MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee officials have announced that the TBI believes that Sheriff Buford Pusser, who inspired the film “Walking Tall,” murdered his wife Pauline Mullins Pusser.

The TBI believes that there is sufficient evidence to ask a grand jury to indict Pusser for Pauline’s death if he were alive today.

The TBI made the announcement in a press conference on Friday morning. According to the TBI, case files revealed “inconsistencies” in Buford Pusser’s statements about Pauline Pusser’s death. The TBI says that physical evidence suggested that the shooting that killed Pauline did not occur as Pusser reported.

LIVE: Pauline Mullins Pusser Press Conference Posted by Mark E. Davidson, District Attorney General, 25th Judicial District on Friday, August 29, 2025

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