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The TBI's investigative report about Pauline's murder, which was more than a thousand pages long, also included statements from Buford Pusser's chief deputy that he had made almost a decade after Pauline died.
His former deputy also said that shortly before her death, Pauline had gone to the local district attorney for help with getting a divorce.
Investigators from the TBI spoke with two witnesses who said they heard Pauline and Buford arguing the night before Pauline's death about his involvement with a woman named Pearl Wade.
Pauline allegedly shouted that she would ruin Buford and would turn him in for taking bribes from businesses.
Later that night, Buford was also seen trying to talk with a woman named Ann Henderson, who later confirmed that she'd also been having an affair with him.
a medical examiner also looked at photos of Buford Pusser's facial wounds and concluded that he was shot at close range rather than from a distance, as he had claimed.
They concluded that his wound was likely self-inflicted.
At the press conference, District Attorney Mark Davidson said that they now believed that Pauline had most likely been shot outside of the car and then placed inside the car,
They believed the crime scene had been staged.
He said, quote, there is probable cause to believe that Pauline's death was not an accident, but an act of intimate, deliberate violence.
When this all came out in Adamsville, you went there, you talked to people in town, what was the reaction?
After the report came out, people in Adamsville had a town hall meeting to talk about what to do next.
Buford Pusser's granddaughter, Madison Bush, said, this isn't over yet.
One man, who said he became a law enforcement officer because of Buford Pusser, said that closing the Buford Pusser Museum would be letting this new day and age of the internet win.
People are innocent until proven guilty.