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Most Read. About 10 TV trucks and a couple of dozen members of the media awaited Carruth's release in a parking lot that bordered the prison.
Carruth didn't speak to reporters before entering a white Chevy Tahoe. It was not immediately known who picked him up or where he was headed.
Carruth must meet occasionally with authorities wherever he lives for a nine-month period as part of his post-release requirements. The Carolina Panthers' first-round draft choice in , Carruth served nearly 19 years in prison. In January , a Charlotte jury convicted Carruth of conspiring to murder Cherica Adams, who was nearly eight months pregnant with Carruth's child when she was shot four times inside her car on Nov.
At the time, Adams was Carruth's on-and-off girlfriend. Carruth was 25 on the night Adams was ambushed in Charlotte. Carruth is now 44 years old. His money is long gone, eaten up mostly by his legal defense.
His 4. His son Chancellor Lee Adams turns 19 next month. Chancellor Lee has been raised since birth in Charlotte by his grandmother, Saundra Adams. Cherica Adams was her only biological child. But I have learned to live, and move on, and to celebrate what I have left instead of just mourning what I lost.
Skip to content. WBTV News. About WBTV. Send us your photos! Cabarrus County. Submit your first-day photos! Collect to Connect. Coronavirus Plans. First Alert Weather Headlines. Bus Stop Forecasts. Power Outages. National Health Headlines. QC Kitchen. WBTV Recipes. On the Grill. After a nationwide manhunt, Carruth was captured in December , hiding in the trunk of a car in the parking lot of a Best Western in Tennessee.
Two years later, Carruth was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, discharging a firearm into occupied property, and attempting to destroy an unborn child. He was acquitted of first-degree murder and avoided the death penalty but received years in prison. In October , after almost 19 years behind bars, Carruth was released from prison.
He moved to Pennsylvania to live with a friend and start a quiet life. He has a job and can work from home on his laptop. Living a simple life out of the spotlight, Carruth told the Charlotte Observer he is a changed man. He has hopes and dreams like everyone else. In his case, he has one particular hope for the future. She has raised the now year-old and been with him each step of his challenging journey.
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