Durham, N.C. — New search warrants in the case of a slain Duke University graduate student show police arrested one of the suspects based on a tip from a friend.
In a search warrant dated March 13, Durham police said they received information from a reliable source and friend of Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. indicating he was inside a home at 1914 Cook Road.
"The subject reported that she followed Lovette to this residence and watched as he entered alone," according to a probable cause affidavit. "She advised that she maintained constant visual of this residence until officers arrived."
Lovette, 17, surrendered to police hours after the warrant was issued.
At the time of his arrest, he was wanted on a first-degree murder charge in the March 5 shooting death of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Body President Eve Carson.
A few hours after Lovette was detained, police charged him with murder in the Jan. 18 death of Abhijit Mahato, 29, a doctoral student who was found shot to death inside his apartment near the Duke campus.
In a March 24 search warrant for DNA and photographs of Lovette, police said that a search of the crime scene yielded several DNA samples "presumably left on the scene by subjects other than the victim."
Another man, Stephen Oates, 19, of Anthony Drive, is also charged in Mahato's death.
Lovette is in jail under a $3 million bond in Mahato's death; he is in jail without bond in Carson's death.
Search Warrants Released in Duke Grad Student's Death
RELATED TOPICS: Abhijit Mahato, Eve Carson, Durham, Duke University
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well brain surgeon if you will read the article and follow along, the Probation Officer got the charges after she was already hired. She just didnt report the arrest to her supervisors. She will no doubt lose her job now!
March 26, 2008 2:45 p.m.
I dont think they told the media about anything to do with the search warrant. After search warrants are served and returned to the Clerk of Courts office, they are public record unless sealed by a court order. It appears the search warrant wasnt sealed by a Superior Court Judge.
March 26, 2008 2:42 p.m.
According to the article - the probation officer has had 11criminal charges against her....carrying concealed and DWIs. When did we allow probation OFFICERS to have criminal histories and keep their jobs?
March 26, 2008 12:27 p.m.
March 26, 2008 12:22 p.m.
Two different court systems and two different murders. Trying to comment on why one Judge set bail at $3M and the other denied bail would be speculation. Perhaps the evidence against him for the Orange County murder is more solid than for the Durham one?
March 26, 2008 10:54 a.m.