Attorneys call for witnesses, more testing, new allegations in Faith Hedgepeth case
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NEW THIS HALF-HOUR, EXPERT
WITNESSES MORE TESTING AND
STRIKING ALLEGATIONS. A MAJOR
DEVELOPMENT IN A CASE THAT
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING NOW FOR
MORE THAN A DECADE.
>> MIGUEL, ENRIQUE SALGUERO,
ALL OF OUR AS IS CHARGED WITH
KILLING UNC STUDENT FAITH
HEDGEPETH BACK IN 2012 WRAL'S
MONICA CASEY SHOWS US HOW HIS
DEFENSE TEAM IS TRYING TO POKE
HOLES IN THIS CASE.
>> IF A PATCH THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN 33 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR NOW
MORE THAN A DOZEN YEARS AFTER
HER DEATH, HER LOVED ONES ARE
STILL WAITING FOR JUSTICE.
MIGUEL ENRIQUE, SO GET A LOT
OF OUR AS WAS ARRESTED 4 YEARS
AGO AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HIS
DNA MATCHED THE PROFILE AT THE
CRIME SCENE.
>> NOW HIS ATTORNEYS ARGUE THE
EVIDENCE DOESN'T ADD UP.
THEY WANT THEIR EXPERT TO LOOK
AT THE BACARDI RUM BOTTLE FOUND
NEXT TO HEDGE PET'S BODY.
THE SBI REPORT FOUND NO
IDENTIFIABLE LATENT PRINTS ON
THAT BATTLE. BUT SALGUERO ALL
OF OUR AS ATTORNEYS SAY THE
EXPERT TESTIMONY WILL SHOW HIS
HANDS DON'T MATCH EITHER OF
THE BLOOD BRENT'S ON THE
BOTTLE. HIS ATTORNEYS ALSO WANT
TO CALL A FORMER UNC STUDENT AS
A WITNESS. THAT MAN WAS
FRIENDLY WITH HAD PATH AND HER
ROOMMATE AND WAS WITH HIM AT
THE CLUB THE NIGHT OF THE
MURDER FILING SAY THAT WITNESS
WILL TESTIFY. HEDGE PETS
ROOMMATE ASKED HIM TO PICK HER
UP AROUND 04:00AM FROM THEIR
APARTMENT. AND WHEN HE DID,
SHE HAD BLOOD ON HER HANDS.
CHAPEL HILL POLICE TESTED THE
BLOOD IN THAT VEHICLE AT THE
TIME. AND THERE WASN'T ENOUGH
DNA TO CREATE A PROFILE.
THE DEFENSE ALSO SAYS POLICE
AND NOW ASSESS OF HEDGE PET'S
BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL ESTIMATED
HER DEATH WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
BEFORE HER ROOMMATE LEFT WITH
THAT WITNESS IN DARAA, MONICA
CASEY, WRAL NEWS STILL SO MANY
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS HERE.