Carla Ann Hughes was born on June 12,1981 and 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.
15 Facts About Carla Hughes
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Carla Hughes is serving two consecutive sentences of life without parole at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility near Pearl, Mississippi.
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Carla Hughes was born on June 12,1981, and was adopted by her uncle Carl and aunt Lynda Hughes when she was six weeks old.
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Carla Hughes next earned her Master of Education degree from Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Carla Hughes then began taking graduate coursework in education at Delta State University.
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Carla Hughes started out her teaching career at an elementary school but then took a job as a 7th grade language arts teacher at Chastain Middle School in Jackson, Mississippi, where she met fellow schoolteacher and basketball coach Keyon Pittman, a graduate of Alcorn State University.
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Carla Hughes's body was discovered by her fiance Keyon Pittman, and it appeared as if the perpetrator had kicked in their back door.
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However, Carla Hughes's cousin indicated to police, via an attorney, that he had lent a loaded.
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Carla Hughes was originally charged with accessory to murder after the fact, but on December 8,2006, the charges were upgraded to two counts of capital murder.
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Prosecutors believed that Carla Hughes killed Avis Banks so she could be with Pittman.
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Cell phone records showed that Carla Hughes was near Banks' and Pittman's home at the time of the murder.
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Carla Hughes' attorneys called Pittman a "bona fide womanizer" who did not want to be married with a child.
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On October 12,2009, Carla Hughes decided not to testify in her own defense.
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On October 13,2009, after eight hours of deliberation, Carla Hughes's jury announced they had reached a verdict.
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Carla Hughes was found guilty on both counts of capital murder.