UNC Student Body President Murdered

[RTBP]

I meant to post this yesterday. A couple of nights ago, Chapel Hill Police were investigating a "shots fired" call in a nice neighborhood in CHapel Hill. When they got there they found the body of a young woman and she had been shot several times in the head. A day later they found out she was the student body president - Eve Carson. Sad Sad day for Tarheel fans.

Here are a couple articles:

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/cri...ry/987371.html

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	CHAPEL HILL - Police are following leads in the slaying of Eve Carson, the UNC-Chapel Hill student body president, but say they have no suspects or motives they are willing to discuss."It feels like a fairly random crime," Police Chief Brian Curran said. Carson's 2005 Toyota Highlander was found Thursday less than a mile from where she was discovered shot to death early Wednesday, just outside Chapel Hill's downtown. Curran could not say how long the sport utility vehicle had been there but said police think that in the hours before Carson, 22, died, the vehicle was driven from the cottage she shared with four roommates. "I can't tell you why I think that, but I'm confident it was," Curran said. "We think that whoever perpetrated the crime was at some point in that car." A woman reported the car to police about 2 p.m. after seeing it parked on a dead-end stub of North Street, around the corner from Carson's house at 202 Friendly Lane. "I wasn't even paying attention," said Erin Rice, who was listening to the news on the radio. "And I said, 'Oh, there's a blue Highlander' ... and my heart just starts pounding." The day before, a report of gunshots had led police to the Hillcrest neighborhood, a collection of architectural gems on a rolling, wooded hilltop northeast of the UNC-CH campus. Police found Carson with gunshot wounds, including one to the head, about 5:15 a.m. Carson was wearing a dark blue T-shirt, gray sweat pants and white athletic shoes but carried nothing that might have helped police identify her. Carson's roommates identified her body Thursday morning. A man at the house later Thursday declined to comment.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335803,00.html

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	Detectives in three states on Thursday were hunting for clues in the mysterious shooting murders — a day apart — of two college coeds from Georgia, and sources have told FOX News that an arrest may be imminent in one of the killings. Police in Auburn, Ala., said Thursday afternoon they are pursuing promising leads as they try to identify who killed 18-year-old Auburn University freshman Lauren A. Burk of Marietta on Tuesday night near campus. Local reporters told FOX News' Greta Van Susteren Thursday evening that authorities are said to be close to an arrest, though no suspects have been named. WBRC's Dave Bondy told Van Susteren that Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones had said investigators are investigating the possibility Burk knew her attacker, but the sheriff wouldn't say whether police had confirmed that detail. Meanwhile, officials at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill said town police had identified the young woman found dead Wednesday near the campus as 22-year-old Eve Marie Carson, the popular president of UNC's student body. Police Chief Brian Curran said her death appeared to be a random act, and police don't know what she was doing in the upscale residential area where her body was found. University Chancellor James Moeser said there was nothing to link Carson's slaying to anyone on campus.

[BucNut]

Wow, that is terrible. Very rare for something like this to happen in Chapel Hill.

[NR4]

almost too sad to comment on. RIP...for both girls...shocking. Hope they catch the bastards soon.

[BucShot]

I don't know what's happening in the world these days but stuff like this was extremely rare when I was growing up. Now you see it in the news everyday. It's gotten to the point where you almost don't want to leave the house anymore.

[RTBP]

Both suspects are in custody! The second one was caught this morning at around 4 am.
I have some friends on the Chapel Hill PD and have been told some of the details that aren't being released. Once the details come out, I am sure this will be a Death Penalty case....and that is saying a lot for Orange County, they are normally anti-death penalty, but NOT in this case. I can tell you that this was probably gang related as one of the suspects is heavy into gang life in Durham and the second suspect is a young kid (17)....can you say "gang initiation"? Looks like it to me anyway. I guess we will know more when they are able to release details.


