Suspects Charged In UNC Student Slaying

21-Year-Old Arrested And Held; Police Still Searching For Second Suspect

(CBS/AP)  Two suspects were charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the killing of the University of North Carolina's student body president.

Demario James Atwater, 21, of Durham, was arrested and ordered held without bond. Police said they are still searching for the second suspect, 17-year-old Lawrence Alvin Lovette Jr.

Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran declined to say whether Lovett was the subject of an intense police standoff Wednesday afternoon in nearby Durham. City Councilman Eugene Brown said it appears the standoff was resolved without an arrest.

Police in Durham refused to comment, referring all questions about the standoff to police in Chapel Hill.

Shackled at the ankle and waist and with a public defender at his side, Atwater whispered "yes" when asked whether he understood the charge against him. His next court appearance was scheduled for March 24.

"I hope the arrest can ease the minds of some in the community," District Attorney Jim Woodall said.

Messages left with the Orange County public defenders office were not returned Wednesday.

Curran would not say which of the suspects shot and killed Eve Carson, 22, of Athens, Ga., who was found a week ago lying on a street about a mile from campus. The biology and political science major had been shot several times, including once in the right temple.

In the day after Carson's death, police focused their investigation on a suspect pictured in several surveillance photos using her ATM card.

Lovette was identified as the driver in ATM surveillance photos, reports CBS News affiliate WRAL-TV. Police are also investigating whether he was in Carson's blue Toyota Highlander at the time.

Two surveillance photos from a convenience store show a man, whom police said was Atwater, at the time an attempt was made to use Carson’s debit card at an ATM in that store, WRAL-TV reports.

The Board of Trustees at North Carolina offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in her death, and police received hundreds of tips after the first two photos were released over the weekend.

Carson was a prestigious Morehead-Cain scholar at North Carolina, where she was remembered by thousands who gathered Thursday at two campus memorial services. Hundreds of mourners filled the First United Methodist Church in Athens on Sunday at a memorial service in her hometown.

The university said Wednesday a third memorial service will be held next week at the campus basketball arena.

[thumblelina]

if Eve were my daughter, these animals would already be DEAD, i would find a way!

[oeangus]

Isn''''t it amazing that Democrats here defend the right of Black''''s to murder white people... - Posted by demslie

I''m sure if you tried another 50 times, you couldn''t write something less logical, transparent and irrelevent as far as this whole discussion goes. Congratulations.

[demslie]

Isn''t it amazing that Democrats here defend the right of Black''s to murder white people in the exact same way they defend the rights of terrorists to slaughter women and children all over the world. The same excuse, its all the fault of society, or America or George Bush. Never the fault of the genocidal murderers. And these are the people that want to rule this country.

[keithle1]

So many young black men are determined to ruin their lives. But why do you have to take innocent people down with you? Why do you have to murder people? Steal whatever you want to steal, you idiot.Then when the cops arrest you, you''re not facing a murder rap & a lot of serious prison time. For what? The temporary use of her car?

Black people prefer to talk about some white person who used the "n word." Don Imus should be boiled in oil for what he said! That''s what gets them outraged. Stupid stuff. Young black men becoming gangsters left & right doesn''t seem to be as big a deal. No one in the black community talks about that. If you''re white, you can''t say anything or you''re a hateful racist.

When all else falls, blame it on slavery & white oppression.

[julyo-2009]

I am hoping society and legal system give the opportunity to this young troubled boy to become one day University Student Council President with a Masters in Biology & Political Science.
He will learn from his mistakes.... He is just a kid!
Barack Obama for President! Mr President please give this boy a chance. please!

[uncblkpremed]

and tell me...how blacks were falsely accused of raping the moral and pure white woman (LOOK UP IDA B WELLS-Barnett) and were lynched---not because they actually raped the white women, but because they were gaining capital, land, and education---things that can not be controlled by the government if equal rights are employed---so with this White men and White women should be labeled as beasts and monkeys (who according to science we are all related to) because on a grand scale--more of them have made offenses against blacks and others--in comparison to the number of black murderers--look it up....lynching was a family/community event---kids would be forced to watch it---it was pure entertainment---how do you explain that---God forbid that blacks are allowed to have mental issues and complex---

I AM NOT DEFENDING THE IDIOTS THAT COMMITTED THE CRIME---BUT AM GREATLY DISTURBED BY THE BLATANT--(WELL WAIT NO ONE USES THEIR REAL NAMES--COWARDS)-- RACISM AND HATRED

GOD BLESS YA''LL AND GROW THE FREAK UP....EDUCATE YOURSELF AND SEE THE LIGHT AND TRUTH

[uncblkpremed]

Freedom of speech should not be given to idiots. The sad thing is that I was hoping that the suspects of the wonderful Eve Carson were not black, because of the ignorant responses and remarks that would pop-up nationwide on almost every blog site, or comment space available. Thank you Iceman_1960 I appreciate your post. And as for the "Black beast" comment---pick up a history book, or film, a real one, not the ones you probably were read in Public Primary schooling---and tell me how Blacks have been treated historically---all to keep us marginalized and oppress----visit the history of lynching--YOU DONT EVEN HAVE TO GO AS FAR BACK AS SLAVERY---just look at antebellum America (thats before the civil war)

[iceman_1960]

Lets not jump to racial stereotypes here.

Here"s another story in the news. Do we condemn all white people after this ?

"Confessed serial killer faces new charges

ST. LOUIS, Missouri (AP) -- A man [WHITE MAN] who authorities say has confessed to killing nine women in four states in the late 1970s and early 1980s has been extradited to Missouri to face charges in five of those slayings.

