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And today, we're going to talk about the Wiley Axe Murder of Betty Gore.

During the summer of 1980, the question on America's mind was who shot JR.

But for the citizens of the quiet southern town of Wiley, Texas, the question was more dire, more close to home.

Who axed Betty Gore to death?

Wiley was described as an old-school, plain Jane kind of town.

Picture white picket fences, tall church steeples rising into the sweltering sky.

A perfect place to raise a family.

Which is exactly why Alan and Betty Gore moved to the suburban slice of paradise.

Alan, an IT worker, back when computers were the size of refrigerators,

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