Expert: Faith Hedgepeth Case Extremely Tough To Crack

Posted Feb 10, 2013
Nationwide, 40% of murders never get solved. Faith Hedgepeth’s case might stay in that category, a local expert says. Because there were no witnesses, no apparent direct link between potential suspects and the victim and no match in the database to DNA evidence police collected from the crime scene, the brutal murder of the UNC sophomore will be tough to crack. (Chapel Hill Magazine)

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