UNC honors murdered student body president Eve Carson on 40th birthday

Posted Nov 23, 2025
Eve Carson is frozen in time as the bubbly, beloved UNC student body President. A bright future was cut short in 2008, when she was kidnapped, robbed, and murdered, shocking the UNC community. On campus Wednesday, she was remembered on what would have been her 40th birthday. Carson's leadership inspired a new generation of students. (ABC 11)

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