New Evidence Shows Sheriff Pusser killed his wife
Authorities say the case file reveals inconsistences in Buford Pusser’s account of what happened the day Pauline was murdered. TBI says evidence suggests Pauline was shot outside of the vehicle and later moved inside the vehicle. Evidence also suggests the gunshot wound Bufford received was self-inflicted. It was said that if Buford was alive today, there would be probable cause to charge him in connection to the shooting. This investigation is predicated on a request from the Honorable W. I. Abernathy, District Attorney General, 13th Judicial Circuit to conduct a comprehensive investigation to ascertain the facts and circumstances surrounding the murder of PAULINE PUSSER and the shooting of McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser, which occurred on the New Hope Road in IcNairy County, Tennessee on the early morning of August 12, 1967. BUFORD PUSSER, Sheriff, McNairy County, Scott Drive, Adamsville, Tenn., telephone no. 632-6190, advised that on Friday night, August 11, 1967, he was on du...