‘Love and Death’: Candy Montgomery became a mental health counselor after her crime

In the year 1980 the devoted housewife Candy Montgomery took an ax and delivered 41 blows in the chest of her friend and neighbor Betty Gore, thus becoming the assassin played by Elizabeth Olsen in the miniseries ‘love and death’ on HBO Max, but the funny thing is that in the real case she was found not guilty and is currently a mental health counselor.

After the trial in which her freedom was defined, Candy Montgomery, already innocent of the murder charge against the wife of her lover, Betty Gore, packed up her things and left Texas with her family, to move to Georgia and make a new life. she lasted only 4 years before divorcing and taking her maiden name: Wheeler.

Candy Montgomery, now known as Candace Wheelerescaped justice by being found innocent of the murder of her neighbor Despite the brutality of the gesture and the motive towards her, which ended up being justified as an act of self-defense, but despite this her life changed forever and she became one of the most controversial women in history.

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Candy Montgomery is currently 73 and still lives in Georgia where she became a mental health counselor and has a website where people can seek help in this medical field, where users can find doctors and therapists nearby and i support also with problems of stress, anxiety, pain, depression, among others.

Elizabeth Olsen leaves Marvel as Evan Peters

Despite the fact that Elizabeth Olsen brings to life one of the favorite characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she decided to put her work on hold as the Scarlet Witch to work with HBO Max in the creation of “Love and Death” and surprise both the audience and the critic specialist turned assassin the same way Evan Peters did Jeffrey Dahmer on Netflix.

The miniseries “Dahmer” proved to be a great success in the career of Evan Peters in 2022 and this same result should have “love and death” in the life of Elizabeth Olsen, who gradually became one of the actresses Hollywood favorites and many fans are hoping to see her soon in the ranks of Marvel Studios.

‘Love and Death’ will premiere on HBO Max on April 27 with its first three chapters, with the rest arriving weekly until May 25, where the outcome of the story of the ax murderer played by the famous actress Elizabeth Olsen on the digital screen.