TRACK 54: AVIS BANKS
Summary:
The year is 2006. Avis Banks, a 27 year-old mom-to-be and fiancé, was looking forward to what the next few months had in store for her. Avis, who was only 5 months pregnant, had just moved into a new house in Mississippi with her fiancé, Keyon. Avis was living a fairytale life and in the midst of planning a fairytale wedding, which was set for early 2007. It all seemed so promising until hints of a double life sends this picture perfect family crashing down.
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An image of Avis Banks
Another picture of Avis Banks
Avis and her fiance, Keyon Pittman
Avis with her sisters Latonya and Fredreana
An image of Carla Hughes, convicted of murdering Avis Banks and Avis’ unborn child.
This episode was made possible because of the below sources:
TV SHOWS:
Snapped, Season 7, Episode 30, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KX_ciyIsLEc
A Wedding and a Murder, Season 1, Episode 8, (clips) https://www.oxygen.com/a-wedding-and-a-murder
Forensics File, “Textbook Murder,” Season 14, Episode 9, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbdEUIcjIT
Investigation Discovery’s ‘American Monster: With Honors,’ Season 7, Episode 3,
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/video/american-monster-investigation-discovery/with-honors
Killer Diaries: The Case of Carla Hughes, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Hd1P7qtDI
Dateline NBC: Deadly Affair (2010), Season 18, Episode 60, https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3184862/
ARTICLES:
https://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/14/mississippi.teacher.slayings/index.html
https://kileystruecrime.squarespace.com/kileystruecrimeaddict-blog/the-murder-of-avis-banks
OTHER SOURCES:
Murder on the Market (podcast) Ep. 17 - The Murder of Avis Banks
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-17-the-murder-of-avis-banks/id1620999739?i=1000578884265
Carla's Appeal:
https://www.wapt.com/article/carla-hughes-loses-appeal-in-capital-murder-case/2079462
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ms-supreme-court/1604051.html
Legal Support for Carla:
http://justice4carla.blogspot.com/2015/03/carla-hughes-was-framed-hughes-is.html
https://www.wlbt.com/story/13067025/madison-judge-denies-carla-hughes-a-new-trial/