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T. Cullen Davis, oil tycoon acquitted in 1970s murder case, dies at 93
The Texas billionaire was tried twice and acquitted in connection with a 1976 mansion shooting that killed two people during his divorce.
In brief
The Texas billionaire was tried twice and acquitted in connection with a 1976 mansion shooting that killed two people during his divorce. T. Cullen Davis, a Texas oil tycoon acquitted in a 1976 mansion shooting and a subsequent murder-for-hire case, has died at ninety three. Originally reported by ABC News.
Billionaire oil tycoon dies
T. Cullen Davis, a Texas oil tycoon acquitted in a 1970s murder trial, has died at ninety three. He died Friday at his home in Colleyville, near Fort Worth.
Mansion shooting kills two
In August nineteen seventy six, during a contentious divorce, a gunman shot and killed Andrea Wilborn, twelve, and Stan Farr, thirty, at Davis's Fort Worth mansion.
Davis acquitted in murder trial
The three survivors identified Cullen Davis as the gunman. Defended by attorney Richard Racehorse Haynes, Davis's first trial ended in mistrial due to juror misconduct. His second trial ended in acquittal in nineteen seventy seven.
Acquitted again in murder-for-hire case
Nine months after the verdict, Davis was arrested and charged with solicitation of capital murder.An FBI informant swore Davis ordered him to kill fifteen people, including the judge and three shooting survivors.Davis was acquitted again.
Oil empire crumbles, Davis becomes Christian
By the mid nineteen eighties, Davis's oil-based empire valued at four hundred million dollars was crumbling.He said his company went bankrupt because of the crash of the oil industry, not because of his trials.
“because of the crash of the oil industry, not because of my trials”
The short version
T. Cullen Davis, a Texas oil tycoon acquitted in a 1976 mansion shooting and a subsequent murder-for-hire case, has died at ninety three.
