Slain Georgia Students Remembered

Police May Have Evidence Of 2nd Suspect In UNC Case; Mother Of Auburn Suspect Apologizes

(CBS/AP)  Heartbroken mourners searched soul and scripture Sunday to understand why someone would fatally shoot a popular University of North Carolina student body president and cut short a life with such promise.

For the hundreds gathered at Athens First United Methodist Church, Eve Carson should still be at school, studying political science and biology, teaching science to grade schoolers and planning her next trip abroad.

"We should not be here this afternoon," senior minister Bill Britt said, angry that the 22-year-old was not instead celebrating spring break or getting ready for the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament.

"It is too soon to be remembering the life of Eve Marie Carson," he told the mourners who gathered here in her hometown or came down from the university in Chapel Hill, N.C. Many wore Carolina blue ribbons in her honor.

"Eve Carson was truly a gift to Chapel Hill," UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser said.

Carson was in a four-year leadership development program for undergraduates, taught science at Chapel Hill elementary schools and spent summers volunteering in such places as Ecuador, Egypt and Ghana.

Carson was found Wednesday morning lying on a street about a mile from campus. She had been shot several times, including once in the right temple. Police are searching for a man photographed using her ATM card.

According to a report on the Web site of The News & Observer of Raleigh, Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran said authorities believe there may have been a second person in the automobile as well.

Black and white photographs distributed Saturday show what looks to be a large, shadowed figure behind the driver's side head rest. What looks like someone's shoulder can be seen between the driver's seat and head rest.

Police have said the SUV in the surveillance photo could be Carson's blue 2005 Toyota Highlander. If there was a second person in the back seat, it could explain how the killer or killers got away and the SUV was found parked around the corner from Carson's home.

CBS New correspondent Jeff Glor reports that Carson was remembered with a moment of silence at last night's usually rowdy North Carolina-Duke basketball game.

Friends say it was tough to find a bigger basketball fan than Carson, Glor reports, and she was honored at the game as fans on both sides wore Carolina blue ribbons.

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In Marietta, Ga., the hometown of slain Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk, a rabbi asked hundreds of people gathered at her funeral to turn their anger into something positive and let the justice system handle her killer.

Rabbi Steven Lebow said Sunday at Temple Kol Emeth that mourners should give blood or donate to charity in her memory.

"It would be easy to give way to our emotions this afternoon because there is a spectrum of feelings broiling and unsettling our souls," Lebow said. "The right thing isn't vengeance. The right thing is justice.

Burk, 18, was found shot on the side of an off-campus road Tuesday night. Her car was found that night burning in a campus parking lot. A man has been charged in her death.

Lebow said the person who took her life committed two unpardonable sins - murder and theft.

"He stole from Lauren's family the trust that all of us have that this is a good world, that Auburn is a safe town. He stole from all of us the sense of security that makes normalcy and life possible," Lebow said.

A white casket holding Burk's body was placed at the front of the sanctuary. Childhood and teenage pictures of Burk were displayed in the synagogue's lobby.

The mother of Courtney Lockhart, the man accused of killing Burk, offered an apology to Burk's family in a television interview, saying her son was an Iraq war veteran who was changed after his service.

A source told CBS News affiliate WRBL that Lockhart spent three years in the Army and was dishonorably discharged after punching his sergeant.

"First let me say I'm sorry to the Burk family for Courtney taking, taking their child. ... My heart goes out to her family," Catherine Williams said in the tearful interview with Columbus, Ga. television station WTVM.

But she also said her son did not confess anything to her.

Williams said her son, 23, hasn't been the same after serving 16 months in Iraq. She said her son had been living with her in Smiths Station, Ala., since returning from the war.

A Burk family spokeswoman said the Burk family likely did not see the Saturday evening interview.

"The family didn't watch any TV last night. I honestly don't know what their reaction is," Kathy Singleton said. "My heart breaks for anyone that's attached to the whole tragic situation."

[michellem99-2009]

This is sad. They go to college to learn a trade and this. It make no sense. Why is it more today. It is more shootings today. They got no business doing this. There was a day when we could go about our business. It is sad. I say it would be better if there is a buddy system- ye know a person with another. I rearly go alone and as a legally blind I don''t. If I do I carry a cell so my friend can call me or I him. There are too many crazies. RIP ladies. Ye did not ask to die some asre killed ye.

