Van Brett Watkins considers a question asked by defense attorney David Rudolf on Dec. 20, 2000, in Charlotte, during the capital murder trial of Rae Carruth. Watkins was convicted for shooting ...

Van Brett Watkins, the man who spent about 20 years in jail for his role in former NFL player Rae Carruth’s plot to kill his pregnant girlfriend, has died, according to online prison records.

A motion to suppress statements made by the man who admitted killing former NFL player Rae Carruth's pregnant girlfriend was denied yesterday in Charlotte. Carruth's lawyer, David Rudolf, then ...

Van Brett Watkins, the hitman who admitted to ... always claimed through his attorney that Watkins killed Adams in violent retribution for Carruth backing out of a potential drug deal that he ...

Shirley Riddle, a deputy sergeant with the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Department, said Van Brett Watkins ... Defense attorney David Rudolf said in his opening statement that Watkins killed ...

Van Brett Watkins, the hitman who always maintained he was hired by former Carolina Panthers receiver Rae Carruth to commit one of Charlotte’s most notorious crimes, has died in a North Carolina ...