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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, September 21, 2016

20/20 This Coming Friday


New story from Tom Gasparoli reporting that the 20/20 piece (ABC) on Faith's murder will be aired this coming Friday (9/23/16). Tom interviewed Miguel Sancho a senior producer for the story:

 http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/durham-news/dn-opinion/article102628902.html

 It doesn't sound as if ABC settled on any specific theory in the investigation, but we'll see. Nor does Sancho reveal any new information in the interview, but does say that “We are confident viewers of our report will get a significant amount of previously undisclosed information.” So that is encouraging.

More importantly we'll see if the national exposure brings any further developments in the 4-year-old tragedy.

 ADDENDUM:  ABC News has posted a promo for the 20/20 episode. It does contain a few new bits of information that I assume may be more fleshed-out during the program. At this late date (after what seems a sloppy investigation) new information has to be taken slightly skeptically unless fairly definitive evidence supports it. But after the show I may add to or alter the summary/timeline given above if new details appear convincing:

 http://abcnews.go.com/US/murdered-unc-students-final-moments-police-happened-faith/story?id=42281581



ADDENDUM II:  Have watched the show now, and it does contain at least some new information which I'll post about when I've digested it further (and in context of all past information) -- am sure it will get good coverage in local media, but again, while hopeful, feel skeptical of it solving the case (could even complicate the case further, but I need to review some old notes).
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