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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, February 28, 2016

The Full Enhanced Voicemail


Tom Gasparoli has now posted the full enhanced version of the voicemail (with the transcribed words):
http://www.gaspowrites.com/2016/02/blog-post.html

Have to say I don't find the interpretation/analysis as given very convincing, especially without knowing more about the methodology/techniques used for "enhancement." May all be a red herring for naught; as others have noted the timestamp issue still needs to be resolved before taking the voicemail seriously.
Hopefully, in time we'll know enough more to ascribe proper weight (if any) to this latest bit of "evidence."

One thing I will note is that during the recent press conference regarding the indictment in the Mississippi Jessica Chambers case it was repeatedly stressed that the case was solved and driven by "forensics and data," NOT by the usual 'word on the street' or other public input. I can't help but believe that Faith's case too is likely reliant upon forensics and data -- law enforcement's repeated (almost obligatory) requests, at this late date, for new information/reports from the public, seem unlikely to advance the case. So it would be great if the voicemail indeed offered such forensic evidence; I'm just not persuaded as yet that it does.


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