It was at a church service, she quickly became close friends with Betty Gore, a middle school teacher. Betty, along with her husband Allan Gore and two children lived a short distance from Candy.

Things eventually came to a head on Friday, June 13, 1980, when Candy, then 30, paid a visit to the Gore family home, having reportedly offered to take Betty's five-year-old daughter Alisa to her ...

The series narrates the real-life story of Candy Montgomery, a Texas housewife who had an affair with a fellow church member's husband and was subsequently accused of murdering Betty Gore.