August 2004: Eve Marie Carson enters the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a freshman and a Morehead-Cain scholar.

Spring 2006: Carson studies abroad during her sophomore year in Havana, Cuba.

Feb. 20, 2007: Carson is elected student body president. In a runoff election, Carson beats opponent Nick Neptune 3,639 to 2,961. Carson garnered 40 percent of the initial vote and entered the runoff as the front-runner.

April 3: Carson takes office as student body president. “I’ve loved UNC since my first week here,” she says. “This year will be a year of growth and inclusion.”

April 2007: Not even three weeks into her term, Carson finds herself trying to console both the UNC and Virginia Tech campuses.

March 5, 2008: Police responding to reports of gunshots in the area of Davie Circle find an unidentified woman’s body lying in the road near Hillcrest Road and Hillcrest Circle, about a half-mile from the UNC campus. She had been shot multiple times.

March 6: Chapel Hill police identify the body as Carson. Within hours of the news, thousands gather on campus for a memorial service and candlelight vigil in her memory.

March 7: About 750 attend a memorial service for Carson at Clarke Central High School in Athens.

March 8: Carson is remembered at the final regular-season matchup between the UNC Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham with a moment of silence before the game. Fans of both teams wear light-blue and white ribbons in Carson’s memory. UNC basketball players wear a black patch with “Eve” on it.

March 9: Carson is buried at First United Methodist Church in her hometown of Athens, Ga. “The senseless murder of my sweet, sweet Eve is sadness defined, unfathomable and bottomless, but so appreciatively interrupted by each friend or family member who shares our grief,” her father, Bob Carson, says during a memorial service.

March 12: Durham police arrest Demario James Atwater, 21, on a first-degree murder charge in connection with Carson’s death. Chapel Hill police also issue an arrest warrant for 17-year-old Lawrence Alvin Lovette Jr.

March 13: Lovette is arrested in Durham and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Carson’s death.

March 18: UNC holds a memorial service to celebrate Carson's life at the Dean E. Smith Center. An estimated 15,000 people are expected to attend the event.