Timothy Krajcir [WHITE MAN], 63, agreed to the extradition Tuesday, and was taken from Illinois to Cape Girardeau, a Mississippi River town 100 miles south of St. Louis.

He was recently sentenced in Illinois to consecutive 40-year terms for the 1978 slaying of a 51-year-old housewife in Marion and the 1982 rape and strangling of a student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/12/serial.slayings.ap/index.html

[iceman_1960]

I haven"t read any of these posts yet, but I hope there aren"t any racist ones.

Black people are the biggest victims of black crime.

[cyberus-2009]

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Posted by jeffshang at 11:29 PM : Mar 12, 2008
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If you are going to spam prono/dating sites on blogs at t least you could learn enough english to not look stupid doing something stupid

[ranger1948]

oceangus
It dosn''t have to be about race, regardless of their color if they committed this crime they are not fit to live in society and never will be. Rehabilitation works for only a small percentqge of criminals. I DON''T CARE ABOUT COLR ONLY ABOUT IF THEY ARE GUILTY.

[ranger1948]

whatithink
Maybe a 12 year old president would be an improvement over what we have now, actually anything would be an improvement.

[moses_]

2nd Suspect In Slaying Of UNC Student? As the title suggests one or more individuals had no direction for their lives. They randomly went out and killed themselves a person. They were never taught about taking responsibility for their own actions. They could have reached out for the Lords love to guide them. As it is they only wanted self! The death penalty finalizes a murderer%u2019s earthly decision! To take a life brings consequences, their come-up-ins. It also gives the killer time to get right before his maker. Thus there is an end to this life but grace to find the Lord before the next. This sets a precedent. See it%u2019s that simple! A murderer%u2019s core being is bent on self! To take a life at random is hideous! The Mother and Father of this girl are at this time grief stricken. My heart and prayers for them is that Gods love for them will see them through this!

[subscriber2-2009]

KKK opened up some new shop. It was on the news.

All sizes all colors. There were some black people and spanish people photographed inside shopping.

[tbweb]

The way we scope things is very important. We can scope by human or by race or by culture or by country or even by age and gender, there are many scoping options and the choice drives us! Humans are only protected based on their weakest link! I recall when HIV and AIDS was first discovered in Africa, the first few documented cases. No one really cared, it was far away, way over there in Africa, let them deal with it, only they have it! The scope wasn''t Human, it was national. A lot or precious time was lost in the early days in dealing with AIDS, now AIDS is all over the World, out of control, the price humans paid for their limited selfish scope! Humans are only as strong as their weakest link! Not a great example but you get the point.

[tbweb]

Posted by Keithle1 at 09:45 PM : Mar 12, 2008k,,,

You can''t suppress an entire culture through "systematic strangulation", deny it access to quality education, employment, housing, food and keep it caged up in ghettos with thousands of people in the same boat living on top of each other with no hope or way out and not expect to breed bad seeds out of that situation. The effects are well documented, and while never an excuse there is cause and effect, answer that!

[keithle1]

Black people = 13% of the USA population.

That''s a MEGATON of killing & crime for such a small segment of the population. Agreed? Or do you want to blame it all on slavery & racism?

If black men & Hispanic men disappeared tomorrow, there would be a HECK of a lot less crime/murder in the USA.

I invite you to prove me wrong. Don''t just scream as if you were Al Sharpton or Jesse. PROVE ME WRONG. I dare ya.

You can''t do it. Impossible. IT''S TRUE.

[keithle1]

Another stupid homey. We seem to have an endless supply of violent thugs in this country. Don''t care whether they live or die or make it to 40. So why should they care about a pretty white woman? Her life means as much to them as a fly buzzing around their head.

You can''t rehabilitate this kind of slime. They spend their short lives going back & forth to jail/prison. You think they''re going to wake up one day & stop the gangster life? Decide to take a job at the postal service or driving an 18-wheeler for Wal-Mart? It''s not going to happen.

It''s time to take out the trash. Exterminate the violent thugs. Clear out the prisons so you don''t have all these junkies in there who are only hurting themselves. Make room for the real dangerous punks that prey on innocent citizens 24-7. You haven''t got the space or the money to lock up all of these people busted for drug offenses.

Stick the murderers, rapists, kidnappers, etc, behind bars. That''s what prisons were created for. Protect the people of the USA. NO PAROLE. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. Castrate them. Lock them up & throw away the key.

[cyberus-2009]

(pt 2)
Now on the flip side .. life without parole (40 yrs) in prison cost ranges from $600,000 to $900,000 (again dependig on whose numbers you use), there is *NO AUTOMATIC APPEAL* and the *TAXPAYER STOPS PAYING FOR THE LAWYER* at this point, either someone must raise the money for a lawyer or the convict must find one to work for free. Usually its game over.
Now I for one think that the economics of the death penalty make it a bad deal for the country, too much money for revenge IMO and that money could be better used elsewhere.
And to be honest .. while this case with video of the suspect using her ATM card etc is pretty convincing overall I don''t think our justice system is foolproof enough to be executing as many people as we do, especially given the number of people released from death row lately. If they come up with some better science or a better way of collecting evidence that isn''t based on what the cops and prosecutor want to find rather than everything thats available I reserve the right to change my mind and start looking for a tall tree.

[cyberus-2009]

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I hope NC has a DEATH PENALTY and I hope its like Texas. (snip for length) No 20 years of appeals and all that bull *** either.
Posted by Jettskiman
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(pt 1)
I hope they don''t ... and not for the reasons you might think.
They WILL get appeals .. they are *automatic*, and WE THE TAXPAYER will pay for as many lawyers billable hours as they can figure a way to cram onto that bill for the next 4-7 years .. total cost ranges between $3-6 million (depending on whose numbers you want to use).

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