Mother of Apalachee High School shooter accused of taping elderly parent to chair

The Georgia pistillate whose 14-year-old lad shot and killed 4 radical astatine Apalachee High School earlier this period has been accused of taping her aged parent to a chair, stealing her spot and past abandoning her for astir 24 hours.

Marcee Gray, 43, was indicted successful a Ben Hill County tribunal connected counts of exploitation and intimidation of a disabled big oregon aged person, mendacious imprisonment, transgression harm to spot and theft, the Atlanta Constitution-Journal reported Saturday.

If convicted, she faces up to 20 years successful prison.

The charges stem from a home unit incident involving Gray and her mother, Deborah Polhamus, which unfolded connected Nov. 3, 2023, according to an incidental report.

The pursuing day, Polhamus, who was 74 astatine the time, told constabulary her girl became enraged aft she refused to articulation her connected a travel to Barrow County, wherever Marcee’s ex-husband, Colin Gray, lived with their 3 kids.

“Marcee became upset and told Deborah that she was making her spell with her due to the fact that she was going to termination her ex,” the incidental study reads. “Deborah stated she refused to spell and Marcee threw her up against the wall, causing a chopped connected her near wrist.”

In summation to past binding her parent to a chair, Gray allegedly stole her cellphone truthful she couldn’t telephone for help, past broke a bath reflector and the backmost doorway of her mother’s home.

It’s unclear wherefore Gray was hopeless to face her ex at the time, though household members and neighbors person described their narration arsenic agelong being “toxic” and turbulent.

Polhamus was lone freed the pursuing time aft her different daughter, who lives successful Florida, grew acrophobic erstwhile she was incapable to get successful interaction with her. She reached retired to a person and asked they spell cheque successful astatine Polhamus’ home, wherever they recovered her duct-taped to the seat by her ankles and wrists.

Polhamus was near with a wrist wounded and bruises successful aftermath of the incident, but told authorities she “did not privation to spot Marcee being a felon for the remainder of her life,” according to the incidental report. “Deborah explained that she agreed Marcee needed to beryllium punished for what she [had] done, but she wanted Marcee to get assistance for her cause addiction.”

Gray — who has a lengthy rap sheet dating backmost to astatine slightest 2007, including charges of DUI, home unit and felony cause possession — was arrested successful Barrow County connected Nov. 6, 2 days aft her parent was found. She was sentenced to 45 days successful jailhouse aft pleading blameworthy to charges of transgression trespassing, utilizing a licence sheet to disguise her car and causing spot damage.

It’s unclear wherefore the heftier charges related to the incidental were brought distant this past week.

Barrow County Sheriff's Office

Colt Gray

Earlier this month, Gray’s son, 14-year-old Colt Gray, opened occurrence wrong Apalachee High School successful Winder, Ga., sidesplitting two mathematics teachers and two students earlier helium surrendered to a schoolhouse assets officer. He’s been charged with 4 counts of felony murder.

The victims person since been identified arsenic Richard Aspinwall, 39; Christina Irimie, 53; and Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, who were some 14 years old.

Shooting victims, from left, Richard Aspinwall, Christina Irimie, Mason Schemerhorn and Christian Angulo.

Gray’s ex-husband, 54-year-old Colin Gray, has besides been charged successful connection with the wide shooting. He’s accused of gifting his teen lad the AR-style firearm helium utilized to transportation retired his attack, contempt the information that he’d antecedently been interviewed by constabulary astir threats to sprout up a school.

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