Texas Legend: The Story of Priscilla Davis: A True Texas Tale of Money, Murder and a Search for Happiness
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In August 1976, one of the most notorious murder scenes played out in Ft. Worth, Texas. It occurred at the Cullen Davis mansion, the most opulent home in the city. He and his flamboyant, beautiful wife, Priscilla were the most famous couple at the time. But a divorce was in the process and Priscilla lived in the mansion. On August 2, Priscilla's current boyfriend, Stan Farr and her young daughter, Andrea, were murdered. Priscilla and another man were shot, too. Priscilla and two other people said it was Cullen. The culprit was wearing a wig so his identity was somewhat hidden but not completely. Cullen was arrested in the early morning hours of August 3, 1976, at his girlfriend's house. He later went on trial for the murder of Priscilla's daughter. He was found not guilty but the next year he was put on trial for a murder-for-hire plot to kill the judge overseeing his divorce from Priscilla. He got off from that charge, too. Finally in 1979 he and Priscilla were divorced. Priscilla received 3.3 million dollars and Cullen was able to move back into his 19,000 square-foot mansion. Two books have been written and a movie was made describing these events and characters. But nothing has been written about what really happened in the decades after the trials of the 1970's. This book explains the facts of that fateful August night and what happened in the courtrooms of Texas. But the majority chronicles the path Priscilla took after the trials of the 1970's. Priscilla was not done with Cullen yet and she would try tirelessly to obtain some kind of justice. She also decided to have a little fun along the way. The press loved Priscilla but the general public were split. She had been painted as a low-rent gold-digger in the Texas courtrooms but everyone also knew that Cullen was probably guilty of murder. In the end, only the two of them really knew the truth. This is the story of how Priscilla learned to live with the fact that justice was denied her and Cullen would probably never pay. In 1995, a 26-year-old gay man named Greg Brown moved in with Priscilla, who was now 53 and broke. They became lovers and Greg tells how Priscilla learned to make the most of tragic situations which were both of her making and not of her making. It's a story of struggle, love and compromise even in the most dire of circumstances. This isn't a true crime story but is full of drama until the end.
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