Murder trial of Miguel Salguero-Olivares accused of killing UNC student Faith Hedgepeth

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Fourteen years after UNC student Faith Hedgepeth was found murdered in her apartment in Chapel Hill and 5 years after he was charged with the crime, Miguel Salguero-Olivares is on trial.

Opening statements begin after more than a week of seating 12 jurors and selecting four alternates. The fourth and final alternate juror was selected Wednesday morning, Oct. 7.

Faith Hedgepeth’s roommate and another friend found her partially nude and beaten to death in her bedroom on September 7, 2012.

The case went unsolved until Sept. 16, 2021, when Chapel Hill police announced the arrest of Salguero-Olivares.

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