Federal grand jury indicts suspect in UNC slaying
GREENSBORO (AP) - Federal prosecutors have indicted one of the two men accused in the slaying of the student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A federal grand jury returned an indictment Monday against 22-year-old Demario Atwater. The indictment on a charge of carjacking resulting in death could allow federal authorities to seek a death sentence.
State prosecutors had already charged Atwater with murder in the March 5 death of 22-year-old Eve Carson, of Athens, Ga.
Also charged in state court is 17-year-old Laurence Lovette. He can't be sentenced to death because the crime was committed before he turned 18.
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey must approve seeking a death sentence in the federal case. Prosecutors said Monday he has yet to do so.
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Photo Caption: Demario James Atwater
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