Police make arrest 9 years after Faith Hedgepeth's murder
ADAM OWENS HAS UNCOVERED MORE.
>>> NEW DETAILS AT THIS HOUR
ABOUT A MAN NOW FACING CHARGES
IN THE MURDER OF AN UNC
STUDENT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> RIGHT NOW LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
ON WHAT LED TO THE ARREST AND
DETAILS ABOUT THE MAN IN
CUSTODY.
WHAT HIS MOTHER JUST HAD TO SAY
ABOUT THE ARREST.
WE BEGIN WITH ERIC MILLER WITH
THAT PART OF OUR COVERAGE.
>> Reporter: BEHIND ME ARE THE
CROSSINGS AT 501 APARTMENTS IN
DURHAM.
ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS IT
WAS HERE THAT MIGUEL ENRIQUE
OLIVARES WAS ARRESTED THIS
MORNING.
WE WENT TO THE APARTMENT AND
KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.
HIS MOTHER ANSWERED.
SHE SAID THAT HE LIVED WITH HER
AND SHE WAS HERE AS HE WAS
BEING ARRESTED.
SHE SAYS HE WASN'T A STUDENT AT
UNC, DIDN'T REALLY HAVE FRIENDS
WHO ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY AND
DOESN'T KNOW HOW HE COULD BE
CONNECTED TO THE CASE.
>> HE SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW THE
GIRL, HAS NEVER SEEN THE GIRL.
>> Reporter: NOW WE ARE WORKING
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MIGUEL
ENRIQUE OLIVARES.
WE KNOW THAT HE DIDN'T LIVE AT
THESE APARTMENTS OF THE TIME OF
THE MURDER NINE YEARS AGO.
WILL BRING YOU MORE AS WE HAVE
IT.
>>> WRAL WAS AT TODAY'S NEWS
CONFERENCE WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED
THE ARREST AND CONTINUES LIVE
TEAM COVERAGE WITH THE RELEASE
THEM THE MEMBERS ARE FEELING.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY OF
FAITH HEDGEPETH WAS CERTAINLY
EMOTIONAL OUTSIDE OF CHAPEL
HILL TOWN HALL TODAY, BUT ALSO
EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR THE
INVESTIGATORS WHO NEVER GAVE UP.
NINE YEARS AND NINE DAYS IS HOW
LONG IT HAS BEEN SINCE FAITH
HEDGEPETH WAS MURDERED.
IT IS VERY CLEAR AFTER TODAY'S
BRIEFING THAT THE DNA EVIDENCE
IS WHAT PUT THE SUSPECT BEHIND
BARS.
>> WHEN I GOT THE NEWS THIS
MORNING, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING
BUT CRY.
I THANK GOD AND PRAISE GOD.
>> Reporter: SHE'S WAITED NINE
LONG YEARS FOR THE CALL SHE GOT
THIS MORNING.
>> WE PROMISED YOU THAT WE
WOULD ONE DAY MAKE AN ARREST.
TODAY WE CAN REPORT THAT WE ARE
MAKING GOOD ON THAT PROMISE.
>> Reporter: POLICE ANNOUNCING
THE ARREST OF 28-YEAR-OLD
MIGUEL ENRIQUE OLIVARES, NOW
CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE
DEATH OF FAITH HEDGEPETH.
A 19-YEAR-OLD UNC SOPHOMORE WAS
BRUTALLY BEATEN TO DEATH AND
FOUND PARTIALLY CLOSED IN HER
OFF-CAMPUS APARTMENT IN
SEPTEMBER 2012.
>> CAN YOU ELABORATE MORE ON
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
SUSPECT AND FAITH?
>> WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AS
TIME GOES ON.
>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY
MIGUEL ENRIQUE OLIVARES WAS NOT
A SUSPECT FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING, WHAT DOES RESEMBLE
A SKETCH RELEASED IN 2016.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND
SEMEN ON FAITH HEDGEPETH, BUT
ARE STILL NOT SAYING IF SHE WAS
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BEFORE SHE
WAS KILLED.
THEY ARE CONFIRMING THAT THE
SUSPECTS DNA MATCHES DNA FOUND
AT THE CRIME SCENE.
>> I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THIS
DAY THAT HE ALLOW ME TO SEE.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY,
INVESTIGATORS, AND THE CHAPEL
HILL COMMUNITY NEVER LOST HOPE.
>> WILL NOT FORGET HER LOVELY
SMILE, HER WARMNESS.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT HER
LIFE MATTER.
>> Reporter: IN THE WORDS OF
THE STATE BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION TODAY THIS CASE
IS FAR FROM OVER. INVESTIGATORS
NOT RULING OUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF ADDITIONAL ARRESTS.