Marcee Gray, the mother of 14-year-old Colt Gray, who allegedly carried out a deadly shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, was indicted on charges of elder abuse this week.
Gray, 43, faces several charges, including exploitation and intimidation of an elderly person, false imprisonment, criminal damage to property, and theft.

These charges stem from a November 2022 incident in which Gray is accused of abusing her then 73-year-old mother, Deborah Polhamus.
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According to an incident report cited by The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Marcee allegedly bound her mother to a chair and left her there for nearly 24 hours after Polhamus refused to accompany her daughter to confront her ex-husband, Colin Gray.
Marcee reportedly became upset with her mother, leading to physical violence, and then tied her to a chair, took her iPhone, and damaged parts of the home, including a bathroom mirror and the back door.
Polhamus was eventually found by a friend, Annie Brown, who had been contacted after Brown became concerned when she couldn’t reach Polhamus by phone.
The indictment adds to an already complex and tragic situation involving the Gray family.
Marcee’s son, Colt Gray, is currently facing four counts of murder following the September 4 shooting at Apalachee High School, where two students and two teachers were killed.

Colt allegedly brought an AR-15-style rifle to school and opened fire, leaving several others injured.
The victims of the shooting were identified as Mason Schermerhorn, 14, Christian Angulo, 14, Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) confirmed that Colt managed to bring the weapon into the school by concealing it in his backpack.
He reportedly left his classroom under the pretense of needing to go to the front office, only to later emerge with the rifle and begin shooting.
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In the wake of the shooting, Marcee Gray issued a public apology to the families of the victims, expressing deep remorse for the tragedy.
In a letter addressed to the families, she wrote, “To the parents and families of those affected by the tragic events at Apalachee High School, I want to say that I am so sorry from the bottom of my heart. If I could take the place of Mason and Christian, I would without a second thought.” She also expressed her sorrow for the two teachers who lost their lives, stating that her “heart breaks for the two teachers who gave their lives while in the service of teaching and protecting our children.”
Marcee had reportedly warned the school about her son’s troubling behavior prior to the shooting.
According to an interview with ABC News, Marcee called the school counselor on the morning of the shooting after receiving a concerning message from Colt, in which he apologized for his actions.
His father, Colin Gray, also received similar messages from his son.
The texts reportedly read, “I’m sorry, Mom” and “You’re not to blame for this.”
Colt Gray has been charged as an adult for the murders of the four victims, and additional charges are expected.

