today is the first day things have started to wind down with the eve carson story. police have now arrested 2 men for her murder...turns out the 17 year old they arrested is now not only being accused of eve's murder but of a duke grad student back in january...

charles (one of our photogs) and i are now at the chapel hill police department waiting it out...i cant imagine the chief wont do some sort of news conference today now that the investigation i s coming to an end...even if it's just to thank everyone who's helped them solve the crime.

the media frenzy is gone for the first time. right now, there is only us and WRAL (the local CBS affiliate). im sure the WTVD (abc affilitate) will be showing up sometime later. all the national media is gone...it was weird to pull into the pd this morning and only see 2 tv news stations here...for the last week and a half, there's been at least 7 or 8 (and countless other newspaper and radio stations too).

i am really looking forward to this weekend to be off! i have worked 12 days straight and cant wait for a couple of days off! this has been an absolutely terrible story to have to cover...however, as a reporter, you always want to be involved in covering the big story when it happens (if you dont feel that way, you're probably in the wrong profession!) i just feel honored to have been able to be here through it all...next tuesday UNC is holding a formal memorial service for her...i hope i will be able to cover that (even though it's going to be incredibly sad).

anyway, the sun is starting to come ouot and im feeling really good today! tired, yeah...but still good! :)