UNC student Faith Hedgepeth was murdered 5 years ago. Can you help find her killer?

Posted Sep 14, 2017
Five years to the date that 19-year-old UNC-Chapel Hill sophomore Faith Hedgepeth was found beaten to death, Chapel Hill police are still seeking information from the public to help find Hedgepeth’s killer. On that fifth anniversary, Roland Hedgepeth is still hoping someone will come forth with information about his daughter’s murder. (Durham Herald-Sun)

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