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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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Friday, September 6, 2019

7th Anniversary


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....


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