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PLAINES BLANCHES, N.Y. – A former New York teacher convicted of murdering his lover's wife in a sensational case dubbed the murder of Fatal Attraction was released conditionally.
Carolyn Warmus will be released from Bedford Hills prison as early as June 10, after a panel of three members of the state parole board released her. The decision was first reported in the News Journal.
Warmus, now 55, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 1992 for the murder of Betty Jeanne Solomon.
Prosecutors said that Warmus had an affair with the victim's husband, fellow teacher Paul Solomon, when she fired nine shots at Betty Jeanne Solomon at the victim's home in Greenburgh, New York, on January 15, 1989.
The first trial of Warmus ended in 1991 with a jury of untrained members. The judges were in stalemate 8-4 in favor of a conviction. She was convicted of second degree murder a year later.
The private investigator in New York City, Vincent Parco, testified that he sold Warmus a .25 caliber handgun with a silencer a few days before the murder.
Warmus, daughter of a wealthy Michigan insurer, has always maintained her innocence. She was denied parole when she became eligible in 2017.
Mayer Morganroth, a Warmus lawyer, said in an email, "We are really pleased that the release has been granted." He added that Warmus' legal team would be busy setting up "the details of his future".
Paul Solomon declined to comment in the News Journal about the parole of Warmus.
The case was dubbed the assassination of Fatal Attraction after the 1987 film starring Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.
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