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Eve Carson’s case is closed, but her legacy lives on through the Carolina Way

By Chelsey Dulaney | January 7

Eve Marie Carson’s murder was a random crime — but it has left a permanent mark on the University and those who knew the vibrant, beloved 2008 student ...

Judge hopes sentencing in Lovette trial will make days 'a little brighter'

By Chris Harrow | December 20

Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole for the murder of former UNC student body president Eve ...

Laurence Lovette sentenced to life in prison for Eve Carson's murder

By Chelsey Dulaney | December 20

More than three years after her death, the second man accused of former Student Body President Eve Carson’s murder has been found guilty. Following ...

Defense questions Atwater's absence in closing argument

By Chelsey Dulaney and Steven Norton | December 19

In closing arguments for the trial of Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. Monday, defense attorneys pointed out a “missing chapter” absent from the ...

Closing arguments begin in Carson murder trial

By Chelsey Dulaney | December 19

In a crowded Hillsborough courtroom, prosecutors urged jurors to look at evidence and testimonies presented in court that link Lovette to Carson’s violent ...

Defense declines to present evidence as prosecution rests its case against Lovette

By Tarini Parti | December 15

Laurence Alvin Lovette, the man on trial for the murder of former student body president Eve Carson, declined to testify in court Thursday, as the prosecution ...

DNA on car door a match to Lovette, SBI investigator says

By Chris Harrow and Steven Norton | December 14

A State Bureau of Investigation analyst said the DNA found on the interior door of Eve Carson’s Toyota Highlander was many thousand trillion time ...

Childhood friend of accused Carson killer gives details about murder

By Chelsey Dulaney and Chelsea Bailey | December 13

On the night of March 4, 2008, Jayson McNeil received a call from his childhood friend Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. asking for a ride to Chapel Hill. Lovette, ...

Details in Eve Carson investigation show how Lovette became suspect

By Jeanna Smialek | December 12

Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. is standing trial for the March 2008 shooting former Student Body President Eve Carson — but he wasn’t even on the ...

Those who knew Laurence Lovette testify about the days following Eve Carson's murder

By Chelsey Dulaney , Chris Harrow and Dan Wiser | December 9

Shanita Love was Demario James Atwater’s live-in girlfriend in 2008 when he was charged with the shooting of former Student Body President Eve Carson. ...

Two receive Eve Carson scholarship

By From staff and wire reports | December 8

Irene “Rena” Avramidis and Sarah Kaminer, both juniors, will receive a stipend for summer enrichments as well as a scholarship covering half ...

Testimony in Laurence Lovette trial provides possible details on Eve Carson killing

By Dan Wiser and Jeanna Smialek | December 8

As the second day of testimony in the trial of one of the men accused in the 2008 shooting of former student body president Eve Carson continues, the ...

Witnesses recount first hours of Carson murder in first day of testimony

By Sarah Glen , Nicole Comparato , Steven Norton and Jeanna Smialek | December 7

As testimony began in the trial of Laurence Alvin Lovette, Jr., the man accused of killing former student body president Eve Carson in March 2008, details ...

Opening arguments begin in Lovette trial

By Sarah Glen and Steven Norton | December 7

Attorneys defending Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., a 21-year-old Durham man charged with the murder of former UNC Student Body President Eve Carson, urged ...

Eve Carson’s legacy continues to shape public safety measures

By Chelsey Dulaney | December 4

In the days following the murder of former Student Body President Eve Carson, a wave of shock resounded throughout the normally quiet town of Chapel Hill. ...

Lovette trial jury selection almost complete

By Conor Furlong and Chelsea Bailey | December 1

Today could be the last day of jury selection in the case of the man accused of killing former student body president Eve Carson. After getting off ...

Mahato evidence could be admissible in trial for Carson murder

By Jeanna Smialek | November 28

Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. is accused in two different murders — and when evidence is presented in his trial for the March 2008 murder of former student ...

The NC probation system is still seeing changes three years after Eve Carson's murder

By Jeanna Smialek | November 22

Three years after former Student Body President Eve Carson’s murder exposed cracks in the N.C. probation system and prompted a total overhaul, practices ...

Lovette pleads not guilty to Carson killing

By Jeanna Smialek | November 17

Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., the man prosecutors say killed former student body president Eve Carson, pleaded not guilty on counts of first-degree murder, ...

Eve Carson's legacy to live on through memorial 5K race

By Emily Overcarsh | November 17

Members of the campus community will celebrate what would have been former Student Body President Eve Carson’s 26th birthday on Saturday by raising ...