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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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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Nothing New


Nothing... at... all. :-(  Everytime I re-read the documents and reportage on this case I find some little bit I've missed before, leading to more thinking and a few more google searches, but each time I come away gleaning less than the time before. If I'm gleaning anything, it's more uncertainty. While I personally still believe the killer(s) came from The Thrill night club that fateful early morning, I am less certain he/they is among those mentioned in released documents (though still certainly could be). And yeah, there are plenty of other, completely different scenarios, as well.

The more I look at this and other cases, the more depressing it is how many major crimes go unsolved... or even when there are solutions, it is less than clear if the correct perp is apprehended. Very depressing (unlike the 1-hour cop dramas that have nice, tidy wrap-ups within 60 mins., perhaps even most major crimes go unsolved in this country). And each time I read through Faith's case now, it's 2-3 weeks minimum before I can bring myself to read through it again. The viciousness... the senselessness... and the incomprehensibility of no resolution after 2+ years.

Despite frequent police protestations to the contrary this has all the appearance of a cold case for law enforcement. Some one of us in the public must find the bit, the clue, the break, the connection, the comment, the untold secret, that will ignite a match under this case; that will shine a light where light hasn't shone before.
I still have hope and confidence that Faith's killer will be found... for one thing whoever did this will undoubtedly (and likely already has) commit other crimes; their fingerprints, DNA, or other connections back to Faith's murder will eventually show up on some screen somewhere. It is a matter of time. Here's hoping that all of Faith's friends and family are around long enough to see it happen.


2 comments:

  1. Why do you think the killer/killers came directly from the Thrill nightcclub? Just curious to know.

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  2. I could certainly be wrong… everyone can look at essentially the same information, and come up with different theories of how best to fit the pieces together.

    But it seems very coincidental that within a couple of hours of visiting a lively nightclub where a person engages both known and new acquaintances (and possibly had some arguments), many of whom were probably under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and where jealousies can easily arise, that person turns up dead.
    It’s possible that someone was lying in wait at the apt. complex, or even a random person (though seems unlikely) came out of from the woods around their building to pick out their apt., or other possibilities. (Also, possible someone was targeting Karena, but found Faith home alone — again unlikely). The crime seems one of impulse, not planning, and simplest explanation seems that someone at the Club, knowing the girls had left for home, followed thereafter at some point.
    Law enforcement is very convinced this was a “personal” crime by someone who knew Faith or had at least met her and the last place she met with a large group of individuals was The Thrill. Police also seem to feel they’ve interviewed/cleared all her closest associates, that only leaves (if not a random stranger) people she may have had only some casual encounter with (as at a nightclub).

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