Tex McIver Murdered His Wife, Diane McIver, Two Years Ago

ATLANTA, GA — Prominent business executive Diane McIver was shot to death by her husband two years ago today, Sept. 26, 2016, setting in motion a series of events that eventually became Atlanta's highest-profile murder trial in recent memory. Claud "Tex" McIver, her husband and a high-powered Atlanta attorney himself, was eventually convicted of murdering her and is now serving a lifetime prison sentence without the possibility of parole. Diane McIver, 63, was killed when Tex McIver shot her in the back as the couple was driving near Piedmont Park in Midtown.

McIver claimed he accidentally shot his wife when he dozed off in their SUV with a gun in his lap. According to police, McIver was in the back seat of the SUV, while his wife was in the front passenger seat of the car. The couple was being driven by a family friend.

Tex McIver, who said he had the gun out because he was afraid of carjackers, was initially charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and misdemeanor reckless conduct. But a Fulton County grand jury indicted him on malice murder and six other charges in connection to the shooting, charges on which he was eventually found guilty.

Diane McIver served as president of Corey Airport Services, an Atlanta-based marketing company whose logo adorns a smokestack-like structure on the downtown connector. Her husband was an attorney with Fisher & Phillips.

Patch was one of Atlanta's first media outlets to report the shooting, which eventually captured the nation's attention as the circumstances surrounding the shooting developed and a trial ensued. Now, we invite you to relive the case from beginning to end through our coverage:

• Woman, Shot Killed in Car Near Piedmont Park
• Shooting Victim Identified As Prominent Buckhead Executive
• Buckhead Executive Accidentally Shot By Husband: Report
• Buckhead Executive's Shooting Death Ruled a Homicide
• Buckhead Executive's Shooting: Police Searching for Cell Phone
• Buckhead Executive's Shooting: Autopsy Released
• Tex McIver Indicted On Murder Charge in Wife's Shooting Death
• Judge Rules Tex McIver Can't Have Vehicle Back
• 'Tex' McIver Released From Jail
• Atlanta Attorney Tex McIver Gets Life In Prison For Wife's Death

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Photo via Fulton County Jail