Key Takeaways
- Warmus started getting severe headaches around her 24th year of imprisonment.
- The scan revealed a ‘massive brain tumor’ situated near her brainstem.
- Warmus has endured five brain surgeries and extensive rehabilitation to date.
New York: Carolyn Warmus became infamous in the 1990s for the mu*der of her lover’s wife, a case that drew comparison to the movie ‘Fatal Attraction.’
But in recent years, Warmus has garnered attention for a very different reason – her battle with a massive brain tumor.
The tumor was discovered in the later years of Warmus’ 27-year prison sentence for the 1989 mu*der of Bety Jeanne Solomon.
As explained in the 2022 Oxygen documentary series ‘The Fatal Attraction Murder,’ Warmus started getting severe headaches around her 24th year of imprisonment.
“Luckily, relatively speaking, our prison had decent medical care,” Warmus said.
“And so that’s when I got the MRI.”
Carolyn Warmus
The scan revealed a ‘massive brain tumor‘ situated near her brainstem that could have stopped her breathing or heartbeat at any moment.
Finding a neurosurgeon willing to operate on such a high-risk case proved extremely difficult.
“Most surgeons wouldn’t touch me with a ten-foot pole because it was so massive, and where it was,”
Carolyn Warmus
Warmus recalled.
Finally, one agreed to perform the tremendously delicate procedure.
The surgery was just the start of an agonizing medical battle for Warmus.
“We all thought I was going to go in and come out and everything was going to be great,” she said.
“And needless to say, that is not what happened. The first surgery was not a total success, and I needed all this rehab, and I needed more surgeries, and I was having complications, and I was being rushed to the emergency room.”
Carolyn Warmus
Complications required multiple further brain surgeries, as well as procedures on her face and eyes.
In total, Warmus has endured five brain surgeries and extensive rehabilitation to date.
The physical toll has been devastating.
“I will never be back to what I was, and I will never be able to do what I used to do,” Warmus stated soberly.
Her face is now partly paralyzed; her abilities are forever diminished by the extreme medical crisis.
While Carolyn Warmus was once known as the infamous ‘Fatal Attraction‘ killer, her recent years have revealed her to be a survivor of a different kind – beating the odds against a life-threatening brain tumor through sheer perseverance.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Carolyn Warmus, daughter of a millionaire father, lived a life of wealth and privilege.
- Her father, an insurance executive, owned two yachts, eight jets, 15 cars, and multiple homes.
- Warmus has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan.
