Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares, 33, appeared in court on Wednesday for the trial regarding the murder and rape of Faith Hedgepeth, a UNC student who was found beaten to death in her off-campus apartment on September 7, 2012. The killer left a taunting note etched on a fast-food bag next to her body. Salguero-Olivares was arrested nine years later when DNA evidence connected him to the crime scene. Hedgepeth's roommate testified about discovering her friend's lifeless body and described Hedgepeth as bubbly and charismatic.
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A man accused of raping and murdering a university student is on trial 14 years after allegedly leaving a disturbing message next to his victim's naked body.
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Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares, 33, appeared in court in North Carolina on Wednesday for the first day of his trial in connection to the murder and rape of UNC student Faith Hedgepeth.
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Hedgepeth, a 19-year-old junior, was found naked and beaten to death by her roommate in their off-campus apartment on the morning of September 7, 2012.
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Details of the violent murder shocked the normally quiet college town, including a taunting note the killer etched on a fast-food bag and left next to the young woman's body, reading: 'I'm not stupid b***h jealous.'
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Investigators made no arrests for nine years until Salguero-Olivares was taken into custody on September 16, 2021.
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Officials used DNA found in her rape kit, a wine bottle and the white take-out bag to identify a distant family member of Salguero-Olivares, according to ABC 11.
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Investigators conducted interviews and took samples of his relative's DNA, which they said helped them identify the alleged killer.
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Now, more than a decade after Hedgepeth's death, her roommate Karena Rosario took the stand, detailing the tragic morning she found her friend dead.
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After 14 years the trial of the suspected murderer of Faith Hedgepeth, a 19-year-old junior at the University of North Carolina, began on Wednesday
Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares, 33, appeared in court pleading not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, first-degree rape, first-degree sexual offense and first-degree burglary
'I walked into the bedroom, and the comforter was off the bed,' Rosario said.
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'I walked around the bed and saw hair.'
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'I pulled the comforter down and saw she had a black eye.
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She wasn't wearing anything from the waist down.
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Her shirt was pulled up, and she was off the bed.
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Rosario appeared emotional while talking about her relationship with Hedgepeth.
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'I felt like she was a sister to me.
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We pretty much shared everything at that point,' she said.
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'We didn't have a lot of space, and it felt like it was just the two of us on an island.
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In the beginning, it felt like a never-ending sleepover.
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We'd stay up late and watch Disney movies.
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Hedgepeth had won a scholarship to study biology at Chapel Hill and initially planned on becoming a doctor until switching her studies to become a teacher.
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She was also a member of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe and grew up in Hollister, a small community in northeastern North Carolina.
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Hedgepeth's killer left a note to next to her body, reading: 'I'm not stupid b***h jealous'
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Hedgepeth's roommate Karena Rosario took the stand, detailing the tragic morning she found her friend dead
Her niece took the stand and said her aunt was bubbly, outgoing, charismatic and someone who easily formed relationships with others.
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In 2014, police released an autopsy report that revealed chilling details of her murder.
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The report showed the student had suffered extensive skull fractures and cuts to her face and head.
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She was also badly beaten on her arms and legs.
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Hedgepeth and her roommate Karena Rosario had spent the previous evening out at a local club, returning home at around 3am.
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Rosario then left their apartment at around 4.30am, the last time anyone saw Hedgepeth alive.
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Police said her body was found in a pool of blood, and blood spatter was found on the wall and bedroom closet door of her apartment.
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She was naked from the waist down and had her shirt pulled up over her breasts.
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The autopsy determined that she had been beaten to death, dying of blunt force trauma to the head.
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Hedgepeth was a member of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe and grew up in Hollister, a small community in northeastern North Carolina
Salguero-Olivares' mother defended him at the time of his arrest: 'My son is not a murderer.
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I believe in my son.
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I believe it.
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He said he don't know the girl,' according to WRAL.
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Salguero-Olivares has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, first-degree rape, first-degree sexual offense and first-degree burglary.
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