[AL] A renewed investigation into the unsolved 1967 murder of the wife of McNairy County, Tenn. sheriff Buford Pusser debunks what has for decades been depicted in movies and implicates the long-dead lawman in his wife’s shooting, officials said Friday.The sheriff, who died in a 1974 car crash, long said Pauline Pusser went with him on a call on Aug. 12, 1967 when a car pulled up alongside them and shots were fired, killing her and leaving Buford shot in the face.
She was 33 and left behind three children.
The scene was depicted in the 1973 movie “Walking Tall,” with Buford Pusser portrayed by Joe Don Baker. The movie spawned sequels and remakes. Baker died earlier this year at age 89.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and District Attorney General Mark Davidson said that the evidence instead shows Buford Pusser most likely shot his wife, put her in a car and then shot himself.
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