Eve Carson Killer Laurence Lovette: Super-Predator in a Revolving-Door System

 

 

Lovette was convicted earlier today for the March 5,

2008 murder of Eve Carson. Lovette and his crime

partner, Demario Atwater, blew the right side of Carson's pretty

face off.

 

 

 

Killer Laurence Lovette Jr., in his "I'm a

scholar, not a psychopath" court costume

 

 

By Nicholas Stix

 

In case someone should object that since the following list only cites three B&Es, two murders, and one case of resisting arrest, please note that a typical career criminal with a fraction of his crimes, the then 17-year-old Lovette had only just been getting charged as an adult, and he was out of circulation from November 13, 2007 through January 16, 2008. His juvenile court records are sealed, but apparently his fingerprints were in the criminal system, due to his juvenile crimes, which permitted police to track him down in November, 2007, for his first two "adult" burglaries.

 

A mope like Laurence Lovette Jr. wakes up every day, and hurtles from one crime to the next. Even such seemingly mundane activities such as going out to eat at a fast-food restaurant and going to the men's room are opportunities to rob and assault people.

 

 

Lovette is now due to stand trial for the January 18, 2008 murder of Duke grad student Abhijit Mahato. If Lovette proves to have murdered Mahato, as well, it would mean that already at 17, he was a serial killer.

 

 

Posted: May 22, 2008

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/2924875/

Chronology of Laurence Lovette's criminal charges

WRAL.com

 

Durham City Manager Patrick Baker provided a chronology of the events between a home break-in and Laurence Alvin Lovette's arrests for the murders of Duke University graduate student Abhijit Mahato and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill senior Eve Carson.

·  Nov. 7, 2007: A homeowner reports a burglary. A vehicle at the home is also reported to have been broken into.

·  Nov. 7-9: Police investigate, and a fingerprint identifies Lovette as a suspect.

·  Nov. 13: Lovette is charged with felonious breaking and entering, larceny and breaking and entering a motor vehicle.

·  Nov. 14: At his first court appearance, Lovette is assigned a public defender. He is unable to meet his $20,000 bond and remains in jail.

·  Jan. 16, 2008: A plea deal gives a suspended 45-day jail sentence and probation and is ordered to pay restitution. Terms of his probation include not engaging in criminal activity. The investigating officer is in court but not allowed to testify. Lovette is released from jail.

·  Jan. 18: Mahato is shot to death inside his off-campus apartment.

·  Feb. 2: Lovette is arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle and resisting a public officer. He posts a $2,500 bond and is released.

·  Feb. 4: Lovette is arrested for burglary and felony theft charges. He posts a $10,000 bond and is released.

·  March 5: Carson is shot to death after a robbery.

·  March 13: Lovette is arrested and charged with first-degree murder for Carson's death.

·  March 17: A grand jury indicts Lovette on first-degree murder charges in Mahato's death.

 

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The story said Lovette was identified from fingerprints. So, to have his fingerprints, he had previous runins with police. How can someone so young be so cold blooded.

beachboater
May 22, 2008 9:32 a.m.

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Can you say Kangaroo Court

dianadarling
May 22, 2008 8:33 a.m.

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Previously, at WEJB/NSU:

"One of Eve Carson's Killers Gets Sentenced to Life Until Parole";

"Eve Carson Murder Suspect Trial Date Set";

"Laurence Lovette to Stand Trial in Eve Carson Murder";

"Upcoming, Diversity-Based Murder Trials the National MSM are Ignoring";

"Laurence Lovette Jr. Pleads Not Guilty to Murdering Eve Carson";

"Jury Selection Begins in Eve Carson Murder Trial";

"Trial Starts in Eve Carson Murder";

"Videos from the Trials of Laurence Lovette Jr. and Demario Atwater for the Murder of Eve Carson";

"Convicted Killer Demario Atwater's Girlfriend Testifies at the Trial of Laurence Lovette Jr. for the Murder of Eve Carson";

"How the Cops Got on Laurence Lovette Jr.'s Trail: An Eve Carson Murder Trial Update":

"HLN Covers the Eve Carson Murder Trial on the Air, but Not at Its Web Site";

"Medical Examiner, Friend of Laurence Lovette Testify in Eve Carson Murder Trial";

"Eve Carson Wanted to Pray with Her Killers";

"Eve Carson Trial on HLN";

"We Have a Match! Laurence Lovette's DNA was Found in Eve Carson's SUV";

"Prosecution, Defense Rest in Eve Carson Murder Trial; Closing Arguments to Come on Monday";

"N.C. Criminal Justice System Failed Eve Carson: Killer and Defendant were Repeatedly Arrested, Even Convicted While on Probation, Without being Jailed";

"NC Dept of Corrections Report Details Negligence That Led to Eve Carson Murder";

"Closing Arguments in Eve Carson Murder Trial"; and

 

"Laurence Lovette Jr. Found Guilty of Murdering Eve Carson"; and

 

"WRAL on Laurence Lovette Jr.'s Conviction, Sentencing for Murdering Eve Carson."