NC NC - Faith Hedgepeth, 19, UNC student, Chapel Hill, 7 Sept 2012 #1

[Whiskers16]

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[Simplestarz86]

http://wncn.com/2017/09/05/5-years-later-faith-hedgepeths-murder-remains-unsolved/

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[Skigirl]

http://wncn.com/2017/09/05/5-years-later-faith-hedgepeths-murder-remains-unsolved/

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I was really hoping more evidence would be released on this big anniversary... I hope this isn't one of those cases where fewer and fewer articles are written and fewer and fewer updates are given, until years go by and a piece is written on the 20th anniversary.

 

[J.M. Bee]

Two mildly interesting things about that 5th anniversary article: one, Faith's mother says that the amount of time it is taking “has been frustrating at times," but adds, "you just have to be patient and make sure this is a solid case[FONT=Open Sans, sans-serif]” (emphasis mine). That's kind of an interesting thing to say, as it sort of suggests she believes they are slowly building a case against someone rather than fumbling around in the dark. Two, she makes a point of saying that it is not a "cold case," that it is very much an active one. That too is sort of interesting. Anyone have a short and sweet description of the difference between a cold case and an active one? Is it simply a matter of having detectives still assigned to the case? Regardless, both comments are significant, I think. [/FONT]

 

[J.M. Bee]

Another thing: anyone know why Websleuths no longer identifies this as a "spotlight case" in red? Just sort of curious.

 

[mocity]

Another thing: anyone know why Websleuths no longer identifies this as a "spotlight case" in red? Just sort of curious.

My understanding is that "spotlight cases" are rotated so many people get new attention


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[CADwrest]

Two mildly interesting things about that 5th anniversary article: one, Faith's mother says that the amount of time it is taking “has been frustrating at times," but adds, "you just have to be patient and make sure this is a solid case” (emphasis mine). That's kind of an interesting thing to say, as it sort of suggests she believes they are slowly building a case against someone rather than fumbling around in the dark. Two, she makes a point of saying that it is not a "cold case," that it is very much an active one. That too is sort of interesting. Anyone have a short and sweet description of the difference between a cold case and an active one? Is it simply a matter of having detectives still assigned to the case? Regardless, both comments are significant, I think.

I don't think you can put much stock in that: The family has complained over and over again how shut out of the process they've felt. I don't think they really have any insider information.
Regarding the cold case status, that's basically semantics. The police said the same thing almost verbatim last year. I think they want to give the impression they're working on it without getting into specifics of what they're doing.

 

[CADwrest]

I was really hoping more evidence would be released on this big anniversary... I hope this isn't one of those cases where fewer and fewer articles are written and fewer and fewer updates are given, until years go by and a piece is written on the 20th anniversary.

Tom Gasparoli updated his blog the other week, saying he'd be releasing new information soon. Hopefully that will be something significant.

 

[Skigirl]

My understanding is that "spotlight cases" are rotated so many people get new attention


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Yes --- and Faith's case has been spotlighted more times and for a longer duration than most. Kudos to the Websleuths team for drawing attention to this truly tragic murder.


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[Boodles]

I agree with most of what you said. That’s an interesting idea about a stalker from the club. The only problem I see there is that, if someone had gotten rejected by FH or KR, that surely would have gotten mentioned by now, and LE would have looked into that person. Even if they couldn’t find him, they would probably have some video of him from the Thrill and would put that out there trying to track him down.

I think a hybrid of your theories makes more sense: A student who knew her from UNC who happened to see her at the club that night, but that didn’t interact with her there. Maybe he didn’t approach her because he’s bad at approaching women he doesn’t know well, or because she’s surrounded by a lot of guys already. But a guy like that who followed her home would feel better about making his move (even a non-violent one) once there weren’t other people around.

I also worry that he’ll be able to keep his nose clean from here on out, and that what happened that night was a combination of alcohol and collegetown drama that he might have outgrown by now. Unfortunately, I agree that a DNA match is probably the only way at this point this case will get solved, if it ever does.

Unless the "stalker/murderer" knew where Faith lived, he would be hard pressed to follow them home. It's not a quick walk. It's a 4 mile drive, including down tree-lined 2-lane curvy roads with turns. And then, upon entering the apartment complex, you have to turn and wind a good way to the absolute end of the road, going over probably 5-10 significant speed bumps. That's where Karena's apartment was. Then the stalker would have to park and watch which apartment they went into. At 1am (or whatever time they drove home), they would have surely noticed someone following them, especially Faith, who was sober.

And if they noticed someone follow them and then Karena left the apartment with the door unlocked? That would make her either extremely irresponsible or enabling someone to enter. Being familiar with that area, I can't wrap my head around a stalker theory. To not know they were being followed is too hard for me to believe.

