Court hearing points to new details in Faith Hedgepeth case
ALLOCATED TOWARD EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. FOR WRAL
NEWS, NEW UPDATES TODAY ON
WHERE THE CASE STANDS FOR THE
MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING UNC
STUDENT FAITH HEDGEPETH IN
2012. THE CASE CAPTIVATED THE
COUNTRY PARTLY BECAUSE IT TOOK
10 YEARS TO MAKE AN ARREST.
>> WRAL'S DURHAM REPORTER SARAH
KRUEGER WAS IN COURT TODAY
WHERE SHE GOT AN UPDATE.
>> ON THIS CASE.
>> TODAY I WENT TO WHAT'S
CALLED THE HOMICIDE A STATUS
HEARING. IT'S WHERE THE
ATTORNEYS FOR ALL THE
DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH MURDER
COME TO GIVE UPDATES TO THE
JUDGE ON WHERE THEIR CASES
STAND TODAY. WE GOT AN
INDICATION OF WHY THIS CASE
IS MOVING SO SLOWLY MORE THAN
A YEAR AND A HALF HAS PASSED
SINCE MIGUEL AND SELL CUERO
OLIVAREZ WAS ARRESTED BY CHAPEL
HILL POLICE. HE WAS CHARGED
WITH THE MURDER OF 19 YEAR-OLD
FAITH HEDGEPETH A UNC STUDENT
FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH IN HER
DURHAM COUNTY APARTMENT.
HIS CASE HAS NOT HAD ANY
SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT. NOW WE
ARE GETTING A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHY IT IS THAT
HE IS A
DURHAM ASSISTANT DISTRICT
ATTORNEY, KENDRA MONTGOMERY
BLAINE, WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO THE
CASE, TOLD THE JUDGE HER OFFICE
IS STILL GETTING RESULTS BACK
FROM THE CRIME LAB.
>> SHE INDICATED HOW THOROUGH
THE SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE IS
INVOLVING TRANSLATORS AND
SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS THERE
SOLELY
>> ME
>> WRAL HAS REPORTED THAT SOLD
WHERE ONLY VIRUS WAS LINKED TO
THE CRIME FROM DNA EVIDENCE
GATHERED IN A DRUNK DRIVING.
STOP THE MONTH BEFORE HIS
ARREST. A SEARCH WARRANT
RECENTLY MADE PUBLIC SHOWS
INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED A PALM
PRINT ON A WINE BOTTLE FOUND
BY HEDGE PASS BODY BELONGS TO
HIM. FINGERPRINTS ON THE BOTTLE
WERE INCONCLUSIVE. THE WARRANT
FROM DECEMBER 2022, REVEALS
POLICE WANTED TO DO A MORE
THOROUGH FINGERPRINTING OF SAW
OLIVAREZ IN JAIL FOR A BETTER
COMPARISON TO INCLUDE INKED
IMPRESSIONS WITH EMPHASIS ON
THE FULLY ROLLED FINGERS TO
INCLUDE SIDES AND TIPS. TODAY,
THE CASE WAS CONTINUED MOVING
THINGS OVER TO JULY. THAT'S
WHEN WE WILL GET OUR NEXT
UPDATE. WE'RE STILL A LONG WAY