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Faith Hedgepeth Murder Trial: Rum Bottle Weapon and Missing Evidence in UNC Student's Brutal 2012 Slaying | Crime Alert 10.17.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now. I'm Sydney Silvani.
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  Speaker 1: 14 years after University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  Speaker 1: student Faith Hedgepeth was found brutally beaten to death in
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  Speaker 1: her off-campus apartment, her final hours are being laid bare
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  Speaker 1: in a Durham County courtroom. 33-year-old Miguel Enrique Salguero Olivares
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  Speaker 1: is on trial, facing charges of first-degree murder, rape, sexual offense,
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  Speaker 1: and burglary in the September 2012 slaying of the 19-year-old
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  Speaker 1: biology major. Hedgepeth's family testified they had never seen the defendant,
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  Speaker 1: with police confirming no prior connection existed between them. Now
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  Speaker 1: in its second week, the trial has gripped the courtroom
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  Speaker 1: with harrowing testimony. Opening days brought jurors, spectators and witnesses
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  Speaker 1: to tears as prosecutors presented graphic evidence of a catastrophic
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  Speaker 1: internal brain trauma, prompting the judge to call a recess.
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  Speaker 1: Hedgepeth's former roommate, Karina Rosario, wept as she recounted finding
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  Speaker 1: Hedgepeth naked from the waist down and covered in blood
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  Speaker 1: inside their shared apartment on Old Chapel Hill Road. Rosario
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  Speaker 1: testified the two had studied at the library before heading
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  Speaker 1: to a local nightclub on September 6th. returning around 3.40
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  Speaker 1: in the morning. Rosario left an hour later to stay
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  Speaker 1: with a friend, leaving Hedgepeth conscious and breathing. Hours later,
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  Speaker 1: unable to reach Hedgepeth by phone, Rosario returned with another
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  Speaker 1: friend just before 11 that morning, discovering Faith cold to
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  Speaker 1: the touch beside her bed with a black eye and
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  Speaker 1: severe head injuries. For nearly a decade, investigators tested hundreds
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  Speaker 1: of DNA samples without a match until genetic genealogy broke
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  Speaker 1: the case open. Authorities obtained a breakthrough DNA sample after
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  Speaker 1: pulling Salguero Olivares over during a 2021 traffic stop in
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  Speaker 1: Wake County. In court, prosecutors presented a crumpled fast-food biscuit
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  Speaker 1: bag featuring the defendant's DNA alongside a vulgar handwritten scrawl,
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  Speaker 1: as well as a 1.75-liter Bacardi rum bottle identified as
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  Speaker 1: the murder weapon. Chapel Hill Police forensic technician Tamika Price
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  Speaker 1: testified that Hedgepeth's skull felt deeply indented from the brutal blows. However,
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  Speaker 1: defense attorney James Rainsford aggressively challenged the state's evidence under cross-examination.
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  Speaker 1: Price admitted under oath that she was an inexperienced trainee
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  Speaker 1: in 2012 and failed to photograph the rum bottle before
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  Speaker 1: seizing it. The defense also zeroed in on a missing
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  Speaker 1: blood swab taken from a bathroom doorframe that vanished from
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  Speaker 1: police custody. Retired forensic specialist Shalithia Quick testified that detectives
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  Speaker 1: searched the evidence locker, truck, and lab, but found nothing.
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  Speaker 1: Prosecutors are not pursuing the death penalty, but Salguero Olivares
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  Speaker 1: faces mandatory life without parole if convicted. More crime and
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  Speaker 1: justice news after this. In Northern California, shocking allegations of
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  Speaker 1: fatal neglect have led to criminal charges against the parents
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  Speaker 1: of an 8-year-old girl who died following an untreated asthma attack.
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  Speaker 1: The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced that 32-year-old
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  Speaker 1: Gabrielle Hansen and 39-year-old Jacob Randolph have been charged with
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  Speaker 1: felony child neglect after their daughter Aurora succumbed to respiratory failure.
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  Speaker 1: Prosecutors allege that emergency responders were dispatched to the family's
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  Speaker 1: San Jose residence on May 13 after Aurora stopped breathing.
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  Speaker 1: Medical examiners concluded she suffered fatal brain damage due to
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  Speaker 1: lack of oxygen during a severe asthma attack complicated by
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  Speaker 1: a viral infection, officially ruling the manner of death a
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  Speaker 1: homicide caused by medical neglect. Investigators revealed that Hansen and
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  Speaker 1: Randolph waited an unconscionable eight hours before calling for help.
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  Speaker 1: Officials described the residents as a hazardous health nightmare infested
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  Speaker 1: with mold and cockroaches and covered in rotting garbage and
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  Speaker 1: animal waste. Authorities say social services and medical workers had
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  Speaker 1: warned the parents multiple times since 2019 about the perilous
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  Speaker 1: conditions facing their seven children, aged two months to 17 years.
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  Speaker 1: When police executed search warrants, they could not find Aurora's
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  Speaker 1: prescribed inhaler anywhere in the home. Instead, detectives located a broken,
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  Speaker 1: filthy inhaler spacer missing essential seals, as well as a
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  Speaker 1: respiratory treatment mask infested with live cockroaches. The investigation also
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  Speaker 1: uncovered evidence leading to felony sexual abuse charges against another
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  Speaker 1: adult living in the home, 44-year-old Jonathan Hansen. In an
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  Speaker 1: interview with the Mercury News, Gabrielle Hansen claimed she had
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  Speaker 1: no idea her daughter was dying, arguing that she heard
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  Speaker 1: her sound worse during previous asthma attacks. Aurora's parents were
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  Speaker 1: released on supervised recognizance, while Jonathan Hansen remains jailed without bond. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: terrifying moments unfolded at an Illinois shopping mall after an
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  Speaker 1: unprovoked assault left an elderly woman fighting for her life
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  Speaker 1: in a public fountain. According to the Skokie Police Department,
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  Speaker 1: 35-year-old William Dobbs was arrested following an attack at the
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  Speaker 1: Westfield Old Orchard Mall, located 16 miles north of downtown Chicago.
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  Speaker 1: Police say Dobbs crossed paths with the senior victim, who
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  Speaker 1: was a complete stranger, struck her unprovoked with a heavy
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  Speaker 1: saddle-type bag, and shoved her into a koi pond during
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  Speaker 1: an attempted robbery. Once in the water, Dobbs placed the
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  Speaker 1: woman in a headlock and held her head submerged. Bystanders
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  Speaker 1: rushed into the water to pull the victim free with
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  Speaker 1: one witness telling CBS News about the frantic scene. We
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  Speaker 1: thought he was just swimming by himself until we came
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  Speaker 1: closer and saw a woman underneath the water. The victim
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  Speaker 1: was treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Dobbs
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  Speaker 1: now faces serious felony charges of attempted murder, aggravated battery
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  Speaker 1: to a senior citizen, and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm.
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