2 Charged in UNC Student Leader Slaying

[Ghost in the Machine]

2 Charged in UNC Student Leader Slaying
Published: 3/13/08, 2:46 AM EDT
By ERIN GARTNER and MIKE BAKER

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) - A man charged with murdering the University of North Carolina student body president was arrested Wednesday as detectives hunted for a second suspect.

Police would not say which suspect they believe 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 days after Carson's death, police focused their investigation on several ATM and convenience store surveillance photos.

The school's Board of Trustees offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, and police received hundreds of tips after the first two photos were released over the weekend.

Demario James Atwater, 21, was arrested early Wednesday as he left a home in Durham that police had placed under surveillance after receiving a tip.

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[Ian David]

1. I couldn't figure out why that name Demario James Atwater sounded so familiar...

James E. Atwater
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James E. Atwater is an American physical chemist. He was awarded the 2006 Wright Brothers Medal for his work on microwave powered methods for microbial stabilization and water recovery from solid waste.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._(%22Jim%22)_Atwater


No, that's probably not it...

Maybe...


Lee Atwater
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Harvey Leroy "Lee" Atwater (February 26, 1951 – March 29, 1991) was a political consultant and strategist to the Republican party in the United States. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Newberry College, a small private Lutheran institution in Newberry, South Carolina.

Atwater was a trusted advisor of U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. He was also a political mentor and close friend of Karl Rove. Atwater invented or improved upon many of the techniques of modern electoral politics, including promulgating reputation-destroying rumors. His opponents have characterized him as the "happy hatchet man"<1> and "the Darth Vader of the Republican party".

Atwater was also a musician. He briefly played backup guitar for Percy Sledge during the 1960's, and frequently played with bluesmen such as B.B. King. Atwater recorded an album with King and others on Curb Records in 1990 entitled "Red Hot & Blue". His controversial life is the subject of the feature-length documentary film Boogie Man<1>.

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Atwater


Ah-ha!

I wonder if he's related to Lee Awater?



http://www.nndb.com/people/019/000043887/ http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/12/unc.arrest/

[Ghost in the Machine]

2. 2nd Suspect in Duke Death to Appear in Court

Suspect in Duke Death to Appear in Court
Published: 3/14/08, 9:28 AM EDT
By MIKE BAKER

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A teenager charged in the death of a Duke University graduate student is scheduled to make his first court appearance.

Authorities say 17-year-old Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. should be in court Friday morning in Durham. He faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Abhijit Mahato (Ab-ah-SHEET muh-HA-toe).

Mahato had been a 29-year-old doctoral student in computational mechanics. He was fatally shot in January inside his apartment.

Lovette also is charged in the death of the University of North Carolina student body president. Eve Carson was found fatally shot March 5.
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So, the little 17 year old punk is suspected in TWO murders? If guilty, fry his ass. Period. Fry his buddy, too. They've both proven that they're unfit for society. They're multiple offenders already. Violent offenders at that. Why should taxpayers have to pay for them to languish in prison for the next 40 or 50 years?