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Posted: March 19, 2008

Governor Offers $10K Reward in Carson Homicide

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Raleigh, N.C. — The Office of the Governor is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of possible accessories after the fact in the slaying of Eve Marie Carson.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president was found in a neighborhood about a half-mile from the campus in the pre-dawn hours of March 5..

Two suspects, Demario James Atwater, 21, and Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., 17, have been charged with first-degree murder.

A proclamation issued by Gov. Mike Easley, however, says, "It is believed that further information may exist that could possibly implicate others as accessories after the fact."

Anyone having information about the case should contact the Chapel Hill Police Department at 919-968-2760 or the State Bureau of Investigation at 800-334-3000.

The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees had offered a $25,000 reward through Crime Stoppers, but it was unclear Wednesday whether the reward was still being offered.

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I presume the governor will be offering similar "rewards" for those murders that don't make front page news?

winchester73
March 20, 2008 10:17 a.m.

It is not against the law to withhold information from LEO or anyone else. The law can not make you tell what you don't want to tell. If you knew a crime had happened and didn't tell, you have not committed a crime. Legally no, but morally maybe. There was a case in Raleigh a few weeks ago when the defendant was released and murder charges were dropped because witnesses refused to testify. Is that not accessory after the fact? Why weren't they charged? Because it was a young black man murdered and his murderer was also black, so it wasn't important.

ctechic2004
March 19, 2008 9:28 p.m.

The Denita Smith Case as well as that of the Duke graduate student did receive media attention that was appropriate. If their friends, families, and coworkers had flooded the wral site with comments there would have been continued attention to their tragic stories also. The difference is the number of people Eve Carson touched in her life. That in no way makes her more "valuable" as a life, but it certainly ups her "news worthiness." Stop commenting on the site if you want to see the story treated with less media attention. Each time you comment, you increase the news worthiness of this case. I personally followed each of these cases because I am a mother soon to send a child off to college. I just wish we could keep th focus on stopping the crimes rather than whining about petty media coverage. MAy they all rest in peace.

Citizen7265
March 19, 2008 8:44 p.m.

I think that should include leads t who killed that smart intelligent duke student as well. Everyone seems to have forgotten him and his life was just as valuable as Eves's IMO. Not one word mentioned about him and ?"Atwater was the one who shot him in the head first before shooting Eve.

ladyblue
March 19, 2008 7:36 p.m.

piperchuck thanks for the info :-)