Special report: Hollywood plans to tell North Texas ax-killer’s story. 41 years later, why we can’t let it go.

Decades after Candy Montgomery was acquitted in North Texas for killing her lover’s wife with an ax, stars like Elizabeth Olsen and Jessica Biel are lining up for two new Hollywood series on the case. The Dallas Morning News’ Dan Singer examines why we can’t move on from this story.

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