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For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Keith Acree
Date: December  3, 2002 Phone: (919) 716-3727

Witnesses named for Desmond Carter execution

RALEIGH- Witnesses have been named for the execution of Desmond Carter, scheduled for 2 a.m. Dec. 10 at Central Prison.

Official Witnesses

James Grogan – Assistant District Attorney
Wentworth, North Carolina

James Bowman – State Bureau of Investigation
Greensboro, North Carolina

Frank Brown – State Bureau of Investigation
Greensboro, North Carolina

Greg Light – Eden Police Department
Eden, North Carolina

Neil Purdy – Victim’s family member
Cedar Falls, North Carolina

Linda Purdy – Victim’s family member
Cedar Falls, North Carolina

Media Witnesses

Tim Yeadon - News & Record, Greensboro

David Wayne - WXII-TV, Winston-Salem

Ralf Walters - Reidsville Review, Eden Daily News and Madison Messenger

Estes Thompson – Associated Press, Raleigh

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