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http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/09/05/4124003/court-documents-unsealed-in-search.html
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DURHAM — ...
The documents reveal that investigators initially identified several men of interest in the case,
including two former boyfriends of Hedgepeth’s roommate, Karena Rosario.
One of them, Eriq Takoy Jones IV...
Investigators found Hedgepeth’s body....
Blunt-force trauma
Hedgepeth’s head was bludgeoned so severely that medical examiners concluded blunt-force trauma was the cause of death.
The autopsy report, also unsealed Friday, detailed cuts and bruises on her arms and legs and blood under her fingernails.
It says a bottle that was normally kept in the kitchen was found in the bedroom with tissue fragments and DNA on it. Search warrants say a wine bottle and a Bacardi bottle were collected into evidence at the scene.
With blood pooled in the bedroom and splattered on the wall and closet door, investigators were able to collect DNA evidence.
A DNA profile was generated from semen collected in a sexual assault kit, and investigators believe the DNA belongs to the killer, Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said Thursday...
Text messages
The information released Friday shows a series of texts exchanged between Hedgepeth’s phone and the phone of Brandon Edwards on the day her body was found.
Edwards, according to a warrant, had also dated Rosario. They were “just” friends at the time but had previously had a physical relationship, according to information provided to police by
Marisol Rangel, a close friend of Hedgepeth’s who was at the apartment when the body was discovered.
Edwards, according to police, spent the night of Sept. 5 on the couch in the apartment that Hedgepeth and Rosario shared on the Durham-Orange county border. He told police he left there on Sept. 6 at 11 a.m. and then had contact with Rosario and Hedgepeth at the Thrill nightclub on Rosemary street later that evening and early on Sept. 7.
At 3:40 a.m. Sept. 7, a text message was sent from Hedgepeth’s phone to Edwards’ phone.
“Hey b. Can you come over here please. Karena needs you more aha. You know. Please let her know you care.”
A second message went from Hedgepeth’s phone to Edwards at 3:43 a.m. “Than.”
A message popped into Hedgepeth’s phone at 4:16 p.m., according to an application for a warrant on Sept. 11 to search a white 1997 Honda Accord belonging to a Ronnie L. Edwards...
Police not talking
Chapel Hill police and other court officials have declined to answer questions about the court documents...
It is unclear whom investigators continue to watch as “persons of interest.” There have been no arrests, but many interviews and efforts to collect DNA to compare with evidence from the crime scene.
Investigators tried to get DNA swabs from Reginald Leonard Jackson II,
a Greensboro resident who had been exchanging texts with Hedgepeth before her death, according to warrants released Friday.
They also sought a swab from Jacob Beatley, a resident of West Longview Street in Chapel Hill in June 2013, where Rosario told investigators she went at 4:30 a.m. Sept. 7, hours before discovering the gruesome scene in her apartment. Rosario told investigators that a friend, Jordan McCrary, gave her a ride to the Longview Street home, where she stayed until midmorning.
Police questioned a man named David Bell seen leaving the Thrill with Hedgepeth, also according to warrants. He told investigators that he did not know her well, but had danced with her at the club after going there with a group of friends from Durham...
The warrants give a glimpse of the crime scene.
A white, fast-food bag was found on the bed with the unintelligible and mildly profane message – “I’M NOT STUPID *****” “JEALOUS.”
The documents released Friday also offered details about Hedgepeth’s roommate Rosario meeting officers at the door shortly after 11 a.m. in response to the 911 call...
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