eve carson

The murder of Eve Marie Carson, the Student Body President at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, took place on the morning of March 5, 2008. [1] Demario James Atwater, a 21-year-old resident of Durham, North Carolina has been charged with her murder.[2] A second suspect, 17-year-old Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr.,[3] was taken into custody early morning March 13, 2008.[4] Lovette was later also connected by investigators to the January murder of 29-year-old Duke University engineering student Abhijit Mahato.[5][6] Contents [hide] 1 Murder 2 Victim 3 Aftermath 4 References 5 External links //

Murder Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. using Carson's ATM card

Carson's body was found at the intersection of Hillcrest Circle and Hillcrest Drive in Chapel Hill at approximately 5 a.m. on March 5, 2008.[7] Police could not immediately identify the body, but at 9 a.m. on March 6, 2008 police investigators and the office of the medical examiner identified the body as that of Carson.[8] Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran said that Carson's death appeared to be a random act. Police recovered her car more than a mile away from her body after receiving a tip from a local witness. Police also released images from a security video of a person using Carson's ATM card.[9][10]

Carson was shot several times including a shotgun blast to the head.[11] According to a confidential informant to Chapel Hill police, both Atwater and Lovette shot her.[12] The medical examiner said that Carson had not been sexually assaulted.[1][13] The victim, Eve Marie Carson

Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. was arrested almost 24 hours after the arrest of a man who, police say, joined him in the murder. Lovette, 17, and Demario James Atwater, 21, were charged on March 11, 2008 with first-degree murder in the crime while Lovette was still at large.[3]

Victim

Carson was born in Athens, Georgia, on November 19, 1985, where she attended Clarke Central High School.[14] She was elected president of the high school's student body and was valedictorian.[1] While at UNC, Carson majored in Political Science and Biology, in the pre-medicine career path,[1] and was elected student body president for the 2007-2008 term. Her academic achievements earned her membership in the Phi Beta Kappa honor society and she was a recipient of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship. In her role as student body president, Carson served as a member of the university's board of trustees and many other committees.[15]

Aftermath Temporary memorial on Polk Place

UNC's Chancellor James Moeser spoke to the student body on the central quad, Polk Place, at 3 p.m., and at 7 p.m. students organized a candlelit vigil in "The Pit", a sunken plaza near the students' union building. The service included singing by three student a cappella groups and a slideshow of photos of Carson.[1] Hundreds of people attended Carson's funeral in Athens, including Moeser, who said that Carson was "truly a gift to Chapel Hill."[16]