[ranger1948]

He was dishonorably discharged so he couldn''t have been a good soldier either. Blaming the war is an excuse. I fought in Vietnam and never killed anyone after i came back. In fact it changed me so much i haven''t had the desire to hurt or kill anyone since. I would to defend my family or an innocent victim of an attack, but i have no desire to do harm anymore.

[michellem99-2009]

I feel the military kicked him out for a reason. He never learnt ye don''t hit yer Sgt. I don''t care for the war. It is no reason to abuse others. In my eye that man is not fit to be a vet. Nam vets they are good, and they are thanked. I have no repect for a man that hurt a woman. He is bloody low and yellow belled. I thank all vets. If he is pissed that he got dishonourable from service but he wrote that ticket. Ye don''t raise yer paw and hurt others.

[ranger1948]

Being dishonorably discharged relieves him of the right of being called a vet. The man obviously has no respect for the rules society has set. Now an innocent lady has had her life taken by this animal. I hope he burns in hell. I don''t care what race he is i would feel the same towards anyone who does something like this.

[runningralph]

Liberal policies have been paying women to hatch out criminals in the US for decades. Criminal culture is glorified in movies and music. People that stand up for law and order are vilified in these genre. The birth rate among welfare recipients is higher than among taxpayers. The obvious end will be the break down of civilization. In the criminal culture the murder of these two girls will be a source of jokes and high fives.

[barbedoll-2009]

So where is Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson on this killings? Haven''t heard a peep out of them. But then again it''s 2 white girls murdered. Guess it really is not an issue is it?

[gunownerdan]

"We live in a world where more and more women are unaccompanied at odd hours, or they are vulnerable in dangerous places - a world where restraining orders are often ineffective and the police cannot be counted upon to arrive in time, if at all. In such a world, women must be able to protect themselves. In terms of both deterrence and lethal force, guns are among the most effective tools available for self-defense." -- Mary Zeiss Stange, "Guns, like abortion, are a matter of choice"

Armed women who can safely and properly use their firearms are MUCH harder to victimize.
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[billorights]

ElMentiroso says %u201CAll we have to do is read your posts!~%u201D

He previously wrote that he doesn%u2019t understand English very well, which explains why he doesn%u2019t actually read what is posted. All he seems to be able read is his own homespun phacts. The %u201Cwe%u201D in his collection of personas should learn how to read.

[bhappy2-2]

Williams said her son, 23, hasn''t been the same after serving 16 months in Iraq.

I don''t buy that. My nephew was in Iraq THREE TIMES. First tour was 16 months, second was three months, third was fourteen months. He hasn''t shot anyone since he came home the last time.

I still believe the most reasonable answer is concealed carry. While Ms. Burk was too young to legally carry a weapon, Ms Carson was not. Would the weapon have saved her life? I don''t know. But she would have had a chance, she could fight back. She would not have been an unarmed victim.

I know The ONE who shall remain nameless will disagree, The ONE thinks all guns should be banned because "Gun NUTZ" would be shooting at an armed target, probably for the first time. But, the CRIMINAL may well be shooting at a target that shoots back for the first time as well.

[my2centss]

16 months in Iraq and comes home a coward that has to attack little girls. How pathetic.

[Hetti2oo7]

I am so tired of people placing blame on others for their own actions. When is this nation going to wake up and realize the God put us on this earth with a heart to care and respect others and a brain to know right from wrong. It is time that we become a nation that commits RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS instead of random acts of violence. My heart goes out to the parents of these girls. I am a mother of 3 daughters and have a granddaughter. My girls know how to shoot and defend themselves. They know how to handle a gun and the dangers that go with owning a gun. I have a gun permit myself and hope to never have to use it but in the event that my life or the lives of my family is threatened,I will. Wouldn''t it be great to live in a society where you could trust people...where you could go to school without worrying about getting shot, raped or beaten? What has happened to our country? I pray for this country and all of its citizens. May God fill everyones hearts and souls. May the parents eventually find some peace. I am so sorry for their loss.