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WRAL.com archive: Abhijit Mahato murder case
Abhijit Mahato, a Duke University engineering graduate student from India, was found shot to death in his apartment on Jan. 18, 2008.
Durham County prosecutors on Friday dismissed a first-degree murder charge against one of two men accused of killing a Duke University graduate student more than five years ago.
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.
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.
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.
In the year since the 29-year-old graduate student was slain in a robbery, Duke University officials say they've tried to honor his memory and his family's wishes by increasing student safety.
Friends of Abhijit Mahato say they continue to struggle with why the 29-year-old graduate student was shot dead inside his apartment nearly a year ago.
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.
Laurence Lovette's probation officer has a criminal record, according to the state Department of Correction.
One warrant indicates police arrested Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. based on a tip from a friend.
Friends of Duke graduate student Abijhit Mahato gathered Monday night to remember his life and to raise awareness of violence in the community.
The state House passed House Bill 272 last year. The Senate is expected to consider it in May.
Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., who is accused of the March 5 killing of a UNC student in Chapel Hill, is also accused of the Jan. 18 shooting death of 29-year-old Abhijit Mahato in Durham.
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.
Abhijit Mahato, 29, was found dead in his apartment with a pillow over his face with soot surrounding a hole in the pillow, according to the autopsy report.
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 teen charged in Eve Carson's death is now a suspect in the January death of a Duke graduate student.
Stephen Oates and William Smith were indicted Wednesday in a series of Durham robberies between November and January.
Duke University planned to pay tribute Friday to a graduate student who was gunned down in his apartment last week.
Evidence from at least two armed robberies helped investigators link a Durham man to a Duke University graduate student’s death.
Two men partnered to commit a series of armed robberies that terrorized the community, Durham police said. One robbery ended in the death of a Duke University graduate student.
Police investigating the slaying of a Duke University graduate student filed a murder charge Wednesday against one of the people arrested after a high-speed chase through Durham and Wake counties.
Durham and Duke University police will increase patrols near campus, the university said Monday in light of three off-campus crimes over the weekend involving students and an employee.
Police are investigating the murder of a Duke University graduate student. Abhijit Mahato, a Ph.D. engineering candidate from India, was found shot to death Saturday at an apartment complex.
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