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Faith. Hedgepath a proud member

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of the Hulu . A saponin native American tribe

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was Corteal aspirational and

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a passionate dreamer, her deep love

0:11

of life and desire to help others

0:13

as well as her drive to achieve greatness

0:15

and shine. As an example of unprecedented,

0:18

success was cut short

0:20

by an unexplainable unsolved

0:22

murder in the predawn hours

0:25

of September

0:27

7th, 2012, leaving all who knew her across the

0:29

university of North Carolina chapel

0:31

Hill campus, and the entire state

0:33

of North Carolina at large grasping

0:35

for answers in a sea of evidence

0:38

that drowned us all in doubt as

0:41

a hope to provide more substantial

0:43

reasoning built on observable evidence

0:45

and situational analysis. This

0:48

is an examination of the homicide of

0:50

faith Hedgepath and the peculiar

0:52

puzzle pieces left around the crime scene

0:55

in the whole thorn at the view apartment

0:57

complex. This is

0:59

cold case detective faith.

1:04

Danielle Hedgepath was born on September

1:08

26th, 1992 to parents , Roland and Connie Hedgepath

1:11

just South of Warren County, North

1:14

Carolina. She was born at Nash general hospital

1:16

and measured in at eight pounds and nine

1:18

and three quarter inches. Faith was

1:21

then the youngest of her siblings joining

1:23

two older brothers and a younger sister,

1:25

all six of them, including Roland and Connie

1:28

were official members of the [inaudible]

1:30

native American tribe located

1:33

in the North East and areas of North

1:35

Carolina and largely active in Faith's hometown

1:38

of Hollister. The Hollywood suppose

1:40

the peoples are famously engaged

1:43

in the creative arts and education, holding

1:45

an annual powwow each April to

1:47

celebrate their recognition as a

1:49

tribal nation. The tribe also

1:51

utilizes a cultural program

1:53

for all of its citizens, passing on

1:55

their legacies through poetry, dance,

1:58

bead work, and history lessons, faith,

2:00

and her family were a part of these traditions

2:03

and they meant a great deal to the Hedgepath

2:06

ancestry. Sadly, not all

2:08

that happened in young Faith's life was

2:10

pleasant before she was even one year old.

2:12

Her parents split up due to Roland's

2:14

haphazard drug issues. Connie

2:16

would later say that her youngest daughter's

2:18

namesake faith represented

2:21

her biggest need through a volatile time

2:23

in raising four children alone. Nevertheless,

2:27

faith remained a joyous fixture in

2:29

Hollister and the Hollywood propone community.

2:32

Even as a child, she is you did a bright

2:34

and bubbly personality and was quick

2:36

to make friends with other kids of her age.

2:39

One of her earliest friendships blossomed

2:41

before she could even crawl with fellow

2:43

Hollister residents, Gabrielle Evans,

2:46

who was born mere months before faith,

2:48

the two were inseparable

2:51

Gabrielle magnetized to Faith's friendly

2:53

nature and infectious humor into

2:55

their teenage years. Faith was known for

2:57

deeply empathizing with her peers and

3:00

understanding when someone needed a shoulder

3:02

to cry on faith was an

3:04

effortless mediator, naturally gifted

3:06

in eliciting smiles and curing

3:08

the melancholy. By

3:11

the time she was in high school, faith had most

3:13

of her future sorted outs while still enjoying

3:15

middle adolescence . She was

3:17

active outside of her schooling, participating

3:20

in the cheerleading program while leading various

3:22

extracurricular organizations at

3:25

the same time, faith maintained an exemplary

3:27

grade point. Average always considered

3:30

an honors students and on track

3:32

for a successful college career. In

3:34

fact , faith knew early on that her dream was

3:37

to study at the university of North

3:39

Carolina at chapel Hill famously nicknamed

3:42

the Southern paths of heaven. She

3:44

had plans of becoming a doctor or maybe

3:46

dabbling in education regardless.

3:48

She knew she wanted to help children.

3:51

And specifically those in her lifelong

3:53

home of Warren County, her

3:56

best friend Gabrielle told investigative

3:58

reporter Tom Gasper Rowley in

4:00

his 10 part podcast titled

4:03

pursuits his own search for Faith's killer, that

4:05

they came up with an extensive plan

4:07

to do such a thing together. As

4:09

aspiring doctors, Gabrielle

4:12

mentioned that Warren County wasn't a

4:14

well known place in North

4:16

Carolina without much material value or

4:18

economic growth growing from its hyper

4:21

rural roots. And yet

4:23

despite the generations of decline,

4:25

they sought to change that faith

4:27

wanted to be a pediatrician and

4:29

Gabrielle a gynecologist. They

4:32

had plans of opening a medical office in

4:34

their little hometown with faith, taking

4:36

care of the children and Gabrielle taking

4:38

care of the mothers. The mission

4:40

of compassion and community activism

4:42

stemmed from that unconditional love

4:45

within the Hollywood propone families and

4:47

awareness that their fellow citizens had little

4:49

resources. