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Carla Ann Hughes (born June 12, 1981) [1] is a former middle school teacher and murderer from Jackson, Mississippi, who was convicted of two counts of capital murder for the November 29, 2006 slayings of her lover's pregnant fiancee, Avis Banks, and Banks's unborn child. [2] She is serving two consecutive sentences of life without parole at the ...
May 19, 2023 · Carla Hughes' defense tried to pin the blame on Keyon Pittman, painting him as a womanizer. The fiance Keyon Pittman, who admitted having an affair with Carla Hughes, was initially...
Oct 15, 2009 · By Emanuella Grinberg. CNN. (CNN) -- A Mississippi schoolteacher was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday for shooting and stabbing to death her lover's pregnant fiancee in 2006. Carla...
May 25, 2020 · Carla Hughes. Carla Hughes was born on June 12, 1981, in Greenville, Mississippi, and had a privileged upbringing after being adopted by Carl & Lynda Hughes. She was put up for adoption by a cousin of Carl Hughes who could not afford to raise her. Carla’s biological mother asked the Hughes to adopt her, which they did.
Nov 7, 2021 · Pittman and Hughes were teachers at the same school and had begun their affair shortly after Banks became pregnant. Pittman claimed their relationship was based purely on sex. There was compelling evidence against Carla Hughes. The two main pieces of evidence against Hughes were the murder weapons and cellphone data. Hughes’s cousin told the ...
Nov 6, 2021 · November 6, 2021. In November 2006, just a few days after Thanksgiving, young mother-to-be Avis Banks was found brutally murdered in the garage of her home in Ridgeland, Mississippi. As the authorities scrambled to find leads in what looked like a burglary gone wrong, the case took a surprising turn.
Oct 14, 2009 · CNN. CANTON, Mississippi (In Session/CNN) -- A Mississippi middle school teacher could face the death penalty after she was found guilty Tuesday of fatally shooting and stabbing her lover's...
