After a night out of fun and dancing on September 6th 2012 at the popular Thrill Night club. College students Faith Hedgepeth and her roommate Karena Rosario head back to their apartment. Karena then leaves the apartment for the rest of the night leaving Faith alone. The next day looking for a ride back home, Karena tries to call Faith but she doesn’t pick up. With another friend picking her up, they go to the apartment and that is where they make a horrifying discovery. 

Sources: 

Morgan, Amber, “Inside The Gruesome Murder Of Faith Hedgepeth And The Search For Her Killer” All Thats Interesting, November 10th 2024, https://allthatsinteresting.com/faith-hedgepeth, Accessed April 26th 2025 

ABC News, “Murdered UNC Student's Final Moments: What Police Say Happened to Faith Hedgepeth Faith Hedgepeth was found bludgeoned to death in her apartment in 2012.” ABC News, September 22 2016, https://abcnews.go.com/US/murdered-unc-students-final-moments-police-happened-faith/story?id=42281581, Accessed April 26th 2025 

Krueger, Sarah, “Here's why it's taking lawyers so long to prosecute the suspect in the 2012 murder of UNC student Faith Hedgepeth”, WRAL News, April 20, 2023, https://www.wral.com/story/here-s-why-it-s-taking-lawyers-so-long-to-prosecute-the-suspect-in-2012-of-unc-chapel-hill-student-faith-hedgepeth/20821516/, Accessed April 26th 2025  

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96689421/faith_danielle-hedgepeth: accessed April 26, 2025), memorial page for Faith Danielle Hedgepeth (26 Sep 1992–7 Sep 2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 96689421, citing Mount Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by IrishEyes (contributor 47644540). 

Casey, Monica, “UNC student Faith Hedgepeth murder case is one step closer to trial” WRAL News, January 16 2025, https://www.wral.com/news/local/court-hearing-faith-hedgepeth-jan-2025/, Accessed April 26th 2025