On November of 1999, a 24-year-old woman named Cherica Adams made a 911 call from a dark road in Charlotte, North Carolina. She had been shot four times. She was eight months pregnant. And before the call ended, she told police exactly who was responsible.

That name was Rae Carruth — a first-round NFL draft pick for the Carolina Panthers.

In this episode, we take a step back and look at the full picture — how it all came together, how it fell apart, and what happened in the years that followed.

This is one of the most infamous true crime cases in North Carolina history — and one of the darkest moments connected to the NFL.

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