On the night of August 2, 1976, former college basketball star Stan Farr and his date, Priscilla Davis, a petite soon-to-be-divorcee, returned to her home after a night on the town with friends and were met by a man dressed in black and a hail of bullets.
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Farr → return → bullets
When the gunfire ended, Farr was dead, while Priscilla Davis and one her friends was wounded.
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Davis → end → ?
Also dead was Andrea Wilborn, Priscilla's 12-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, who was believed to have been shot before the adults got home.
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adults → believe → marriage
Who was the man in black and why did anyone want them dead?
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them → want → ?
It's a case that has rocked Texas since bullets flew on that night in Fort Worth.
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bullets → rock → Worth
"This is a case that involves wealth, that involves sex, that involves vengeance and that involves murder," says Christy Jack, a former prosecutor turned attorney.
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Jack → involve → murder
"It's a case that will never die."
AUGUST 2, 1976
On the night of the ambush, police arrived at the mansion to find a chaotic scene -- shattered glass and blood everywhere.
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police → die → scene
On the first floor of the house, the bullet-riddled body of Priscilla Davis' boyfriend, Stan Farr, lay crumpled in the kitchen; another man, Bubba Gavrel, was alive, but paralyzed.
And in the basement they discovered the lifeless body of Andrea Wilborn, Priscilla's daughter by another marriage.
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they → riddle → marriage
She had been shot once through the chest.
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She → shoot → chest
I think of what police must have seen when they arrived.
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they → think → what
And I think of them happening upon a child who has been murdered.
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who → think → child
She loved to draw.
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She → love → ?
She was the one that … in all of the cameras, in all of the publicity that was forgotten.
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that → forget → publicity
Attorney Christy Jack – who grew up blocks from the mansion -- has tried over 200 cases; none like this one.
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who → grow → one
Christy Jack: When I see this case -- I've never seen anything like it.
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I → see → it
And no one in Fort Worth society had ever seen anyone like Priscilla.
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one → see → Priscilla
She had a very hot body … hot pants … halter tops.
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She → have → body
I thought she was the most gorgeous woman I ever laid eyes on.
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I → think → eyes
I worshipped her, I absolutely worshipped her.
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I → worship → her
Both Priscilla and Cullen were married with children when they first laid eyes on each other.
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they → lay → other
They met on the tennis courts.
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They → meet → courts
I think it was a chemistry like we've never seen before.
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we → think → ?
Priscilla was 5 foot 2, feisty little blonde, she had big hair, big bosom and packed a Texas size personality in that little frame.
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she → have → frame
Cullen was a very self-assured man, he inherited his daddy's oil money and then he made his own.
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he → inherit → own
And their relationship played out like a Hollywood script.
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relationship → play → script
Christy Jack: …he came from money … she, on the other hand, came from the wrong side of the tracks.
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she → come → tracks
And it was instant attraction when they first met, but it wasn't a good fit.
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it → meet → ?
How did she feel about Cullen?
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she → feel → Cullen
Dee Davis: …loved him.
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Davis → love → him
She loved that man.
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She → love → man
Maureen Maher: Did he adore her?
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he → adore → her
For a time it seemed he did.
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he → seem → time
So Cullen Davis became husband No. 3 for Priscilla, and the Davis family lived large.
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family → become → Priscilla
We would take the plane, take the Learjet to Aspen and go skiing for the weekend.
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We → take → weekend
Now, Fort Worth has lots of mansions, we have lots of money.
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we → have → money
But there's only one residence ever that's been referred to as "the mansion."
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that → be → mansion
Christy Jack: They filled it with oil paintings, the finest works of art … all sorts of luxurious appointments.
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They → fill → appointments
Did it feel like home to you?
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it → feel → you
…he would stand there with his hands on his hips and just look around at the vastness of the house.
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he → stand → house
You know, about the time they built the mansion and furnishing it, you might say it was the beginning of the end.
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it → know → end
…and 308 more, not listed.
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