2008 Woodie Awards
An unsolved murder induces mourning at U.North Carolina
By: U- WIRE
Issue date: 3/11/08 Section: Campus
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Chapel Hill, N.C., Police Department is continuing to search for new leads in identifying the murderer of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Body President Eve Carson, with the UNC-CH Board of Trustees committing $25,000 for information that could lead to an arrest.
Chapel Hill police found Carson's body Wednesday morning, and UNC-CH administrators alerted students of the shooting of an unknown person through e-mails and emergency text message alerts.
Police then confirmed her identity Thursday around noon and are investigating leads on the case.
Officers located Carson's car, a blue 2005 Toyota Highlander, near North Street at 2 p.m. Thursday after receiving calls about it.
The Chapel Hill Police Department is still investigating the incident and does not have a suspect or motive, according to Chief Brian Curran.
After tracking the use of Carson's credit card, police obtained photos from an ATM security camera of a person using her card who is now a suspect in the case, and released the photos Saturday during a press conference.
"This is our strongest lead right now and we're hopeful that we'll be able to get this guy identified," Curran said.
Police confirmed the vehicle, which a black male in his late teens to early 20s was driving, as Carson's car.
"At this point, it feels like a random crime," he said.
Curran said officials have found the keys to her vehicle but have not yet found her wallet.
In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Curran said police had filed a court subpoena for Carson's cell phone records.
According to the News and Observer, Chapel Hill police officers think there may have been another person in the car with the first suspect.
Carson, a native of Athens, Ga., was a Morehead-Cain scholar and a double major in political science and biology, according to a release UNC-CH Chancellor James Moeser posted on the university's website.
Chapel Hill police found Carson's body Wednesday morning, and UNC-CH administrators alerted students of the shooting of an unknown person through e-mails and emergency text message alerts.
Police then confirmed her identity Thursday around noon and are investigating leads on the case.
Officers located Carson's car, a blue 2005 Toyota Highlander, near North Street at 2 p.m. Thursday after receiving calls about it.
The Chapel Hill Police Department is still investigating the incident and does not have a suspect or motive, according to Chief Brian Curran.
After tracking the use of Carson's credit card, police obtained photos from an ATM security camera of a person using her card who is now a suspect in the case, and released the photos Saturday during a press conference.
"This is our strongest lead right now and we're hopeful that we'll be able to get this guy identified," Curran said.
Police confirmed the vehicle, which a black male in his late teens to early 20s was driving, as Carson's car.
"At this point, it feels like a random crime," he said.
Curran said officials have found the keys to her vehicle but have not yet found her wallet.
In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Curran said police had filed a court subpoena for Carson's cell phone records.
According to the News and Observer, Chapel Hill police officers think there may have been another person in the car with the first suspect.
Carson, a native of Athens, Ga., was a Morehead-Cain scholar and a double major in political science and biology, according to a release UNC-CH Chancellor James Moeser posted on the university's website.
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Craig Cobb
posted 3/11/08 @ 4:50 AM EST
The Houston Astros hat that Eve Carson's killer was wearing does have a gang affiliation. The "H" logo pays homage to Larry Hoover who was in various incarnations of the Black Gangster Disciples, which he founded. (Continued…)
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