Murder of Eve Carson
| Date | March 5, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | Eve Carson |
| Convicted | Demario James Atwater Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. |
| Charges | Atwater: first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm by a felon. |
| Verdict | Guilty |
On the morning of March 5, 2008, Eve Marie Carson was shot and killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States where she was a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .
Demario James Atwater and Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., two local men, were charged with her murder.
On May 24, 2010, Atwater pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in a plea bargain agreement that will have him serve two sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
In his December 2011 trial, Lovette pleaded not guilty but was found guilty and, like Atwater, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, a sentence that was re-affirmed in a 2013 retrial. The event received national exposure when it was mentioned by a contestant on the American Idol reality show. A park and a scholarship have been created in Carson's honor.
Carson was born in Athens, Georgia on November 19, 1985, where she attended Clarke Central High School. She was elected president of the high school's student body and was valedictorian. Carson began her college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her academic achievements earned her membership in the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, and she was a recipient of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship.
At UNC, she majored in political science and biology, in the pre-medicine career path. Outside of class, Carson participated in and led numerous organizations and service projects. She was selected to be a North Carolina Fellow, a four-year leadership development program, and posthumously received the Chancellor's award for most outstanding woman in the senior class and the General Alumni Association's Distinguished Young Alumnus award.
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