The late McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, who inspired «Walking Tall,» killed his wife, Pauline Mullins Pusser, investigators say.
Crime-busting sheriff Buford Pusser inspired Hollywood. Investigators say he killed his wife
A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was murdered by his enemies, authorities said Friday.
A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was murdered by his enemies, authorities said Friday.
A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was murdered by his enemies, authorities said Friday.
A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was murdered by his enemies, authorities said Friday.
MCNAIRY COUNTY, Tenn. — A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie about a law enforcement officer who took on organized crime killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was murdered by his enemies, authorities said Friday.
Authorities acknowledged that the finding will likely shock many who grew up as Buford Pusser fans and watched 1973’s «Walking Tall», which immortalized him as a tough but fair sheriff with zero tolerance for crime. The movie was remade in 2004, and many officers joined law enforcement because of his story, according to Mark Davidson, the district attorney for Tennessee’s 25th judicial district.
There is enough evidence that if Pusser, the McNairy County sheriff who died in a car crash seven years after his wife’s death, were alive today, prosecutors would present an indictment to a grand jury for the killing of Pauline Mullins Pusser, Davidson said.
