Late crime-busting sheriff Buford Pusser inspired Hollywood. Investigators say he killed his wife

Authorities said on Friday that a Tennessee sheriff who inspired a law enforcement that undertakes an organized crime in a Hollywood film killed his wife in 1967 and believed that people were killed by their enemies.

Authorities admitted that the finding would probably shock many growing. Buford Pusser He followed the fans and the “Walking Tall ın of 1973, which immortalized him as a hard but fair sheriff with crime tolerance. According to Mark Davidson, Tennessee’s 25th Judicial Zone Regional Lawyer, the film was rebuilt in 2004 and joined the law enforcement officers due to many civil servants.

Davidson, seven years after his wife’s death, died in a car accident in a car accident today, when he survived today, there is enough evidence that Pauline Mullins Pusser would offer an indictment to a great jury for the murder. Inspectors also revealed signs that it suffers from domestic violence.

Agency Director David Rausch said he was working with the Tennessee investigation office, which began to re -examine the decades of decimal files on Pauline’s death as a part of prosecutors’ cold cases regularly examining the cold cases. The agents found inconsistencies between the event version of Buford Pusser and physical evidence, he took a clue about a potential murder weapon and He finished Pauline’s body for autopsy.

“This case is not about destroying a legend. This is about dignity and closure to Pauline and his family and ensuring that the truth is not buried in time, Dav he said. “Real is important. Justice is important. Even after 58 years, Pauline deserves both.”

Evidence does not support the story of the sheriff

The case dated 12 August 1967. Buford Pusser received a call about a discomfort in the early hours of the morning. He reported that his wife was a volunteer to ride with him as he answered. Shortly after crossing the New Hope Methodist Church, Buford Pusser said that a car was pulled into the vehicle several times and killed Pauline and wounded his sheriff. Buford Pusser spent 18 days in the hospital and required several operations to heal. Rausch said the case was largely built in his own statement and closed rapidly.

During the re -examination of the case, Emergency Medicine is a physical and medical examination specialist. Michael Revelle examined postmortem photos, criminal local photos, then the medical practice and Buford Pusser’s statements. He concluded that Pauline was more likely than not being shot outside the car and then being placed inside.

Pauline’nin exposed to the cranial trauma in the interior of the car was not matched with neighborhood photos. Blood splashing in the heading of the car contradicted the statements of Buford Pusser. The firearm wound on his cheek was actually a close contact wound, and as Buford Pusser described, he was not fired from the long range, and probably occurred on its own.

Pauline’s autopsy revealed that she had a nose that healed before her death. Davidson said that the statements of the people around him were a victim of domestic violence at the time of his death.

Brother, he says that the investigation was closed to him

Pauline’s younger brother Griffon Mullins told him the investigation. In a recorded video at the news conference, he said that his other sisters died without knowing what happened to Pauline and that he was grateful for knowing that he would die.

“You would fall in love with him because he was a human being. And of course, if my family had problems, or if they needed some advice, he would always go to Pauline and he was always there for them,” he said. “He was just a sweet person. I loved him with all my heart.”

Mullins said he knew that Pauline had some problems in his marriage, but there was no one to talk about his problems. For this reason, Mullins said that it was not completely shocked ”.

He asked if he was matched with the murder weapons and autopsy findings, Rausch suggested to read the case file for details.

The Tennessee Investigation Office plans to make it open to the public by delivering the entire file exceeding 1,000 pages to Tennessee University in Martin when finished with rejection. The school will create an online, searched database for the case. University Chancellor Yancy Freeman SR.