadays, she reportedly works as a therapist.

Further information is available in the "Photos" section below.

Photos

Photos of the house and other related images.

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