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Eve Carson homicide stories
Demario James Atwater, 24, avoided a possible death sentence in April when he pleaded guilty to five federal charges, including kidnapping and carjacking resulting in death, in connection with the slaying of Eve Marie Carson.
Demario Atwater will spend the rest of his life in prison, without the possibility of parole, in the March 5, 2008, shooting death of UNC Student Body President Eve Carson.
Demario Atwater, who has pleaded guilty to several federal charges related to the March 5, 2008, death of Eve Carson, returns to court to face state charges in the case.
Demario James Atwater avoided a possible death sentence Monday when he pleaded to federal charges in the 2008 shooting death of UNC's student body president.
Defense attorneys for Demario James Atwater asked for the change of venue last year, citing "extensive" media coverage that has tainted the jury pool throughout the state and therefore, violates their client's right to a fair trial by an impartial jury.
Defense attorneys for a man facing federal charges in the death of the UNC's former student body president claim he was beaten by Durham police during his arrest.
The U.S. government has until March 4, 2013, to charge Laurence Alvin Lovette in connection with Eve Carson's 2008 shooting death.
Defense attorneys for Demario James Atwater subpoenaed several news outlets to produce copies of their coverage regarding the case.
An estimated 400 to 500 people turned out Thursday afternoon for the dedication of the Eve Marie Carson Garden to remember the UNC senior who was shot to death two years ago Friday.
Judge Allen Baddour ruled that prosecutors have to turn over specific pieces of evidence that will not identify tipsters or informants.
Defense attorneys for a man facing federal charges in the death of the UNC's former student body president want copies of Durham police patrol car video and surveillance video from the booking room where he was kept.
Defense attorneys for Demario Atwater, who faces federal charges in the death of UNC's former student body president, want an evidentiary hearing before a judge on whether to move the case out of North Carolina.
Federal prosecutors say defense attorneys for one of two men accused of killing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's student body president last year have not demonstrated that a trial would be tainted without a change of venue.
Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour probed the finer points of discovery law and the policies of Crime Stoppers Wednesday before a decision about whether lawyers for two murder suspects should get broader access to records of tips called in to the program.
Attorneys for two men suspected of killing a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president want access to information phoned in by tipsters.
In a motion filed last week in U.S. District Court, Demario James Atwater's attorneys cite "extensive" media coverage that has tainted the jury pool throughout the state as grounds for moving the trial outside North Carolina.
Demario Atwater faces a number of state and local charges in the March 5, 2008, shooting death of Eve Marie Carson.
An attorney for Stephen Lavance Oates says he had nothing to do with the Jan. 18, 2008, death of Abhijit Mahato, then a Duke University grad student.
A judge on Monday set May 3, 2010, to begin trying Demario Atwater on federal charges in the March 2008 kidnapping and death of UNC student body president Eve Carson.
Demario James Atwater, accused of killing UNC's student body president last year wants to delay a trial on federal charges until next May.
Stephen Lavance Oates faces a number of charges, including murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon, in connection with the January 2008 shooting death of Abhijit Mahato.
Demario James Atwater, one of the suspects in the March 2008 kidnapping and murder of the UNC student body president, will stand trial beginning Nov. 2, a federal judge has decided.
UNC's chancellor called on students, faculty and staff to give back to the community as a way to remember Eve Carson, the slain student body president slain one year ago Thursday.
One year after the shooting death of its student body president, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is turning grief into action to remember Eve Carson.
Demario Atwater, accused of killing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson, pleaded not guilty to an added kidnapping charge.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will remember slain student Eve Carson with a ceremony on campus March 5 -- one year to the day after she was killed.
Federal prosecutors say Demario James Atwater fired the final shot that killed the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's student body president nearly a year ago.
Federal prosecutors have added language to the original indictment, now calling the murder of Eve Carson "especially heinous, cruel and depraved."
Demario James Atwater, 22, faces federal charges of carjacking and firearms resulting in death in connection with UNC senior Eve Carson's March 5 slaying.
A Durham man charged in the shooting deaths of Duke University graduate student Abhijit Mahato and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill senior Eve Carson will end up fighting fewer charges in court.
Demario James Atwater, 22, pleaded not guilty to federal carjacking charges, which could allow authorities to seek a death sentence.
One of two men charged in the shooting death of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill senior Eve Carson will be arraignment Tuesday morning in U.S. District Court in Greensboro.
District Attorney Jim Woodall announced in August he plans to seek the death penalty against one of two suspects charged in the UNC senior's slaying.
Demario James Atwater, 22, was indicted Monday on a charge of carjacking resulting in death, which could allow federal authorities to seek a death sentence.
A federal committee was meeting Monday to discuss whether Eve Carson's slaying should be handled as a capital punishment case.
District Attorney Jim Woodall also laid out a time line of what might have happened the morning Eve Carson was killed.
Federal sources told WRAL News earlier this month that investigators are looking at carjacking charges against the two men charged in her death – Demario James Atwater, 22, and Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., 17.
Indictments returned Monday in the Eve Carson homicide case reveal some new information about the weapons believed to be used in the UNC senior's death.
Authorities are also considering a federal carjacking charge against Demario James Atwater, 22, and Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., 17, now indicted on armed robbery, first-degree kidnapping and other charges in the UNC senior's shooting death.
