UNC student body president found dead
March 7, 2008
The student body president of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill was found dead near campus from gunshot wounds early Wednesday morning.
Eve Carson, 22, wasn’t positively identified until approximately 9 a.m. Thursday.
Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran announced the identification of the body in a news conference Thursday around noon. Curran said the police department was still seeking leads and had not yet identified a suspect.
He said the last people to see Carson were her roommates at approximately 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. The police responded to a call at approximately 5 that morning.
At the time of the news conference, Carson’s car, a 2005 blue Toyota Highlander with Georgia plates, was still missing. Curran called for people to be on the lookout for its whereabouts.
Later in the day, Lt. Kevin Gunter stated in a news release the car had been located at about 2 p.m.
“Wednesday morning, I got an e-mail saying someone had been shot, but they were still unidentified,” UNC sophomore Jay Vora said Thursday. “It took them until today to find out who she was, and another e-mail was sent out about 11, and in that e-mail the chancellor announced that there would be the 3 o’clock memorial service.”
According to Vora, though the day was chaotic with the news, the community had a strong response.
“School wasn’t cancelled because everything was last-minute, but as people found out teachers were really good about letting students out early,” Vora said. “There were classes that ran from 2 to 3:30, but my class got out at 2:45 so everyone could go and get there by 3. I heard this from about everyone I talked to who was in class this afternoon (Thursday).”
The memorial service was held at Polk Place quadrangle on campus and Chancellor James Moeser addressed the crowd of about 5,000. He informed them about the events and talked about Carson and her contributions to the campus.
“There was a moment of silence and the bell tower played ‘Hark the Sound,’ the school’s alma mater,” Vora, who was in attendance, said. “The chancellor made a remark about it being her favorite song, because Eve was so dedicated to the school.”
The school also held a candlelight vigil for her Thursday evening. People spoke about Carson and her dedication to the community, the school’s a cappella group performed, and a slideshow was shown.
Carson was also involved in other events and activities around the campus.
“She was literally involved in everything. She was a political science and biology double-major,” Vora said. “She had just gotten into medical school four days ago. And while I am involved in quite a few things, she was involved 100 times more. I saw her a lot and she was always around campus. I don’t know one person who met her and didn’t love her."
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