3. Pat Montgomery
Pat Montgomery was Candy’s husband, involved indirectly in the case due to his relationship with Candy.
Pat Montgomery was a successful electrical engineer at Texas Instruments pulling in a great salary, living in a brand-new custom home with his wife and two kids. But that quiet, comfortable life was completely shattered once Candy’s affair and the subsequent murder trial became public knowledge.
Despite the absolute humiliation of his wife’s secret life being broadcast to the entire country, Pat actually stood by Candy’s side throughout the ordeal. He remained stoic and supportive in the courtroom while all their dirty laundry was aired out for the world to see.
Even with the acquittal, the marriage couldn’t survive the heavy baggage. They fled to Georgia to escape the toxic spotlight, but ended up divorcing a few years later. While Candy eventually resurfaced as a therapist, Pat completely ghosted the public eye. He has never given a single interview and refused to have anything to do with the true-crime media frenzy.
In recent TV adaptations (played by Timothy Simons in Hulu’s Candy and Patrick Fugit in HBO’s Love & Death), he is portrayed exactly as he was: a stunned, supportive husband who was essentially swallowed whole by the spectacle.
