Lovers of Deceit
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ISBN: 0385416849 / Publisher: Doubleday, May 1993
An account of the murder of Betty Jeanne Solomon describes how sexy, well-to-do Carolyn Warmus allegedly killed Solomon to free Solomon's schoolteacher husband from his marriage
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It took two nationally publicized and sensational trials to finally convict Carolyn Warmus of murder. When she was indicted, more than a year after the killing of Betty Jeanne Solomon, the crime had already been dubbed by a fascinated press corps the "fatal attraction" murder. That this sexy, blond, Midwestern schoolteacher with a millionaire father could have shot the Westchester, New York, housewife and mother - nine times in cold blood - was enough to make tabloid headlines. That she had done it because of an obsessive affair with the victim's philandering husband made the story a deadly love triangle, and galvanized public attention.Mike Gallagher is the reporter who broke the story for his Westchester-based newspaper. He has had access to many of the key players, including the police detectives who investigated the crime, the distinct attorneys who prosecuted it, witnesses for both sides, and even Ms. Warmus's attorney. In a tour de force of classic crime reporting, Gallagher dramatically describes the day-to-day unfolding of events that eventually led the police to the door of Carolyn Warmus. He reveals the many bizarre aspects of her personal history that were uncovered in the course of the investigations. And he discusses the procedural and legal snafus that might have allowed her to go free.
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