Prominent Atlanta attorney released on $200,000 bond
ATLANTA - Prominent attorney Claud "Tex" McIver, who is facing charges in the September shooting death of his wife, is appeared in court Thursday morning.
The judge imposed a $200,000 bond on McIver for the involuntary manslaughter of his wife. The court also ordered McIver to wear an ankle bracelet monitor and have him turn in his passport.
McIver was arrested Wednesday after turning himself into authorities. Earlier in the day, Atlanta police issued warrants for the attorney in connection with the death of his wife, marketing executive Diane McIver.
An Atlanta Police spokesman confirmed to FOX 5 investigators issued warrants for involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct against McIver.
In September, Atlanta Police said Mrs. McIver, 64, was a passenger in an SUV which had pulled off the interstate at Edgewood Avenue to avoid construction. According to investigators, the SUV had two other occupants at the time and continued to travel on surface streets towards Buckhead. The SUV was on Piedmont Avenue near Piedmont Park. Investigators said, when a gun inside the vehicle discharged, Mrs. McIver was wounded. She was rushed to Emory University Hospital on Clifton Road where she was pronounced dead just before 1 a.m. on September 26.
Police located the SUV in the hospital parking lot and took initial statements from the other occupants of the car.
Diane McIver was president of Corey Airport Services, an Atlanta-based marketing company.
Her husband, "Tex", is a partner in his firm, vice president of the Georgia State Election Board, and service on the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Gun Violence advisory board.
In October, FOX 5 reported it first appeared the Atlanta Police Department had finished collecting evidence from the vehicle where Diane McIver was shot and ultimately succumbed to her injuries.
The incident has been under the microscope ever since her husband, “Tex”, told police he did not know how his .38 revolver went off striking his wife in the front.
Detectives and crime lab staff examined the SUV, but then released it back to his family. The attorney for Mr. McIver, Stephen Maples, said the vehicle was returned to the family September 30. But Maples said the investigators told the husband’s attorney investigators needed to take another look. The family complied.
This time, Maples said, APD explained it wanted the GBI to examine the vehicle. But there is a hiccup with the planned recheck. The GBI tells FOX 5 the request by authorities cannot be fulfilled because of a restriction. A spokesperson explained the information detectives want to gather is not scientifically possible.
McIver is being held at the Fulton County jail. He's scheduled to appear in court at 11 a.m. Thursday.