The timing could be seen as coincidental, but it still shows you how time flies.
18 years ago, Rae Carruth was a star WR for the Panthers, before he sent a hitman to kill his pregnant baby mama, now his son will be going to his first Panthers game.
Six days after former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth was released from prison, where he served nearly 19 years for conspiracy to commit murder, one notable person in attendance at Sunday’s NFL game at Bank of America Stadium will be Carruth’s son, Chancellor Lee Adams.
Thanks to Carolina fan Jason Underwood and the Panthers, Adams and his grandmother Saundra Adams will have field access, lower-section seating and special parking for the 1 p.m. game against the Baltimore Ravens.
Chancellor was born with birth defects because he was deprived of blood and oxygen while in the womb of his mother, Cherica Adams, after she was shot four times in a plot devised by Carruth in 1999.
Chancellor was born hours after the shooting. Cherica did not survive.
Carruth, Carolina’s 1997 first-round pick, was sentenced to 18 to 24 years for his role in the murder. Now 44, he was released from a North Carolina prison on Monday.
Carruth has moved out of state.
Flip the page for the documentary about the case.