# T. Cullen Davis, a Texas oil tycoon acquitted in a 1970s murder trial, has died at 93

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/t-cullen-davis-a-texas-oil-tycoon-acquitted-in-a-1970s-murder-trial-has-died-at-93/
- Published: 2026-11-10T08:15:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T09:41:42+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/10/us-news/t-cullen-davis-a-texas-oil-tycoon-acquitted-in-a-1970s-murder-trial-has-died-at-93/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- T. Cullen Davis has died aged 93.
- He was acquitted in two cases linked to the 1976 mansion shooting.
- His oil fortune was once valued at $400 million.

## Summary

Texas oil tycoon T. Cullen Davis, who was acquitted in two high-profile cases connected to a 1976 shooting at his Fort Worth mansion, has died aged 93. The cases drew lasting attention because of the deaths, the surviving witnesses’ allegations and Davis’s wealth and influence.

His son Trey Davis said he died at home in Colleyville on Friday. In the mansion shooting, Andrea Wilborn, 12, and Stan Farr, 30, were killed, while Priscilla Davis and Gus Gavrel Jr. were wounded; three survivors identified Cullen Davis as the gunman. A jury acquitted him of Wilborn’s murder in 1977, and he was later acquitted of soliciting a plot to kill 15 people. His oil-based fortune was once valued at $400 million, but his business empire later collapsed.

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