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Man convicted in Faith Hedgepeth murder seeks new trial

Original: NC man convicted of Faith Hedgepeth’s murder asks for new trial, cites 4 issues

The North Carolina man convicted of murdering UNC student Faith Hedgepeth has filed a request for a new trial, citing four issues with his case. Hedgepeth, a member of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe, was killed in her Chapel Hill apartment in 2012, and her killing went unsolved for years. The motion renews attention on one of the state's most closely followed cold case prosecutions.

Why now: The convicted man's motion for a new trial is a new development in a long-closely watched murder case

Faith HedgepethNorth CarolinaChapel HillUniversity of North Carolina

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