Authorities have also charged his father, Colin Gray, 54, with multiple counts, including involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to children.
According to investigators, Colin Gray allegedly gave Colt access to the rifle used in the shooting, making him the first parent in Georgia to be charged in connection with a school shooting. Colin is facing charges of second-degree murder and other related offenses.
The elder abuse charges against Marcee Gray add another layer to the family’s legal troubles.
The abuse incident occurred in November 2022, just shy of two years before the school shooting.
According to the police report, Marcee allegedly became violent after her mother refused to accompany her to confront her ex-husband.
Marcee reportedly threw her mother against a wall, causing injuries, and then restrained her in a chair, taking her phone so she could not call for help.
Polhamus suffered a cut on her wrist and bruises on her arms and legs as a result of the assault.
Despite the severity of the incident, Polhamus reportedly told authorities she did not want her daughter to face felony charges for the rest of her life.
Marcee Gray’s legal history includes previous charges related to drug use and property damage.
In a separate incident, she was arrested in December 2022 after being found in possession of methamphetamine and fentanyl during a traffic stop.
She was granted bond in April 2023 and released from custody, but the elder abuse charges resurfaced as part of the ongoing investigation.
The case has drawn significant attention, as the Gray family’s history of legal issues, domestic strife, and involvement with child welfare services has raised questions about whether warning signs were missed.
The family had been involved with Georgia’s child welfare agency following their eviction in 2022, and law enforcement had visited the family in May 2023 after receiving an FBI tip about threats to carry out a school shooting.
At the time, Colt denied making the threats, and Colin Gray assured authorities that while he kept hunting rifles in the home, Colt was not allowed to use them unsupervised.
As both Colt and Colin Gray face life in prison for their respective charges, the legal proceedings will continue to unfold in the coming months.
The tragedy at Apalachee High School has left the community grieving, and the charges against Marcee Gray further complicate the family’s already fraught situation.
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Sick kids usually come from sick parenting. A mutual acquaintance has two very messed up daughters. Both parents are disasters, but the mom thinks she is a model mother who, because she has a psychology degree, hears no feedback to the contrary. Everybody but here sees the real problems.
Always. Drugs also at play here. Once drugs are involved everything normal goes out the window.
Usually sick kids are on drugs, or not on drugs they should be taking. Parents can do everything right and the kid becomes the spawn of Satan for reasons having nothing to do with their parents or upbringing.
There is a higher likelihood, especially if society doesn’t model good behavior. Most kids coming out of awful families do not choose to do what they know – or should know – is WRONG. We hear now that if you are a victim, you can get away with any bad behavior. The more we get away from church and religious institutions, the more we see the breakdown of society. I think destroying a moral and intact society is a feature of some aspects of our country, not an accident.
No mention of Colt’s siblings in this broken family.
Please learn to write in a coherent and direct manner. Way too many words in this article, with several repeats. The story has no flow to it, like its a bunch of random thoughts out of order.
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Hmmm , well old saying says you can’t pick your family . Sounds like the bunch are mentally disturbed and should be locked up for everyone’s welfare. Mom , Dad and Son , and get mental help so they don’t kill the other inmates
Mental ‘help’ often means filling them with psych (ie brain damaging) drugs. The majority of school shooters were on one or other of these, I wonder if Colt was also?
It’s not the drugs. it’s the homosexual father.
It’s not mental help they need, it’s Jesus who can set them free in their spirits, souls and bodies by the power of the Holy Spirit (John 3:5-21; 8:23-24, Romans 8:1-2). It is sin that leads to death and only Jesus can cleanse us of our sins by His divine blood and make us whole and complete in Him (Romans 6:23, Colossians 2:9-10). The Bible is true.
It’s a heck of a lot of generations of broke.
The boy is rabid doggy for sure but both parents seem also to be rabid.
Heck, even grandma, allowed the cycle of violence to continue.
Answer? God jehovah/Yahweh, generously applied, and the putting down of rabid doggies fo the good of the village.
So either RVM has the info incorrect or is misleading the public. How can the elderly abuse happen in 2022 months BEFORE the school shooting? The school shooting just happened in 2024. And why would these charges just all of a sudden come back up? Why wasn’t she charged back in 2022? Something doesn’t jive with this article. Unless I am missing something. But I read it twice. And if both of the parents supposedly called the school, then why didn’t the school do something to prevent this. If this is true, then the school is just as liable as the parents. But I guess real journalism is dead in America these days.
the school counselor who was contacted was attempting to get the boy before the shooting but got him confused with another student who left school early.
This is what happens when you move from 100 people per class high schools to 500 people per class. I’m certain they have plenty of school counselors working at that high school. Lot of good they did. Private school
Seriously, can the Federal Bureau of Incompetence BE any more useless?
After reading most of the comments, it sure seems that the article leaves a lot to be desired.
Children in America have grown up with guns in the home, even loaded weapons, not necessarily locked up, and knowing how to use them in self-defense or not to touch them. I grew up with unlocked liquor, but it didn’t occur to me to take the liquor. My father grew up with guns in the home, and nobody thought to use them for malicious crimes. This whole family was crazy. The son was old enough to know right from wrong but chose wrong. We need to get back to teaching Judeo-Christian values in which stealing, murder, and lying are all WRONG. This results from a lack of proper values and horrible modeling. But even so, increasingly, more kids come out of such families but choose to imitate the elevated values of the community if they exist, with no recourse to a trusted adult, priest, rabbi, or pastor.
The whole family is left wing scum.
What a tragedy, all around!