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The Durham County district attorney is asking a judge to seal future motions in the Faith Hedgepeth murder case, arguing that defense filings are distorting evidence in the 13-year-old slaying.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, the office took the unusual step of filing a motion seeking to prevent all future motions and orders in the high-profile<\/a> case from being released to the public before the trial, which is currently set for Sept. 28.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe last group of filings that they made had a bunch of falsehoods and allegations that were not true in them, and one of the things that I do not want to do is taint our jury pool,\u201d District Attorney Satana Deberry told The News & Observer on Friday.<\/p>\n

In September 2012, police found Hedgepeth\u2019s body in a Chapel Hill apartment she shared with fellow UNC-Chapel Hill student Karena Rosario. Hedgepeth, a 19-year-old sophomore, planned to stay at the apartment in the first weeks of school while she awaited financial aid.<\/p>\n

A man\u2019s DNA was collected for a rape kit and found on a wine and liquor bottle and a note believed to be written by the killer, according to search warrants.<\/p>\n

The Chapel Hill Police Department did thousands of interviews and performed hundreds of DNA tests based on forensic evidence found at the apartment.<\/p>\n

In 2021, nine years after the killing,<\/a> police charged Miguel Salguero Olivares with murder and placed him in the Durham County jail, where he remains.<\/p>\n

In November 2024, prosecutors added burglary, rape and sexual offense charges, alleging Salguero Olivares broke into Hedgepeth\u2019s home and raped her.<\/p>\n

In court filings starting in July 2025, Salguero Olivares\u2019 attorneys questioned whether Rosario had been at the apartment at the time of the killing and why she had a drop of blood on her finger around the time of the killing.<\/p>\n

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Around midnight the night before the killing, Hedgepeth and Rosario went to The Thrill, a now-closed Chapel Hill nightclub on Rosemary Street. They left the club around 2:06 a.m. and returned to the apartment, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

Rosario told police she left the apartment around 4:25 a.m., after she called Jordan McCrary, who she had seen at the club, to pick her up, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

Rosario returned around 11 a.m. the next day. She called 911 frantic, trying to explain that she had found an unresponsive Hedgepeth lying on her back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she fell off the bed because she is like off the bed,\u201d Rosario told a 911 operator. \u201cThere is blood all over the pillows, like in the comforter. I just don\u2019t know what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the middle of the bed was a hand-scribbled note on a fast food bag, court documents state. \u201cI\u2019M NOT STUPID BITCH\u201d \u201cJEALOUS.\u201d Police believe a Bacardi Peach Rum bottle, found beneath the comforter and marked with two bloody thumb prints, was the murder weapon, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

The motions filed by Salguero Olivares\u2019 attorneys sought to test certain evidence in the case and to ensure Rosario and McCrary would be available to testify at trial.<\/p>\n

In the filing this week, a prosecutor asked a judge to set a hearing on the request to seal all future motions and hearings. Salguero Olivares\u2019 attorneys haven\u2019t responded to the motion nor to an email and phone message left by a reporter from The N&O on Friday.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published May 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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