On this day, Jan. 15, in 1989, a Scarsdale, N.Y., wife was pistol-whipped and shot nine times by her husband’s lover in a case dubbed “The Fatal Attraction Murder.”

Carolyn Warmus, 24, was an elementary school teacher when she began an affair with colleague Paul Solomon. She became friends with his family and a mentor to his daughter.

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