Police Capture 2nd Suspect in UNC Student's Slaying




Durham, N.C. — Heavily armed Durham police, surrounding a house before dawn Thursday, captured the second of two men charged with murder in the shooting of the student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Lawrence Alvin Lovette Jr., 17, surrendered to officers from the department's Selective Enforcement Team outside a house on Cook Road at 4:16 a.m. Police had surrounded the house hours before after receiving an anonymous tip through the Durham County Sheriff's Office.
SET officers, the Hostage Negotiation Team, Criminal Investigations/Homicide and the Mobile Command Post responded after officers set up the perimeter at the house.
Negotiators worked for more than an hour and a half to communicate with Lovette. He began talking with them after he was provided with a telephone, police said. He later agreed to surrender peacefully.
Lovette's arrest came about 24 hours after Durham police arrested the other suspect at another Durham home. They took Demario James Atwater, 21, of 414-B Macon St., into custody at about 5 a.m. Wednesday during a raid at a house on Rosedale Avenue.

He spent most of Wednesday being questioned at the Chapel Hill Police Department, and detectives charged him Wednesday afternoon with one count of first-degree murder in the March 5 slaying of the 22-year-old Carson.
Wednesday, police had raided a house on Shepherd Street looking for Lovette. They did not find him then and continued searching through Wednesday evening.
In announcing Atwater's arrest on Wednesday, Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian J. Curran said, "This is still an active and ongoing investigation." He declined to comment on specific details about the killing.

Who Are the Suspects?

Curran said Atwater and Lovette were the men captured in two sets of surveillance photos made public in the days following Carson's death. Investigators received hundreds of calls because of their release, he said.

Lovette was identified as the driver in ATM surveillance photos. Police were trying to pin down whether he was driving Carson's blue Toyota Highlander at the time.

Two surveillance photos from a convenience store show a man, whom police said was Atwater, inside at the time an attempt was made to use Carson’s debit card at an ATM in that store.

Atwater has a criminal record dating to 2004, including charges of robbery, drug possession and resisting arrest. He was due in court earlier this month on a breaking-and-entering charge.

In 2006, he was sentenced to 24 months' probation for possession of a firearm as a felon. He had a court date on that charge the week before Carson's death.

Court records also show Lovette has a criminal background, with charges of breaking and entering and larceny. He is on probation for larceny and is due in Durham court this month on charges of first-degree burglary, felony larceny of a motor vehicle and felony larceny after breaking and entering.

Search Intensifies for Lovette in Durham
The home where police first looked for Lovette is owned by Melissa Lovette, who neighbors said is likely Lawrence Lovette’s grandmother.

Officers removed children from a day-care operation inside and monitored the house for more than two hours before throwing concussion grenades inside and searching the building.

Lovette never emerged, and SET officers left a few minutes later. State Bureau of Investigation agents moved in to collect evidence.

The afternoon drama included the evacuation of surrounding homes and the dismissal of students from Morehead Montessori School across the street. Parents were called to pick up their children from the school’s gymnasium, which is on the far side of the building from the police activity.

The police action stunned neighbors.

“Ms. Lovette is such a sweet neighbor, a sweet lady,” Jon Fish said. “We’ve seen Lawrence out shooting baskets hundreds of times.”

'Cloud of Grief' Lingers

News of an arrest spread through Chapel Hill and a relatively quiet UNC campus, where students are on spring break.

"I think that's great. I just hope they made the right arrest," UNC student Lauren Waldron said. "And I hope this whole thing can be put to rest and that Eve's family can move on, and we all can move on as a community."

Atwater's arrest came exactly one week after Chapel Hill police found Carson's body before dawn in a residential area a half-mile from the campus. The senior biology and political science major had been shot at least once in the right temple, according to a police report

"Hopefully, they have the right person. Yes, I'm glad," UNC employee Candi Day said. "If they do have the right one, I'm so glad"

Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy thanked investigators for their work on the case and reminded everyone that a "cloud of grief" lingers.

"As encouraging as the developments today are, we are still a community in grief," he said. "We have come together during this difficult time to comfort each other and to help heal our community. But we also still must offer comfort to a family in mourning."

UNC Chancellor James Moeser expressed similar sentiments in a written statement.

"Our interests are in seeing justice served and helping our community during this difficult time," he said. "We are thankful for all of the expressions of support pouring in for the Carolina family and our local community in these past few days. Those kind thoughts and prayers for Eve Carson's family and our community have made a difference."

[NR4]

That's good news. Two less pieces of human dung to deal with.

Wonder if there is an update on the other Ga girls killer?