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- Carla Ann Hughes (born June 12, 1981) 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.
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Nov 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.
Carla Hughes' trial began in October 2009. Prosecutors believed that Hughes killed Avis Banks so she could be with Pittman. Pittman testified for the prosecution on October 6, 2009, stating to jurors how he found Avis Banks' body in their garage, and talked about his relationship with Hughes. [8]
Jul 30, 2018 · In the summer of 2006, 25-year-old language arts teacher Carla Hughes met fellow teacher Keyon Pittman, 31, at Chastain Middle School in Jackson, Mississippi. The two immediately fell for each other, even though Pittman lived with his pregnant fiancée, 27-year-old Avis Banks.
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May 19, 2023 · In October 2009, Carla Hughes, a former Chastain Middle School language arts teacher, was convicted of capital murder in the November 2006 slaying of Avis Banks and her unborn child in a...
Nov 7, 2021 · American Monster is investigating the brutal murder of Avis Banks by Carla Hughes at her home in Ridgeland, Mississippi, in 2006. Banks was the victim of a love triangle, which involved her fiancee Keyon Pittman and Hughes with whom her husband-to-be had been having a sexual affair.
May 25, 2020 · Carla claims her innocence saying that she did not have anything to do with the murder of Avis Banks or her unborn child. She has made no statements regarding Keyon Pittman. She is currently housed at the Central Mississippi Correctional Institution.
Oct 15, 2009 · Prosecutors said Hughes killed Banks at her Ridgeland home so she could be with Keyon Pittman, Banks' fiancé and a fellow middle school teacher with whom she had a sexual relationship.
