PHOTOS: Rae Carruth

Former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth spent the last 18 years behind bars for plotting to kill the mother of his unborn child.

Rae Carruth in a 2017 Sampson Correctional Institution booking photo

Rae Carruth after he was arrested on charges of murdering Cherica Adams in 1999.

July 25, 998: Wide receiver Rae Carruth #89 of the Carolina Panthers looks on during the 1998 Carolina Panthers Training Camp at the Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Mandatory Credit: Erik Perel /Allsport

Nov. 9, 1996: Wide receiver Rae Carruth of the Colorado Buffaloes runs down the field during a game against the Iowa State Cyclones at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado won the game 49-42. Mandatory Credit: Steve Dykes /Allsport

Oct 17, 1999: Rae Carruth #89 of the Carolina Panthers smilles on the field during the game against the San Francisco 49ers at 3Com Park in San Francisco, California. The Panthers defeated the 49ers 31-29. Mandatory Credit: Otto Greule Jr./Allsport

Rae Carruth's girlfriend Cherica Adams.

Rae Carruth's son, Chancellor Adams

Chancellor Adams with Charlotte Hornets legend Muggsy Bogues

Chancellor Adams and his grandmother Saundra Adams, Cherica Adams mother.

Cherica Adams mother Saundra

Cherica Adams

Van Brett Watkins, the man convicted of murdering Cherica Adams

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PHOTOS: Rae Carruth

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