Now could someone have told the killer where they lived? Possibly, but it's quite an inconvenient distance with a few confusing turns. That would take significant time and determination to locate in the middle of the night. Then he waited until Karena left to conveniently find the door unlocked? It just seems far fetched.
https://goo.gl/maps/F5PxBGduCGK2

 

[Boodles]

Two mildly interesting things about that 5th anniversary article: one, Faith's mother says that the amount of time it is taking “has been frustrating at times," but adds, "you just have to be patient and make sure this is a solid case” (emphasis mine). That's kind of an interesting thing to say, as it sort of suggests she believes they are slowly building a case against someone rather than fumbling around in the dark. Two, she makes a point of saying that it is not a "cold case," that it is very much an active one. That too is sort of interesting. Anyone have a short and sweet description of the difference between a cold case and an active one? Is it simply a matter of having detectives still assigned to the case? Regardless, both comments are significant, I think.

I think we're all frustrated trying to piece together the bits of info we have into a theory to solve this. But what we don't know is the totality of what the Chapel Hill PD knows, which I believe consists of very significant info kept secret. I think they've carefully filtered and sifted what they've meted out to the public. I believe they have a solid theory but not enough concrete evidence to convince the DA to charge the suspect(s).

And I hope the suspect(s) have nightmares every night and are as paranoid as possible that "today's the day they're coming to arrest me."

 

[CADwrest]

Unless the "stalker/murderer" knew where Faith lived, he would be hard pressed to follow them home. It's not a quick walk. It's a 4 mile drive, including down tree-lined 2-lane curvy roads with turns. And then, upon entering the apartment complex, you have to turn and wind a good way to the absolute end of the road, going over probably 5-10 significant speed bumps. That's where Karena's apartment was. Then the stalker would have to park and watch which apartment they went into. At 1am (or whatever time they drove home), they would have surely noticed someone following them, especially Faith, who was sober.

And if they noticed someone follow them and then Karena left the apartment with the door unlocked? That would make her either extremely irresponsible or enabling someone to enter. Being familiar with that area, I can't wrap my head around a stalker theory. To not know they were being followed is too hard for me to believe.

Now could someone have told the killer where they lived? Possibly, but it's quite an inconvenient distance with a few confusing turns. That would take significant time and determination to locate in the middle of the night. Then he waited until Karena left to conveniently find the door unlocked? It just seems far fetched.
https://goo.gl/maps/F5PxBGduCGK2

I don't think it would be quite as hard as that. 15/501 is pretty heavily trafficked, so there'd be no reason for them to take note of a trailing car until the turn on Old Chapel Hill Rd at the earliest. Even then, there's a lot of places on that road a car could be going, so I doubt they'd really think much of a car turning on that road after them, or even into the complex. Following them all the way to their building might have raised a red flag, but would have been unnecessary, since their apartment was on the closer end of that building and can be seen without going all the way to the building.
Also, one has to be fairly aware to spot a trailing car, especially at night. I don't know that watching for that would have been foremost on their minds at 2:30 AM in the morning.

 

[Webthrush]

Gaspo's new post here:
http://www.gaspowrites.com/2017/09/new-info-from-law-enforcement-clip-of.html

 

[Simplestarz86]

Gaspo's new post here:
http://www.gaspowrites.com/2017/09/new-info-from-law-enforcement-clip-of.html

I was just about to post the same!!!


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[mocity]

Yes --- and Faith's case has been spotlighted more times and for a longer duration than most. Kudos to the Websleuths team for drawing attention to this truly tragic murder.

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My response was related to the following question that was asked "Another thing: anyone know why Websleuths no longer identifies this as a "spotlight case" in red? Just sort of curious."

All murders are truly tragic.

 

[youlostone]

Two mildly interesting things about that 5th anniversary article: one, Faith's mother says that the amount of time it is taking “has been frustrating at times," but adds, "you just have to be patient and make sure this is a solid case[FONT=Open Sans, sans-serif]” (emphasis mine). That's kind of an interesting thing to say, as it sort of suggests she believes they are slowly building a case against someone rather than fumbling around in the dark. Two, she makes a point of saying that it is not a "cold case," that it is very much an active one. That too is sort of interesting. Anyone have a short and sweet description of the difference between a cold case and an active one? Is it simply a matter of having detectives still assigned to the case? Regardless, both comments are significant, I think. [/FONT]

Just a matter of semantics, but I think it's her sister who's featured in that article/video.

 

[youlostone]

I don't think you can put much stock in that: The family has complained over and over again how shut out of the process they've felt. I don't think they really have any insider information.
Regarding the cold case status, that's basically semantics. The police said the same thing almost verbatim last year. I think they want to give the impression they're working on it without getting into specifics of what they're doing.

Agreed.

 

[youlostone]

Any thoughts on the Gaspo recording?? It's a pretty good synopsis of all the various theories discussed on here. Still shocking to me that LE is still being so tightlipped. I guess they want to have a tight case, but jeez!

 

[CADwrest]

Anyone else really disappointed? I appreciate the guy digging and trying to get more information out there, but I think the one real piece of information in the whole report was that FH and KR shared a single key (why the door was left unlocked). And maybe someone took a polygraph. And someone was definitely surveilled.

 

[youlostone]

Anyone else really disappointed? I appreciate the guy digging and trying to get more information out there, but I think the one real piece of information in the whole report was that FH and KR shared a single key (why the door was left unlocked). And maybe someone took a polygraph. And someone was definitely surveilled.

It's been 5 endless years of vague speculations. Downright frustrating to say the least.