Tomorrow will be the seventh anniversary of Faith Hedgepeth’s brutal murder with no indication of a suspect in sight. The UNC daily newspaper ran a summary article today on the crime (which many or most current students likely don’t even recall):
Surprisingly, the Chapel Hill police have not come out with their usual yearly statement asking (pretty futilely) for help from the public (if they come out with some statement tomorrow or this coming week, I’ll add an Addendum below to cover it).
After a long absence from the case, Tom Gasparoli is finally out with a 10-part podcast covering the crime (and it’s not overly kind to the Chapel Hill police effort):
Anyone interested in the case should definitely give it a listen (each episode ~25 - 30+ mins.). While most of it is old facts/information/speculations that we’ve seen before, there are, here-and-there, new bits not previously reported. Also, a good place for anyone newly-exploring the case to start. Different folks will find different things of interest. I’m intrigued by mention of a suspicious champagne Lexus SUV mentioned toward the end of episode 5 (seems like that should've been fairly easy to track down, though no indication if it ever was?), but there are other parts listeners may be drawn to as well. We keep meandering in circles on this case, with people largely locked into their own pet theories by now, and Tom’s effort probably won’t sway people’s opinions, but still interesting stuff to hear (even if there are several things I don’t concur with).
Wish I had more/better news to report at the 7-year mark — never dreamed this case would go unsolved for this long (even possible the murderer(s) is dead by now, though I doubt it; SOMEbody knows SOMEthing!). And still so many unanswered questions....
Keep the Faith....
