By. Brady Sileo – Period 7

 Curruth stands at 5 ft 11 in. 194 lb.  Parents: Theodry Carruth (mother) and Samuel Curruth (father)  Raelondo Wright, Chancellor Lee Adams are his only two children  Born and raised in Sacramento, California, Carruth attended Valley High School and accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Colorado in Boulder  He played four seasons for the Buffaloes and was named a first-team All-America in  Carruth was a first-round draft pick in the 1997 NFL Draft, taken by the Carolina Panthers with the 27th overall selection.  He signed a four-year, $3.7 million deal that included a $1.3 million signing bonus.  Carruth had a respectable rookie season in 1997 and started 14 games. Wearing uniform number 89, he caught 44 passes for 545 yards and four touchdown passes.

 During Carruth's sophomore year at CU, his Sacramento girlfriend, Michelle Wright, gave birth to their son Raelondo.  Carruth all but neglected Raelondo until Wright sued him for child support. Wright later testified that Carruth agreed to pay $2,700 in child support.  He broke his right foot in the opening game of 1998, and did not catch another pass that season due to the injury.  He played in the first six games of the 1999 season, with 14 catches for 200 yards. He never played another game.

CrimeDateVictim(s)Punishment Conspiracy to commit murder. Firing into a occupied vehicle. Using an instrument to destroy an unborn child. November 16, 1999Cherica Adams(GF) and unborn child Chancellor Lee Adams Sentenced to 18 to 24 years in prison. He is serving the sentence at Tyrrell Prison Work Farm, North Carolina. Projected release date of October 22, 2018

 On November 16, 1999, near Carruth's home in Charlotte, North Carolina, Cherica Adams, a real estate agent he had been casually dating, was shot four times by Van Brett Watkins Sr., a night club manager and an associate of Carruth. Adams managed to call 911, and said that Carruth had stopped his vehicle in front of hers, and that another vehicle drove alongside and its passenger had shot her. Carruth then drove away from the scene.  Adams was eight months pregnant with Carruth's child at the time. Soon after her admission to the hospital, she fell into a coma. Doctors delivered the baby via emergency Caesarean section. Carruth went to the police and posted a $3 million bail, on condition that if either Adams or the infant died, he would turn himself in.  Adams died on December 14, The baby, named Chancellor Lee Adams, survived, but suffered permanent brain damage due to being without oxygen for 70 minutes.  Carruth fled after Adams' death, and was captured on December 15 in western Tennessee, found hiding in the trunk of a car outside a motel in Parkers Crossroads. Also in the trunk was $3,900 cash, bottles of his urine, extra clothes, candy bars, and a cell phone.

 Conspiracy to Kill: The Rae Carruth Story (Documentary) Conspiracy to Kill: The Rae Carruth Story details the sensational trial and includes an interview with the triggerman who confessed to the shooting while fingering Rae Carruth as the man who plotted the murder.

The Rae Curruth story is one that uses Differential-Association Theory to explain it. Before Curruth was a NFL rising star he had his issues with gang life and crime. The only reason Curruth left his home town of Californa is because of the football scholarship. This doesn’t mean he left his old life behind, after his conviction it was said the incident was a drug deal gone wrong. Showing that Curruth’s old life caught up with him or he never left it in the first place. That’s why I believe this is Differential-Association Theory because of the interactions he learned with his old life are still with him today.