Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
On Sept. 25, 2016, Diane McIver died after being shot while riding in an SUV near Piedmont Park. Her husband, Tex McIver, a prominent attorney, said he was dozing in the backseat of the vehicle when his revolver fired. He has always maintained the shooting was "a terrible accident."
McIver was originally charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and felony involuntary manslaughter.
In April 2017, a Fulton County grand jury returned an indictment upping McIver's charges to malice murder and six other counts, including three counts of efforts to unlawfully influence witnesses in the case.
According to the indictment, Tex McIver is accused of instructing Dani Jo Carter, the woman driving the SUV at the time of the shooting, to tell authorities that she was not present when Diane was shot.
48 hrs episode on the case:
https://t.co/spGaxygHdx
On Sept. 25, 2016, Diane McIver died after being shot while riding in an SUV near Piedmont Park. Her husband, Tex McIver, a prominent attorney, said he was dozing in the backseat of the vehicle when his revolver fired. He has always maintained the shooting was "a terrible accident."
McIver was originally charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and felony involuntary manslaughter.
In April 2017, a Fulton County grand jury returned an indictment upping McIver's charges to malice murder and six other counts, including three counts of efforts to unlawfully influence witnesses in the case.
According to the indictment, Tex McIver is accused of instructing Dani Jo Carter, the woman driving the SUV at the time of the shooting, to tell authorities that she was not present when Diane was shot.
48 hrs episode on the case:
https://t.co/spGaxygHdx
