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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, August 4, 2019

Questions Into the Ether...


Incredibly, we are just a month away from the 7th anniversary of this horrific crime; another year of speculation, podcasts, frustration, and seemingly no progress. Will CHPD come out with any sort of statement or news, beyond ‘we’re working on it,’?… seems doubtful. Either lawyer-types don’t want them to talk (and 'compromise' the case) or their own P.R. folks don’t want them to talk (and possibly confirm that the case was bungled early on). 
Does anyone who knows anything directly about the crime (i.e. the perps) still reside in the area, in the state, in the country; are they even still alive? Is Parabon working on the case? In what sense is it NOT a cold case? Most students returning to the University of N. Carolina for fall semester right now probably have little or no memory of the crime. And so many new unsolved American crimes vie for attention each and every year how long will Faith's murder get the focus it needs? How many of Faith's loved ones and acquaintances will live long enough to see a solution or justice? How many more violent crimes has the perp(s) committed since that fateful morning 7 years ago (and how many more victims)? And when there finally is a solution to the case will the multi-year effort and difficulty make any more sense then it does now? Just asking....