The UNC student leader likely raised her right arm to protect herself before she was shot in the head with a shotgun. Meanwhile, more charges are possible, Orange County's DA says.
A former Wake County prosecutor said if the allegation that both Laurence Lovette and Demario Atwater shot Eve Carson with two different weapons is proved true, it would alter the dynamic of the case.
An anonymous caller also told Crime Stoppers that Laurence Lovette Jr. shot Eve Carson multiple times and that Demario James Atwater shot her as well.
Judge Allen Baddour found that releasing the information related to the investigation of the UNC-Chapel Hill senior's March 5 murder would no longer be detrimental to the state's case.
Jim Woodall asked a judge in April to keep the warrants out of the public eye while detectives wrapped up certain parts of their investigation.
The News & Observer of Raleigh has withdrawn a motion that the report be released in light of District Attorney Jim Woodall's announcement.
A report by the Durham city manager says Laurence Lovette Jr. might have been in jail if he'd been charged with more serious crimes for a home break-in before the murders of Eve Carson and Abhijit Mahato.
At that point, the district attorney said, he does not think it will be necessary to protect the information related to Eve Carson's death.
The News & Observer filed a motion Monday opposing the Orange County district attorney's request to seal autopsy results in the death of Eve Carson.
A judge ordered the document temporarily sealed at the request of the district attorney, who says continued secrecy is in the best interest of the ongoing investigation.
Search warrants related to the murder investigation into the UNC-Chapel Hill student leader's shooting death will remain under seal, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.
A judge will rule Tuesday whether the documents should be publicly released. Doing so, District Attorney Jim Woodall said, would identify informants who led police to the suspects in the UNC-Chapel Hill's student body president's slaying.
Orange County's district attorney says he still hasn't decided whether to pursue the death penalty if Demario James Atwater is convicted.
Eve Carson was a student leader, but she was also a student, "freaking out" about mid-terms, relishing late-night dance parties and following an inquisitive, carefree spirit.
The academic community will mourn the loss of UNC student Eve Carson during an afternoon service at the Smith Center. N.C. State students plan to wear Carolina blue in a show of solidarity.
Why was Demario James Atwater overlooked by the state's parole system, and why was a hearing about a parole violation rescheduled?
While setting bond for a teen suspected of gunning down a Duke University student, a District Court judge on Friday called on state lawmakers to swiftly pass legislation to crack down on street gangs.
Laurence Alvin Lovette had a cell phone stolen from Abhijit Mahato's apartment when he was arrested Thursday morning in the Eve Carson homicide case, prosecutors said Friday.
Because of age and geography, the two men charged in the slaying of a University of North Carolina senior won't likely face the death penalty in the case if they are convicted, according to observers.
Investigators don't believe the shooting deaths of two students at the University of North Carolina and Duke University are gang-related, Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez said Thursday.
A series of clerical errors forestalled the possibility of Demario James Atwater going to jail just days before the slaying of UNC senior Eve Carson.
A teen charged in Eve Carson's death is now a suspect in the January death of a Duke graduate student.
Heavily armed Durham police, surrounding a house before dawn Thursday, captured the second of two men charged with murder in the shooting of UNC's student body president.
Police were searching for a second suspect wanted in the shooting death of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's student body president.
North Carolina State University is asking all students, faculty, staff and alumni to wear Carolina blue Tuesday in remembrance of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's student body president.
As Chapel Hill police follow up leads from surveillance photos in the slaying of UNC-Chapel Hill Student Body President Eve Carson, debate over whether the photographed suspect is gang-affiliated lingers.
Eastgate Shopping Center is about 1.5 miles from where UNC Student Body President Eve Carson's body was found last week.
The photos show a black man who was alone in a convenience store at the time someone tried to use Eve Carson’s debit card at an ATM in the store, Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran said.
The Duke staff came up with the idea of the moment of silence, but decided the wearing of ribbons was best for the students.
A closer look at an ATM surveillance picture of a suspect whom police want to question in the murder of UNC Student Body President Eve Carson led them to believe that a second person was in the back seat at the time.
Friends and family mourned slain University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Body President Eve Carson in her hometown of Athens, Ga., Sunday. Carson’s body was found Wednesday on Hillcrest Circle in Chapel Hill.
Police asked for help Saturday identifying a man in surveillance photos whom they want to question in connection with the killing of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Body President Eve Carson.
The picture, possibly a surveillance photo, is not being made public at this time, police said late Friday. Police planned to give an update on the case at 11 a.m. Saturday. Watch it LIVE here.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has established a memorial fund in the name of its slain student body president, Eva Marie Carson.
The UNC community rallied around the memory and legacy of Eve Carson, a woman who friends remember as a generous and large-hearted spirit.
Police located Eve Carson's blue 2005 Toyota Highlander on Thursday, about a mile from where her body was found Wednesday.
Two memorial services Thursday each drew 5,000 mourners for UNC Student Body President Eve Carson, who was shot and killed early Wednesday morning near campus.
Chapel Hill police found the woman shot multiple times in the head and lying in a street Wednesday morning after someone reported hearing shots. They went door-to-door to ask if people saw or heard anything out of the ordinary.
Chapel Hill police say they are also interested in the type of shoes the unidentified victim was wearing.
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