Home News 

Story

Records: Probation Officer Never Met With UNC Murder Suspect

Posted: 8:15 am EDT March 26, 2008Updated: 10:04 am EDT March 26, 2008

Records show the probation officer ordered to monitor Laurence Alvin Lovette never met with the teen, now charged with killing two college students.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that records show officer Chalita Thomas went by Lovette's mother's home in Durham once in late February, but he wasn't there.

  • SLIDESHOW: Eve Carson

  • Lovette is charged with killing University of North Carolina student body president and Athens, Georgia, native Eve Carson earlier this month and Duke University graduate student Abhijit Mahato in January.

    Lovette had been placed on probation in January after he pleaded guilty to larceny and breaking and entering.

    Correction Department spokesman Keith Acree says the handling of Lovette's case is under review.

    Maxine Easom, the principal of Clarke Central High School in Athens, where Carson graduated as valedictorian in 2004 and was also elected student body president, talked about Eve to Channel 2's Rachel Kim.

    "We're devastated. Eve was just the most wonderful young woman you would ever want to know. She was brilliant. She was absolutely beautiful. Everything she did was aimed at helping other people," said Easom. "It's one of the greatest tragedies I've ever known. Eve was one of the young women who could change the world."

    More Headlines

    2 Investigates

    Scientists at the Georgia Aquarium have disturbing new research ... and what they're finding in ocean creatures could have massive implications for Georgians. Channel 2 Action News reporter Linda Stouffer got a close up look. Watch Video ››
    Pt. 2 Georgia Aquarium Researchers Conduct Seafood Testing
    DOLPHIN RESEARCH WEB EXTRAS: marineland.net | RAW VIDEO: Swimming With Dolphins | Fish Consumption Guidelines | Seafood Advisory Areas


    A local police major says he's been removed from hiring and recruitment ... a result of sexual harassment allegations by two women. Channel 2 Action News investigative reporter Mark Winne has the latest. Watch Video ››


    Federal law forbids paying welfare benefits to immigrants -- even legal immigrants. But a government investigation found that states all over the country are ignoring an important part of that law. When Channel 2 Action News reporter Richard Belcher asked Georgia's Department of Human Services what it was doing, the answer was: We don't know.

    A Channel 2 investigation is exposing critical 911 delays. Dozens of Channel 2 viewers called and e-mailed us and said they were put on hold during emergencies. Investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer spent months requesting and digging through records. While the city of Atlanta still hasn't provived all of what we asked for, Fleischer has uncovered what appears to be a 911 emergency.

    Channel 2 Investigates uncovers government waste , fraud and abuse. Full Story ››