Teresa Burousas, Jimmie ‘Buzz’ Burousas: Small Town, Concord, Georgia, Murder Eyed On Oxygen’s ‘Snapped’

Teresa Burousas, the Pike County, Georgia, wife from a prominent family who killed her husband, Jimmie “Buzz” Burousas, seven years ago, will have her case featured on the next episode of Snapped on Oxygen, a jaw-dropping true-crime series that profiles the heinous crimes of women. In the episode titled, “Teresa Burousas,” officers are investigating the shooting death of a man who is found dead in a car outside his home. His injured wife claims that they were attacked during a home invasion, sending police on a chase to find the killers. The Snapped episode based on Teresa and Jimmie Burousas’ case will feature Georgia crime detectives and friends of Buzz Burousas.

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Man Found In Truck, Gun Shot Wound To The Head

In 2009, Concord, Georgia, investigators were dispatched to a home at 560 Caldwell Bridge Road, where they found the body of 60-year-old Jimmie Burousas sitting in his vehicle that was parked in the driveway. An autopsy report concluded that the victim had been shot in the head. The man’s wife, 46-year-old Teresa Burousas, who was found nearby, stated that they were attacked by two men who threatened her and injured her with a hammer.

As she was transported to the hospital, Teresa Burousas stated that one of the suspects was a black male and that she had seen a white Trans Am. She also told the detectives over and over just how the home invasion occurred, even “acting out” what happened. However, Teresa Burousas’ version of events didn’t support the evidence in the case, and she was placed under arrest.

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About a month after the murder, the home that Teresa and Jimmie shared burned to the ground. It was no accident. The police ruled the fire an arson. Now, everyone was trying to figure out what was going on behind the scenes, according to a local forum, where the case was discussed.

Teresa and Jimmie Burousas’ Home Background

During the investigation, detectives learned that the couple had been married since 2006. Everyone who knew them were very happy for them, especially since they were from well-to-do Georgia families. Jimmie Burousas’ father was a retired Lamar County judge and Teresa Mangham Burousas’ father was a county commission chairman. Teresa and Jimmie seemed to make a wonderful couple. Teresa was very accomplished, and Buzz was well-liked around town. By all accounts, they looked like any normal family. But police learned that the beautiful home nestled in the woods held many secrets that pointed to shocking allegations that included an alternative sexual lifestyle and domestic violence behind closed doors.

In 2011, a Georgia jury found Teresa Burousas guilty and sentenced her to just 20 years, but the way her sentenced was structured, she wouldn’t have to serve all of that time, Pike County Georgia reported.

“He found her guilty of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm in commission of a crime. Burousas was sentenced to 20 years with 10 years to serve in prison and 10 years on probation with credit for the two years she has already served.”

A Split Reaction Over Sentence

Spending just eight years in prison seemed like a number far too low for someone who had savagely carried out a murder. Of course, after Teresa’s conviction, many cried foul, stating that she got off lightly because of her distinguished family, particularly her father. Her supporters say that Jimmie “Buzz” Burousas was a monster at home and that she did what she had to do out of desperation. Take a peek at some of the comments found at Barnesville.

“Don’t you think a divorce would have been easier???”

“This whole time people and the news was saying that a black man did the crime of murder when the whole time it was his wife who did the crime.”

“She didn’t call the cops first, she called a family member. She said she was beaten and so she was transported by lifeflight, but they found nothing serious and sent her home.”

“I was at the funeral. She was not beat up. Buzz was an upstanding guy and did not deserve to be brutally murdered.”

pike chair mangham does not blame his daughter, accused killer teresa burousas, for lying to investigators and would have done so too …

— walter geiger (@waltergeiger) September 23, 2009

It’s a case that you won’t want to miss. Stay tuned for the small-town murder that rocked the town of Concord, Georgia, on Snapped, which airs this Sunday at 9/8 p.m. Central on Oxygen.

*Note: In some stories online, Jimmie Burousas is also referred to as Jimmy Burousas.

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