Faith Hedgepeth murder case gets closer to trial
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>> THE FAITH HEDGEPETH MURDER
CASE IS ONE STEP CLOSER
TO TRIAL DERN'S QUARTERLY
HOMICIDE STATUS HEARING THIS
MORNING. ATTORNEYS FOR BOTH
SIDES SAID THEY ARE READY TO
SCHEDULE A TRIAL WRAL'S MONICA
CASEY WAS IN THAT COURTROOM
THIS MORNING. THIS HAS BEEN
A LONG WAIT FOR THAT HEDGE PATH
FAMILY. MONICA.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. THIS CASE GOES
BACK YEARS AND THE ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN DURHAM
HERE TODAY TOLD THE JUDGE THE
AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE IS ONE
REASON IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG TO
GET THIS CASE TO TRIAL. THAT 88
TOLD THE JUDGE THE 2 SIDES ARE
IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING
THE DISCOVERY FOR THIS CASE HAS
PATH WAS A 19 YEAR-OLD
SOPHOMORE AT UNC CHAPEL HILL
WHEN SHE WAS KILLED BACK IN
2012, ALMOST A DECADE AFTER
HER DEATH. MIGUEL, ENRIQUE
SOUTH, WHERE ALL THE BAR AS WAS
ARRESTED AND CHARGED THAT WAS
IN 2021. NOW PROSECUTORS
AMENDED THE ORIGINAL INDICTMENT
JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
NOW, ALSO CHARGING ALL OF OUR
U.S. WITH FIRST-DEGREE
BURGLARY, FIRST-DEGREE RAPE
AND FIRST DEGREE OFFENSE.
WRAL OBTAINED COURT RECORDS
THAT SHOW THERE ARE MORE THAN
39,000 PAGES OF EVIDENCE.
THOSE COURT RECORDS ALSO REVEAL
THE STATE HAS ABOUT 30 EXPERT
WITNESSES. THEY PLAN TO CALL
FOR THAT TRIAL. NO DATE IS SET
YET FOR THE TRIAL, BUT THEY
ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING
IT SET ACCORDING TO ATTORNEYS
HERE TODAY, WHY DIDN'T JOHN