The Cold-blooded Murder of Eve Carson

She begged for her life but received no mercy and was killed execution-style

Anita Durairaj
4 min readMay 19, 2021
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In 2008, Eve Marie Carson was a brilliant and outgoing 22-year-old student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Carson was a pre-med student who was majoring in political science and biology. She had a long list of honors, awards, and achievements to her name. She was student body president, a member of the university board of trustees, and involved in honors programs at the university.

She excelled academically and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society as well as a recipient of several scholarships. In addition to academics, she had an interest in volunteering and spent time tutoring elementary and middle school kids. She had also traveled to different countries to volunteer as part of study-abroad programs.

She was due to graduate soon and had already received a prestigious job offer from Mckinsey & Company.

Carson had a promising future ahead of her but on the morning of March 5, 2008, her life took a sudden turn when she was murdered in cold blood.

The murder of Eve Carson

The day before her murder, Carson attended a basketball game with her friends where…

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