Attorneys request to move trial in death of UNC student
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Attorneys for a man charged with kidnapping and killing the student body president of UNC-Chapel Hill have asked to move the federal trial out of state.
WRAL reported Wednesday that attorneys for Demario James Atwater filed a request in U.S. District Court in Winston-Salem on Friday to move the trial, citing extensive media coverage they believe has corrupted any potential jury.
Atwater faces five federal charges in the death of 22-year-old Eve Carson of Athens, Ga. Carson was taken from her Chapel Hill home and watched as hundreds of dollars were withdrawn from her bank account at several ATMs. She was later shot five times, including once in the head with a 12-gauge shotgun.
Atwater faces the death penalty. He and another defendant, Laurence Lovette, also face state charges.
But Lovette won't face the death penalty because he was 17 at the time of Carson's death
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