From the Tyler Morning Telegraph of February 5, 2007
WOMAN FOUND INNOCENT IN HUSBAND'S DEATH
Wanda Sue Gough, 54, can return to her home in Raleigh N.C., a free woman, after being found not guilty of murdering her husband in 1980.
A jury of three men and nine women deliberated for three hours Thursday afternoon before reading a not guilty verdict.
In 1980 Ms. Gough told police she shot and killed her husband, John Gough, in self defense. At the time, a grand jury failed to indict her.
In 1995, Kilgore Police reopened the case at the request of John Gough's family members.
The case was later submitted to the Texas Rangers Cold Case Unit.
Ms. Gough was arrested in May 2006, nearly 26 years after her husband's death.
Gregg County District Attorney Bill Jennings said he respects the jury's verdict and the effort they made in coming to a verdict.
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