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Via: WRAL.com

Earlier today Demario James Atwater was sentenced to life in federal prison without parole for his part in the murder of Eve Carson.

He avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty to five federal charges, including kidnapping and carjacking resulting in death, in connection with the March 2008 slaying of Eve Marie Carson.

Today in court he looked directly at Carson’s parents and apologized for his actions.

Prosecutors say that Atwater and another man, Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., abducted Carson from or near her home and took her in her SUV to make two ATM withdrawals. Then, on Hillcrest Road, blocks from the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, prosecutors say, Lovette shot her four times with a handgun, and Atwater fired a fifth, fatal shot from a shotgun.

The family said they chose not to speak in court or to confront Atwater.