Six years, no arrests. UNC student Faith Hedgepeth’s family still has few answers

Posted Sep 8, 2018
It’s been six years since police started looking for who killed UNC student Faith Hedgepeth in her off-campus apartment. While there have been multiple suspects, Chapel Hill Police investigators have “excellent evidence,” police Chief Chris Blue said Friday. “Our department hasn’t once stopped working on this case, and we won’t until it’s solved,” Blue said. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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