Shock Twist Unveiled: Legendary Buford Pusser May Have Killed His Wife Instead of Avenging Her Death
The initial case largely relied on Pusser’s own statement and was closed relatively quickly. No one — at least no one in law enforcement — seemed to think that the vehemently anti-crime sheriff could have murdered his own wife. But during reexamination, medical examiner Dr. Michael Revelle looked at postmortem photographs of Pauline, crime scene photographs, and notes made by the original medical examiner, and determined the evidence didn’t add up.
Cranial trauma that Pauline suffered, Revelle noted, didn’t match crime scene photographs of the car’s interior. Additionally, blood spatter on the hood outside the car didn’t align with Pusser’s statements about Pauline being shot in the vehicle next to him. His own wounds — particularly the gunshot wound on his cheek — didn’t come from a long range.
In fact, the cheek wound was a close-contact one and likely self-inflicted.
Revelle’s reexamination determined that Pauline was more likely than not shot outside the car, then placed inside. It was also found that Pauline had a broken nose that had healed prior to her death, which, along with statements of those who knew her, supports the conclusion that she had been a victim of domestic abuse.
Based on this new evidence, it seems that Buford Pusser abused his wife, then killed her and manipulated public perception to portray himself as a vengeful hero. It was, Davidson said, an “act of intimage, deliberate violence.”
Family Members Of Pauline Pusser React To The News
“I knew, deep down, there was problems in her marriage,” Pauline’s brother Griffon said in a video shared at the press conference. “If I only known now what I knew then, she would have never went back to Tennessee.”
For Pauline’s family, this new investigation had provided a sense of closure. Griffon said in the ig statement that he is grateful that he will die knowing, finally, what happened to his sister.
Sheriff Buford Pusser Museum/FacebookPusser’s car after the attack.
In a statement provided to local WKRN, Pusser’s granddaughter Madison Garrison Bush said she and her family “aren’t looking to reopen closed wounds.”
“I personally never knew Buford or Pauline and cannot speak to their relationship or what happened on the morning of August 12, 1967,” her statement reads.
“What I do know, is my family has endured traumatic loss that few people can comprehend. A dead man, who cannot defend himself, is being accused of an unspeakable crime. I don’t understand what justice can be accomplished by pursuing this theory of my grandmother’s death.”
Buford Pusser wasn’t just any police officer or grandfather, though. He was hailed as a hero and an inspiration for many people who went on to join law enforcement. Pusser’s story became a part of the identity of Adamsville, where a museum in his name still stands. These new revelations extend far beyond his family.
“This case is not about tearing down a legend,” Davidson said. “It is about giving dignity and closure to Pauline and her family and ensuring that the truth is not buried with time. The truth matters. Justice matters. Even 58 years later. Pauline deserves both.”
After reading about this shocking revelation about Buford Pusser and the murder of Pauline Pusser, read the dark story of Gregory Green, the man who killed his pregnant wife and then murdered his second wife’s children years later. Then, read about Chicago cop Drew Peterson and how he murdered his third wife.
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