Convicted of Killing Lover's Wife, Carolyn Warmus Is Free

Carolyn Warmus, who was convicted of killing her lover's wife in an infamous 1989 case, is no longer behind bars. The 55-year-old was released from the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, some 27 years after she entered the New York prison to serve a sentence of 25 years to life. She was granted parole about a month-and-a-half ago. Warmus was in 1992 found guilty of shooting Betty Jeanne Solomon to death; Warmus was a schoolteacher in her twenties having an affair with Solomon's husband, Paul, who was 17 years older and her co-worker at a Westchester County elementary school.

The case was widely referred to as the "Fatal Attraction" case after the 1987 Michael Douglas-Glenn Close movie of the same name. Warmus has always maintained her innocence. Her lawyer offered no comment regarding where she went upon her release, reports the Rockland/Westchester Journal News. CNN reports Warmus will be on parole for the remainder of her life, will be subject to a curfew, and will have to hold down a job or be part of an academic vocational program. (More parole stories.)