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Salguero-Olivares Pleads Not Guilty | Seattle News
Miguel Salguero-Olivares has pleaded not guilty to rape and murder charges tied to the 2012 death of UNC-Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth, with trial set for September 28. DNA evidence led to his arrest nearly a decade later in 2021, but prosecutors now seek to bar defense arguments that someone else committed the crime. Meanwhile, both sides battle over evidence rules — prosecutors want to exclude polygraphs and limit media during sensitive testimony, while the defense pushes to reveal why rape charges were initially dropped. The outcome of these pretrial motions could dramatically shape…
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