27 Facts About Carolyn Warmus

Carolyn Warmus was born on January 8,1964 and is an American former elementary schoolteacher who was convicted at age 28 of the 1989 murder of her lover's wife, 40-year-old Betty Jeanne Solomon.

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

Carolyn Warmus was incarcerated at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, Westchester County, New York.

Carolyn Warmus received multiple affirmed disciplinary events, which were referenced during her first parole denial in early 2017.

That same year, Carolyn Warmus, claiming her innocence, asked that glove evidence discovered by her ex-lover Paul Solomon, the victim's husband, between the first and second trials be tested for DNA.

The Carolyn Warmus case went on to inspire made-for-TV movies, six different episodes across multiple television broadcasters and at least one book.

Carolyn Warmus was born in 1964 in Troy, Michigan, and grew up in Birmingham, an affluent suburb of Detroit.

Carolyn Warmus's father, Thomas A Warmus, was a self-made multi-millionaire who accumulated his fortune in the insurance business, founding the American Way Life Insurance Company of Southfield.

The divorce decree was handed down when Carolyn Warmus was aged 8.

Carolyn Warmus earned good grades, played basketball and graduated from Seaholm High School in Birmingham.

In September 1987, Carolyn Warmus landed a job at Greenville Elementary School in Scarsdale, New York.

Carolyn Warmus had been pistol-whipped in the head and shot nine times in her back and legs.

On February 2,1990, Carolyn Warmus was indicted on the charges of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

In January 1992, a second trial began in which prosecutors presented new evidence: a bloody cashmere glove allegedly belonging to Carolyn Warmus that was photographed and recovered from the crime scene.

Carolyn Warmus's attorney questioned why the glove, which was found by Solomon in a closet between the first and second trial, was allowed as evidence, and argued that the prosecution failed to provide definitive proof that the glove belonged to Carolyn Warmus or that it was the same glove as the one pictured in the crime scene photographs.

On June 26,1992, Judge John Carey, who presided over both of Carolyn Warmus' trials, imposed a maximum term of 25 years to life in prison for the murder; and the maximum sentence of five to 15 years in prison on the weapon count, to be served concurrently.

Judge Carey stated that Carolyn Warmus committed "a hideous act, a most extreme, illegal and wanton murder".

Carolyn Warmus was incarcerated at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women.

Carolyn Warmus had her first parole hearing on January 9,2017, represented in the state appellate court by attorney Mayer Morganroth.

Carolyn Warmus was denied parole in January 2017 and again in July 2018, but was granted parole on June 17,2019.

Carolyn Warmus backed her claim by providing prison officials with a sample of Looney's semen that she had kept refrigerated in plastic.

In 2008, Carolyn Warmus received $10,000 from the Department of Correctional Services in settlement of the lawsuit.

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

Carolyn Warmus's removal was an amicable decision in coordination with Solomon, the school board and the principal of Greenville Elementary.

Carolyn Warmus entered court on November 17,2016, to argue about legal fees with her former appeals lawyer, Julia Heit, whom she is suing for malpractice.

The episode delves into the evidence gathering against Carolyn Warmus, focused on how she acquired the firearm and ammunition leading to Betty Jeanne's murder.

Carolyn Warmus was interviewed by broadcast journalist Forrest Sawyer at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.