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19-year-old University of North Carolina student Faith Hedgepeth was brutally murdered on the morning of Sept. 7, 2012, in an off-campus apt. To this day, despite LOTS of evidence and suspicions, the case remains unsolved. It is my hope that a collaborative Web effort ("hivemind") may accomplish what law enforcement has been unable to do in two long years… solve this vicious, senseless crime. In recent years Web collaboration of 100s, has been the tool allowing many decades-old problems in science to be solved in a matter of months; it can work for solving crimes as well. On behalf of Faith, her friends, and loved ones... let's DO IT!

Here are links to several of the podcasts/sites that have covered the case in recent years (and of course you can google for many more news reports) -- I would caution though that virtually all podcasts and extended treatments of this case (including this blog!) have some facts wrong, and are highly speculative:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np8a4FoGE20 [20/20 broadcast]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz8mBob9aPs ["Trace Evidence"]


https://truenoirstories.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/faith-hedgepeth/


http://twistedpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-50-the-murder-of-faith-hedgepeth


https://crimewatchdaily.com/2016/02/16/crime-watch-daily-investigates-the-murder-of-faith-hedgepeth/


https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/breaking-homicide/full-episodes/who-killed-faith (2018 episode)


ALSO, because of the heavy suspicion usually directed toward Karena Rosario, I'll leave a permanent link to this longish "Defense" of Karena that has been offered by a reader:

https://faithhedgepeth.blogspot.com/p/on-september-7-2012-faith-danielle.html


==> [Finally, I have moved the long introductory material to the bottom so newest posts will now appear closer to the top (but you can click as needed if you want to review, or read for the first time, the basics about this crime).]
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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Justice For Faith

This is a serious effort to use a cyber collaborative approach to connect the dots that, so far, law enforcement has been unable to do.
Commenters are encouraged to post any thoughts/links they wish to share that may prove helpful [or send to me at: delphi4c@gmail.com ] And pass the word of this site on to other interested parties.

Meanwhile, below, in no particular order, are some of the key questions I have that have likely already been answered by law enforcement:
1.  Why did KR leave the apt. around 4:30am, and what did she say in her morning calls to BME?

2.  Which fast-food place did the note-bag left at crime scene come from?

3.  What was Faith's approximate time-of-death?

4.  Have any fingerprints found at the crime scene been matched to any persons-of-interest?

5.  Were the individual apts. below and next to Faith's occupied at the time of her assault?

6.  Was handwriting analysis and comparison done on the note-bag left at crime scene, and were handwriting samples gathered from major persons-of-interest?

7.  If it is true (as reported from one source) that the apt. door was left unlocked when KR left, did the perpetrator(s) simply walk through an unlocked door (and was Faith asleep?) or did in fact Faith let someone in?

8.  Faith worked at a "Red Robin" restaurant near her apt. Did any employee or diner of that workplace ever come under suspicion?

9.  Who did DB, BME, and others drive home with when leaving The Thrill?
          10. Are there any remaining persons of interest who have NOT given DNA samples?    
           Also, have all personal DNA samples taken been buccal swabs?  

          11.  Who is ETJ's cousin that lives in same complex or was at The Thrill on night-in-question?
12.  Am curious if the DNA on-file from the crime scene is routinely RE-run through a national database every 6-12 months?

If anyone can send along fairly definite answers to any of the above please feel free to.
I have many other questions about various details, but will leave those aside for now.

What pressing questions do YOU still have?
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5 comments:

  1. I am curious as to the 911 call- specifically this excerpt, "C: I don’t know what’s going on. Like…there’s stuff in my room that, like, was not here before. Looks like someone had came in here.

    Op: Okay.

    C: It really does.

    It looks like someone came in here. Because…I don’t understand."

    Was it the note she was speaking to here, or were there other pieces of evidence left in her room that were so obviously out of place she was able to look past the horrific scene in front of her and notice them? In summary, what is she talking about here?

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    1. This comment about there being evidence of someone else having been in her room, along with the numerous times she repeats that she just got home and that she doesn't know what happened, is her way of saying someone else did this and she has no knowledge of what happened and isn't involved, which is exactly what an innocent person would be focused on, right? You call 911 to report you just found your roommate bludgeoned to death in your bed and instead of being worried the murderer might still be nearby or trying to help your roommate, instead almost every sentence has to do with conveying how much you didn't do it or know who did, and how you were definitely not there when whatever happened happened. Obviously innocent...

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  2. I've usually presumed this was a reference to the alcohol bottle(s?) that were present and not usually in that room, but I don't know for certain. "Clutter" was reported in the room by police, so it's possible there were several things present that came from other rooms, or even as you suggest, the bag-note.

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  3. Was there ever mention of surveillance footage from the fast food restaurant that the bag came from -- Time-Out?

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    1. I don't recall ever hearing of any surveillance footage from Time-Out being available. In it's old location it does seem likely that there may have been cameras in use, if not for Time-Out itself then for some of its neighbors or the parking lot, but I've never heard of such... of course, there's a great deal the police have never divulged about their investigation, so who knows.

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