Atlanta reporter retraces the night of Diane McIver's death
Legal affairs reporter Bill Rankin hosts a podcast called "Breakdown" about the Tex McIver case for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is a "48 Hours" consultant on this case. Using a similar SUV, Rankin and "48 Hours"' Maureen Maher drove the route Dani Jo Carter and the McIvers took the night Tex shot Diane. Rankin chronicled that drive in an episode of "Breakdown." | | Case update: Tex McIver won his appeal for a new trial in 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court ruling that jurors should have been able to consider the lesser charge of misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter. On Jan. 26, 2024, he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in exchange for a prison sentence of eight years. With credit for time served, he could be released by mid-2025.