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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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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

A Voicemail!


Wow!, wasn't expecting to have another post this soon, but one of the local papers today carries a story of an odd, garbled voicemail from Faith's phone on the night of the murder, hitherto unreported by Chapel Hill's 'finest' -- it may indeed have nothing to do with the murder (as they seem to feel), but I suspect few trust their judgment at this point anyway. The story is here:

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/article60733021.html

And more importantly it comes directly from this crime-watch show just broadcast today:

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

(also available, in 5 parts, at YouTube):
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=crime+watch+daily+faith+hedgepeth

I haven't even had time to view it yet (nor listen to the voicemail), so may have more to write later (or perhaps not, if it only seems like overdone hype -- just peculiar that law enforcement felt a scribbled bag note was worth publicly releasing, but this voicemail was not).

ADDENDUM:  I'm late to the table on this; I see Tom Gasparoli has already posted some thoughts about the story/new-info here:

http://www.gaspowrites.com/2016/02/179-terrible-seconds-first-thoughts-on.html

(I'll withhold any thoughts 'til I've reviewed the program and tape for myself.)

ADDENDUM II:  I've given the show a once-over (and parts of it a twice-over) now...

I don't find it convincing... but that's not to say I think it's wrong. It is merely to say, that from what was shown I don't feel confident enough of the forensics and expertise involved to trust the conclusions reached. And unfortunately these type crime programs often hype/exaggerate their findings. The tape analysis and conclusions have been sent to law enforcement, so we'll see (perhaps) if they find the analysis useful or actionable. As a viewer, without knowing further details of the methods, it is simply difficult to judge the validity of the results .
Having said that, the show clearly (without using names) is pointing a finger at at least two people. Frankly, I almost hope the show is wrong, because if it is right about those two individuals who were essentially looked at closely by police early on and turned free, it would be even more damning of law enforcement's competency in this case.
Anyway, somewhere, the truth is out there... and perhaps we are drawing closer to it.....

ADDENDUM III (2/21/16) : just a quick note that local reporter Mark Schultz has now posted again on the voicemail story; nothing really additional to above information, but at least keeping the story up front:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/article61107117.html#storylink=mainstage

Personally, I remain rather skeptical of the voicemail interpretation, but perhaps time will tell otherwise.




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