Given what transpired in what they once saw as an idyllic place to live, the Montgomery family left Texas. They moved to Georgia, and she and her then-husband, Pat, stayed together in the immediate aftermath of the trial before eventually getting divorced (via the Daily Mail). Reporting suggests that Candy Montgomery — believed to be going by her maiden name, Candace Wheeler — lives in Georgia, where she works in the mental health field helping both teens and adults.

The story of Betty Gore’s murder sounds like it was made for Hollywood, and Hollywood seems to feel that way as well. In 1990, the first adaptation of the story, a TV movie called “A Killing in a Small Town,” aired on CBS. More recently, a pair of streaming televisions series has been announced: HBO Max’s “Love and Death” and Hulu’s “Candy,” with actresses Elizabeth Olsen and Jessica Biel playing Candy Montgomery in their respective series.