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Wife of "Walking Tall" Buford Pusser exhumed for autopsy 56 years later
Posted on 2/10/24 at 9:51 am
Posted on 2/10/24 at 9:51 am
Alot of stories and a book or two out there that folk hero Sheriff Buford Pusser of "Walking Tall" fame was as crooked as the state line mobsters he was "cleaning up".
In the predawn hours one 1967 morning his wife Pauline inexplicably accompanied him on a call, driving into what is believed to have been an ambush resulting in her death and Buford's wounding. No charges were ever filed in the killing.
Now 56 years later they have exhumed Pauline's body for autopsy as a result of a new tip. This new article hints that Buford may have been involved. Old research I've read hinted the same, citing he was having at least one extramarital affair at the time. Any of you from up in that area in those days have any thoughts?
The Tennesseean
In the predawn hours one 1967 morning his wife Pauline inexplicably accompanied him on a call, driving into what is believed to have been an ambush resulting in her death and Buford's wounding. No charges were ever filed in the killing.
Now 56 years later they have exhumed Pauline's body for autopsy as a result of a new tip. This new article hints that Buford may have been involved. Old research I've read hinted the same, citing he was having at least one extramarital affair at the time. Any of you from up in that area in those days have any thoughts?
The Tennesseean
This post was edited on 2/10/24 at 9:55 am
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Posted on 2/10/24 at 9:54 am to Hewonbyalot
Looks like pusser can be defeated after all
Posted on 2/10/24 at 9:55 am to Hewonbyalot
I don't understand what you can glean from a body that has been dead that long. I get DNA from bones probably, but what else?
Posted on 2/10/24 at 9:55 am to Hewonbyalot
You either die a hero, or live long enough to then die and become the villain
Posted on 2/10/24 at 9:57 am to Tortious
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I don't understand what you can glean from a body that has been dead that long. I get DNA from bones probably, but what else?
I mean we can tell what the last meal was in 2000+ year old bog bodies
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:00 am to Tortious
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I don't understand what you can glean from a body that has been dead that long. I get DNA from bones probably, but what else?
Gun shot angles?
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:01 am to Hewonbyalot
That’s very interesting. I was born, raised and still live in the area. They filmed some chase scenes near my house when I was a boy and I recognize where most things were filmed around here. His daughter died not too long ago. I wonder if she left some “secrets” in her will or something?
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:03 am to beerJeep
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I mean we can tell what the last meal was in 2000+ year old bog bodies
Yeah that's because they have been basically preserved due to conditions. I don't think that happens in a regular old burial, but maybe I'm wrong.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:05 am to Sterling Archer
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Gun shot angles?
Exactly. Looking for exit vs. entry wounds that I think would corroborate or refute Buford's account.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:09 am to Hewonbyalot
He walked tall and carried a big stick
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:10 am to Hewonbyalot
And who is my paying for this ?
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:11 am to Hewonbyalot
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:18 am to Hewonbyalot
Are they going to dig him up and charge him?
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:30 am to Hewonbyalot
She's dead, he's dead, unlikely anyone alive who was involved. Seems like a waste of time and taxpayer's money to have the TBI investigating this.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:36 am to Hewonbyalot
If there was shenanigans in her death then the shooters f'd up.
He was hurt pretty bad and left with permanent facial deformities.
He was hurt pretty bad and left with permanent facial deformities.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:39 am to Hewonbyalot
What would be in the coffin after 56 years? Just bones at that point?
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:40 am to Hewonbyalot
And blew half his own face off just to make it believable?
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:41 am to Bestbank Tiger
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Are they going to dig him up and charge him?
For real. I’m really failing to see the point in wasting taxpayer resources here.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:42 am to Hewonbyalot
Of course he was shot in the face twice (with a .30 caliber) and could have died in that encounter.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:43 am to Hewonbyalot
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"Walking Tall" Buford Pusser
Good movie
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