India, Aug. 31 -- Buford Pusser, known to people as a fearless, no-nonsense sheriff who targeted crime and corruption issues in rural Tennessee, has become the centre of a new investigation of his wife's murder.

Sheriff Pusser's wife, Pauline Mullins Pusser, was believed to have been shot by unknown gunmen and killed in 1967. The Sheriff at the time claimed it was an ambush meant for him. No suspects were ever identified, and the case was closed mainly based on Pusser's account.

However, new evidence uncovered by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) paints a different picture. A reopened cold case investigation found that forensic, medical, and ballistic evidence directly contradicts Pusser's version of events.

Known for his vir...