A man who pleaded guilty to former Student Body President Eve Carson’s murder will spend the rest of his life in jail.
Demario Atwater, 23, was sentenced today in federal court to life in prison on two counts and 10 years in prison on three counts.
He was also ordered to pay more than $212,900 in restitution, said Lynne Klauer, spokeswoman for the federal court in the Middle District of North Carolina.
The life sentences are for federal counts of kidnapping resulting in death and carjacking resulting in death. Atwater can serve the sentences at the same time. Atwater will serve 10 more years for three separate weapons charges.
He is allowed a 5-year supervised release during the life sentences, Klauer said.
“The sentences are as expected based on the pleas,” she said.
Judge James A. Beaty Jr. said the sentences cannot be served at the same time as any sentences in state court.
Atwater already has accepted a state sentence of life in prison without parole in exchange for the state not pursuing the death penalty.
Prosecutors say on March 5, 2008, Atwater, along with Lawrence Alvin Lovette, kidnapped Carson from her home, took her to withdraw money from her account and then shot her five times in a neighborhood off East Franklin Street.
