Faith Hedgepeth

Authorities in North Carolina unsealed records in connection with the unsolved murder of Faith Hedgepeth, who was a member of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe.

Hedgepeth, 19, was a student at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was found dead in her apartment near campus on September 7, 2012.

Family members and friends gathered on campus today for a moment of silence in honor of Hedgepeth. "It's heartwarming to know that people haven't forgotten her," her father, Roland told WNCN.

The documents show Hedgepeth was brutally beaten and assaulted in her apartment. Authorities investigated two men who were former boyfriends of her roommate at the time but no charges have been filed.

"Although it has been two years and no one has been arrested and the murder has not been solved, we're going to keep doing things like this and reminding the community that this happened and justice needs to be served,” Shannon Ross, one of Hedgepeth's sorority sisters in Alpha Pi Omega, told WNCN.

Get the Story:
Hedgepeth's dad calls UNC ceremony 'heartwarming' (WNCN 9/8)
UNC Chapel Hill holds moment of silence for Faith Hedgepeth (WTVD 9/8)
Faith Hedgepeth documents, autopsy unsealed on Friday (The Daily Tar Heel 9/8)
Note scribbled on fast food bag may help solve college student's murder (ABC News 9/7)
Court documents unsealed in search for Faith Hedgepeth’s killer (The Charlotte News Observer 9/5)
Police release details of UNC student's 2012 homicide (WRAL 9/4)

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