Investigators Now Say Sheriff Buford Pusser, the Real-Life ‘Walking Tall’ Figure, Killed His Wife | Crime Alert 6AM 11.04.25 cover art

Investigators Now Say Sheriff Buford Pusser, the Real-Life ‘Walking Tall’ Figure, Killed His Wife | Crime Alert 6AM 11.04.25

Investigators Now Say Sheriff Buford Pusser, the Real-Life ‘Walking Tall’ Figure, Killed His Wife | Crime Alert 6AM 11.04.25

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The late Sheriff Buford Pusser, long celebrated as a fearless lawman and the inspiration for the film Walking Tall, is now believed to have murdered his wife nearly sixty years ago.

In Illinois, a jury has convicted former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson of second-degree murder in the death of Sonya Massey, a Springfield woman who called 911 to report a possible prowler.

In Nebraska, a man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a parish priest in a small town north of Omaha.

In northeast Ohio, a Cleveland woman has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal stabbing of a three-year-old boy outside a grocery store.

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