In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will discuss the Faith Hedgepeth Case--requested by listener Parker.

****Warning--listener discretion--the episode contains murder, SA, and rape.

On September 7, 2012, Faith Hedgepeth is found brutally killed in her friends apartment in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Faith was a 19 year old student at the University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill. She had begun her college career there in the Fall of 2010; she was currently a biology major in her Sophomore /Junior year working towards her goal of being a pediatrician one day.

Police would work Faith's case tirelessly and on September 16, 2021; they would announce the arrest of a suspect that matches DNA left at the crime scene.

We will discuss Faith's background, the case, and all of the happenings up to today's time.

Listen to hear full details.

References for this Episode:

"Who Killed the Co-ed: An ID Murder Mystery"--2020-S1E1 --https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12413302/

https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/durham-county-news/suspect-in-unc-student-murder-trial-charged-with-possessing-drugs-in-jail-warrant-shows/

https://www.newsobserver.com/article311632804.html

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/court-documents-reveal-how-suspect-was-linked-faith-hedgepeths-2012-murder/K6JRLS7AQBFKPPSX7V76C5TPLM/

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1283962-hedgepeth-case-files/

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article257547083.html

https://www.wral.com/news/local/man-charged-killing-unc-sophomore-faith-hedgepeth-court-new-drug-charges-july-2025/

"What We Know, Who is Suspect"--The News and Observer--Saturday, September 18, 2021--by Avi Bajpai and Brooke Cain

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article295602169.html

https://www.warrenrecord.com/news/article_fcb75f4a-1ba2-11ec-8222-9bbb763cbe44.html

https://www.wral.com/story/timeline-nearly-a-decade-later-closure-surfaces-in-faith-hedgepeth-murder/19880150/

https://www.newsobserver.com/article311632804.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Faith_Hedgepeth

**Numerous other articles from Newspapers.com--

https://www.newspapers.com/

https://www.ancestry.com/

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