. >> carolyn warmus was arrested. >> a circus in the press. >> carolyn warmus is accused of shooting to death betty jeanne solomon. movies. bo nan nanza for made v >> that's warmus. >> right. >> miscarolyn warmus? >> yes. >> detective. we have a warrant to search the premises. >> she's been referred to as the fatal attraction killer in the media. >> fatal attraction trial. >> and they've made three or four movies about it now. >> what are you doing? what are you doing? >> all of which showed the prosecution's side, and none of which ever aired her contentions or her side of the story. >> a story her new lawyer believes, and he's not the only one. >> there's just too much that doesn't add up. >> the prosecutor and the police from the beginning made this case into a fatal attraction case. there was a prejudicial impact into that right to receive a fair trial. >> a professor specializes in wrongful convictions, and he says this is a textbook case of reasonable doubt. >> i mean, we know there was no forensic evidence found at the scene of the crime to link carolyn warmus to the murder. >

decades later she's hoping dna evidence can overturn a murder conviction. >> carolyn warmus, did you lomon? >> of course not. >> of course not. >> since 1989 warmus has never waivered from her story. she has researched and filed for documents and evidence she says would clear her name. >> it is nothing more difficult than being able to show that you're innocent after you've been convicted by a jury. all you can do is try to show that there was serious errors in the trial or you can show maybe that there's new evidence and that new evidence is so important that it might be able to show that you were wrongfully convicted. >> as for parol, she had her shot for the first time earlier this year. she didn't get far with that either. >> why not go before the board and say i'm sorry, i show remorse? >> well, i mean, i just feel so strongly that i want my name back as much as i can get it back. i mean, i was an elementary schoolteacher. i was a good person. i would at least like to go forward with some sort of a life, and at least hopefully not have a murder conviction on my record. for a murd

this convicted carolyn warmus. she says she can prove her innocence.d, 1990, more than a year after the brutal killing of betty jean solomon, carolyn warmus was charged with her murder. >> i didn't find out until the newspaper calls me. >> that's how you found out you were a suspect? >> right. i didn't know what i could have done, what i possibly could have done. they said for the murder of betty jean solomon. >> it's been on the front of tabloid magazines for month. the fatal attraction chil of carolyn warmus opened up. >> their state of mind about carolyn is that she was guilty. a judgment against a woman having an affair with a married man. >> a tabloid sensation chased by dozens of reporters, described as a murderous home wrecker. >> into the life of her lover. >> she tried to camouflage herself with sunglasses, scarves, even blankets. >> why did you want to protect your identity? >> i'm a schoolteacher and i want to go back and be a schoolteacher. if i keep letting them take photos of me, i mean, i'm never going to be able to teach again. it's goi

this bloody glove helped convict carolyn warmus but she and her lawyers say they can prove her innocenceeve that you can help overturn this conviction? >> i believe i can help carolyn get this conviction overturned. >> what is it? is it a smoking gun? is it an instinct? >> you know, my father told me when i was a kid, they're going to come times in your life when you're going to have a little birdie chirping in your ear. he said, no matter what you do in life, always listen to that birdie. when i met carolyn, the birdie began to sing. >> warmus, who's from a wealthy michigan family, graduated with a master's degree from columbia university in 1987. she was living in the big apple and loving her first teaching job in the suburbs of new york. paul solomon, 17 years her senior, became her mentor, and she was captivated by his charm. how did he steal your heart? >> like puppy love, almost, but at the time, i thought, oh, this was real love. you know, this was real deep love. but he was intelligent. i'm sort of intelligent. and i don't know, he was just, you know, paid a lot of attention to m

and this is the carolyn warmus story. tell us everything. >> you remember the movie fatal attack shn, right? this was a trial. that was a blockbuster at the time. everybody had seen that movie and then this trial was billed as the real life version fatal avk shn and carolyn warm us was this beautiful 20-something-year-old school teacher having an affair with a married man and his wife ends up dead. she goes on trial for murder and there's a hung jury. then before the second trial, her lover finds a bloody glove. sound familiar? this was found in his closet, just like a bloody glove acquitted o.j. simpson, this convicted carolyn. 25 years in jail. here's a part of her story. >> february 2nd, 1990, more than a year after of the brutal killing of betty jean solomon, carolyn warmus was charged with her murder. >> i didn't find out until the newspaper called me. >> that's how you found you out you were ra spect. >> yeah. i didn't know what they were talking about. what could i have possible done? h and they said for the murder

we talk to carolyn warmus about the murder case against her. to the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, representative adam schiff as well as governor chris christie. that starts at 9:00 a.m. and noon eastern. >>> that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. have a great weekend. i'm going to turn you over to wolf blitzer next door in "the situation room." >>> happening now, gathering evidence. president trump heads off on a 17-day vacation with the threat of grand jury subpoenas hanging over his administration. will the chaos that's plagued the west wing for weeks follow the president on his holiday? >>> just an excuse. mr. trump lashes out at the russia investigation of a rally, calling it a total fabrication and an excuse by democrats for an election lost. he fired up his base with an attack on hillary clinton. can his words shore up slipping support among republicans? >>> crackdown. under pressure and under attack by president trump, attorney general jeff sessions announces a

. >>> and don't miss her special report, fatal attraction or fatal mistake, the carolyn warmus story. it airs later tonight 10:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. that's it for me. thanks for watching. the news continues right now on the news continues right now on cnn. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> you're watching cnn on this friday afternoon, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me as president trump is about to head over for 17 days of r and r, he delivers arguably the biggest promise of his campaign while dealing with a new level of scrutiny by investigators. the jobs numbers are doing exactly what the president wants, but the russia investigation is crossing his red line. first to the jobs numbers. a july report did come out today and more than 1 million more jobs have entered the economy since he took office. unemployment has reached a 16-year low. however, cnn has learned special counsel bob mueller is expanding the investigation beyond possible collusion with russians during the election to the finances of both the president and his campaign associates. >>> plus

>> reporter: september 17, 1990, more than a year after the brutal killing of betty solomon, carolyn warmuser. >> i didn't know what they were talking about. i couldn't imagine, what could i possibly have done? and they said, for the murder of betty jean solomon. >> it's been the subject of front page magazine stories, tabloid headlines for month. the long-a waited "fatal attraction" trial opened up in we westchester county. >> i would say the state of mind was carolyn was guilty almost instantly. it was an implicit case of a woman having an affair with a married man. >> reporter: a tabloid sensation chased by dozens of reporters, described as a murderous homewrecker. warmus tried to camouflage herself with sunglasses, scarves, even blankets. why did you want to protect your identity? >> i said i'm a schoolteacher and i want to go back and be a schoolteacher. and i said, if i keep letting them take photos of me -- i'm never going to be able to teach again. il it's going to be tough enough as it is with this case. >> don't miss keira's exclusive interview in tonight's special report, "fatal