Officer Darren Wilson recently married another member of the Ferguson Police Department , a source close to Wilson said . According to a St. Louis County marriage license , Wilson on October 24 married Barbara Lynn Spradling , with whom he shares a home in St. Louis . Sparse information was available from the marriage license and application . Wilson , 28 , is nine years younger than his wife and had a previous marriage end in divorce , dissolution or annulment , the application says . This was Spradling 's first marriage . Municipal Judge Christopher Graville performed the service in Oakland , about 15 miles south of Ferguson , the marriage license says . Wilson 's shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown is being investigated by a St. Louis County grand jury that will decide whether the officer will face charges . He is on paid administrative leave . What happens to Officer Wilson ? A six-year veteran of the Ferguson Police Department , Wilson has not been seen in public since Brown 's killing set off racial tensions in the St. Louis suburb and beyond .
Darren Wilson was another Ferguson police officer , a photograph and documents show . Document : Before his marriage , he shared a home with now - wife Barbara Spradling . The July 24 murder was Spradling 's first marriage and Wilson 's second .