Carolyn Warmus

Carolyn Warmus (born January 8, 1964) is an American former elementary schoolteacher who was convicted in 1989 of killing Betty Jeanne Solomon. Solomon was the wife of Wurmus’s lover Paul Solomon. After a hung jury at her first trial in 1991, Warmus was convicted of second degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm at her second trial in 1992.

Warmus has consistently maintained her innocence. She was incarcerated at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, Westchester County, New York. She received multiple disciplinary warnings, which contributed to her first parole denial in early 2017.

She served 27 years for the murder and was released from prison on parole on June 17, 2019.

The murder case attracted national media attention and led to comparisons with the 1987 film Fatal Attraction, about a love affair that turns deadly. The Warmus case went on to inspire made-for-TV movies, six different episodes across multiple television broadcasters and at least one book.