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Lauren Geddes

Reporter · US

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Lauren Geddes

    What to know about the Faith Hedgepeth trial (opens the original)

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    Content warning: This story includes mentions of murder and sexual assault. Fourteen years after UNC sophomore Faith Hedgepeth was murdered, the trial to determine the guilt of her alleged killer, Miguel Salguero Olivares, began on Monday. Hedgepeth was found deceased in her off-campus Durham apartment by her roommate, Karena Rosario, on Sept. 7, 2012, around 11 a.m. The defendant, 33-year-old Salguero Olivares, is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, first-degree rape and fi

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Lauren Geddes

    What to know about the Faith Hedgepeth trial (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone · Spanish

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    Content warning: This story includes mentions of murder and sexual assault. Fourteen years after UNC sophomore Faith Hedgepeth was murdered, the trial to determine the guilt of her alleged killer, Miguel Salguero Olivares, began on Monday. Hedgepeth was found deceased in her off-campus Durham apartment by her roommate, Karena Rosario, on Sept. 7, 2012, around 11 a.m. The defendant, 33-year-old Salguero Olivares, is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, first-degree rape and fi

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Lauren Geddes

    What to know about the Faith Hedgepeth trial (opens the original)

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    Content warning: This story includes mentions of murder and sexual assault. Fourteen years after UNC sophomore Faith Hedgepeth was murdered, the trial to determine the guilt of her alleged killer, Miguel Salguero Olivares, began on Monday. Hedgepeth was found deceased in her off-campus Durham apartment by her roommate, Karena Rosario, on Sept. 7, 2012, around 11 a.m. The defendant, 33-year-old Salguero Olivares, is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, first-degree rape and fi

  4. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Lauren Geddes

    Pre-trial conference ruling for Faith Hedgepeth murder case prevents defense from suggesting third-party guilt (opens the original)

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    Content warning: This story includes mentions of murder, violence and sexual assault. During the final pre-trial conference for the Faith Hedgepeth murder trial on Monday, a judge approved a motion blocking the defense from using the argument that an individual other than defendant Miguel Salguero-Olivares could be guilty. The pre-trial conference, the final hearing before the trial begins on Sept. 28, was held in response to the state prosecution’s July 13 motion, which moved the court to preve

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Lauren Geddes

    Suspect of 2023 fatal shooting found not guilty by reason of insanity (opens the original)

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    This story was updated Sept. 18, 5:32 p.m.: An Orange County judge ruled Friday that Tailei Qi, the man charged with the fatal shooting of UNC professor Zijie Yan in 2023, is not guilty by reason of insanity. Qi, a former UNC graduate student, was charged with the first-degree murder of professor Yan on Aug. 29, 2023. Following today’s ruling, he will be indefinitely committed to Central Regional Hospital in Butner, N.C. On Aug. 28, 2023, Yan was shot and killed in his office in Caudill Laborato

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