罗利-达勒姆14年悬案宣判：杀害北卡大学生 Faith Hedgepeth 的被告四项罪名成立
位于北卡罗来纳州达勒姆县的达勒姆，县法院陪审团10月23日周五下午作出裁决，认定被告 Miguel Salguero-Olivares 一级谋杀罪、强奸罪、性犯罪罪和入室盗窃罪全部成立。
被害人 Faith Hedgepeth 是北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的大三学生，2012年9月7日被发现死于她在教堂山的校外公寓内，年仅19岁，死因是被殴致死。案件悬置多年，直到2021年9月，警方通过 DNA 比对锁定并逮捕了 Salguero-Olivares，距离案发已过去9年。
本次审判在达勒姆开庭，周五是包括陪审团遴选在内的第19个开庭日。辩方在周三出人意料地决定不传唤任何证人，在检方举证结束后直接结案；陪审团从周四开始评议，期间曾要求调阅实验室报告摘要和指纹鉴定记录。裁决宣布后，案件将进入量刑阶段。Hedgepeth 的家人和北卡大学社区等待这一结果已超过14年。
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Jury Convicts Salguero-Olivares in 2012 Murder of UNC Student Faith Hedgepeth
DURHAM, North Carolina — A Durham County jury on Friday afternoon, October 23, found Miguel Salguero-Olivares guilty of first-degree murder, rape, sexual offense and burglary in the killing of University of North Carolina student Faith Hedgepeth.
Hedgepeth, a UNC-Chapel Hill junior, was found beaten to death in her off-campus apartment in Chapel Hill on September 7, 2012; she was 19. The case went unsolved for years until September 2021, when DNA evidence led police to arrest Salguero-Olivares, nine years after the killing.
The trial in Durham reached its 19th day on Friday, including jury selection. On Wednesday the defense made the surprising decision to call no witnesses, resting after the prosecution finished; the jury began deliberating Thursday and asked to review summaries of lab reports and fingerprint readings. The case now moves to sentencing. Hedgepeth's family and the UNC community had waited more than 14 years for the verdict.
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