Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer who killed unnarmed teenager Michael Brown in August -- igniting a national firestorm around issues of race and the legal use of lethal force -- has recently gotten married.
Wilson, 28, applied for a marriage license last month in Clayton, Mo., outside St. Louis, according to the New York Times. On Oct. 24, he wed another officer in the Ferguson Police Department, 37-year-old Barbara Spradling, with one of his lawyers as a witness.
According to the Times, a clerk at the building was "surprised" Wilson stayed in St. Louis County, where the marriage license would be exposed to greater scrutiny. But he went "unnoticed" at the time of his application, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Wilson disappeared from public view almost immediately after the shooting and has remained on paid administrative leave. He has reportedly failed to appear in court on cases in which he was an arresting officer.
A grand jury has been investigating Brown's death and a decision on whether to indict Wilson is expected at any time, as cities around the country prepare. He appeared before jurors for several hours in mid-September.
