The motion follows filings in June that claimed a roommate may have been present when UNC-Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth ...

Newly filed documents in the case of Faith Hedgepeth request independent testing of evidence collected from the crime scene ...

The defense for Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares is asking for all swabs and other samples collected from blood stains to be released and independently tested for DNA.

Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares (center), charged in the 2021 murder of UNC-Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth, makes his first appearance in a Durham, N.C. court via video Friday, Sept. 17, 2021.

Faith Hedgepeth's body was found on Sept. 7, 2012 by her roommate, who called 911, saying there was "blood everywhere." According to Chapel Hill police officers, she had been beaten and raped.

Faith Hedgepeth Murder Faith Hedgepeth was a UNC sophomore when she was killed on Sept. 7, 2012. Her murder was unsolved until Sept. 16, 2021, when Chapel Hill police made an arrest in her case.

The man charged with killing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sophomore Faith Hedgepeth did not appear in court Tuesday on new charges. The case will continue in September.

A motion filed by the defense team for Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares raises questions about the potential involvement of Faith Hedgepeth's roommate in her murder.

Friends discovered 19-year-old Faith Hedgepeth dead in her home at the Hawthorne at the View apartment complex about 11 a.m. Friday. "I'll be honest with you, whoever did this deserves to burn ...