After spending 17 years behind bars, former NFL star Rae Carruth is a free man. Rae Carruth was convicted of murder after hiring a hitman to kill 24 year old Cherica Adams almost 20 years ago. Cherica, a real estate agent, was in a romantic relationship with Carruth when she became pregnant. Rae wanted her to abort the child. When Adams refused, the father-to-be decided to take matters into his own hands. He hired a thug to take the lives of Cherica and their unborn child. Chancellor, who is now 19 years old, survived the incident, but suffers from cerebral palsy because of his premature arrival. Unfortunately, his Mother wasn’t so lucky.
The shooter and the hired shooter were both tried and convicted. And now…..19 years later? Rae Carruth is walking out of prison a free man.
“In 2001, Rae Carruth went to prison, convicted for conspiracy to murder his pregnant girlfriend, Cherica Adams.
Monday he walked free, having completed his sentence. At 8:02 a.m. ET, Carruth, the former Carolina Panthers wide receiver, walked out of Sampson Correctional Institution, got in a white Chevy Tahoe and drove away without speaking to an assembly of reporters outside the facility.
“I’m excited about just being out of here. I’m nervous just about how I’ll be received by the public,” Carruth said in a phone interview with WSOC-TV on Sunday. “I still have to work. I still have to live. I have to exist out there and it just seems like there is so much hate and negativity toward me. I’m actually somewhat frightened.”
Whether he will seek a relationship with his son, who was born with brain damage after being removed from his dying mother’s womb, is unclear.
Here’s the only statement Carruth has given since that dreadful night.
“I’m apologizing for the loss of her daughter,” Carruth told WBTV of Saundra. “I’m apologizing for the impairment of my son. I feel responsible for everything that happened. And I just want her to know that truly I am sorry for everything.
“If I could change anything, I’d change the whole situation. His mother would still be here and I wouldn’t be where I’m at. So that’s what I’d want to change. I want the incident to never have happened at all.”
No word on whether or not Rae will play an active role in his son’s life. He may even want some sort of custody. However, Cherica’s Mom Saundra, Chancellor’s caregiver, has made it clear that this will never happen as long as she’s living.
We’ll keep you all in the know for all of the latest developments.
I understand people makes mistakes but this man took someone’s life and impaired his son for life! How is he out already? He doesn’t deserve to see his son.
Just let him see his son and let feel that pain so hard for what he has done! That’s his twin
Put him back in jail. (17) years wasn’t near enough time for taking someone’s life. 😡