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Miguel Salguero Olivares convicted in Faith Hedgepeth murder
Original: Faith Hedgepeth murder verdict: DNA evidence led to conviction of Miguel Salguero Olivares, mistakes by defense, former judge says
Miguel Salguero Olivares has been convicted of the 2012 murder of University of North Carolina student Faith Hedgepeth, closing a decade-old case. A former judge says DNA evidence was decisive in securing the verdict, while also criticizing mistakes made by the defense during the trial. The case had long unsettled the Chapel Hill community, and the outcome is drawing wide attention.
Why now: A long-unsolved killing of a UNC student has finally ended in a conviction, prompting analysis of the DNA evidence and the defense's performance.
Faith HedgepethMiguel Salguero OlivaresUniversity of North CarolinaChapel Hill
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