A teenager accused of killing two college students in North Carolina was ordered held on a $3 million bond Friday. Laurence Lovette, 17, is charged with murder in the slayings of Duke University graduate student Abhijit Mahato and University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson. During his initial appearance in the Mahato killing, prosecutor Tracey Cline said she asked for the high bond because Lovette is already facing trial on numerous other charges.

Court records show that between Mahato's slaying in January and Carson's death last week, police arrested and changed him with felonies ranging from burglary to car theft to resisting arrest.

Lovette wasn't a suspect in Mahato's death until after police in Chapel Hill began investigating Carson's slaying. The 22-year-old from Athens, Ga., was found lying in the street about a mile from North Carolina's campus. She was shot several times, including once in the temple.

Lovette was arrested in the Carson case after police released two surveillance photos they said show him using Carson's ATM card while driving what appears to be her Toyota Highlander.

Cline said detectives linked Lovette to Mahato's death through phone records, a vehicle and items taken from his home. The 29-year-old doctoral student in computational mechanics, originally of Tatangar, India, had been shot to death inside his apartment a few block south of Duke's campus.

Lovette was appointed a public defender. His next court date was set for March 27.

Lovette is scheduled to make his first appearance in the Carson case in nearby Hillsborough later Friday. Authorities have also charged Demario Atwater, 21, in Carson's death, and Stephen Lavance Oates, 19, in Mahato's killing.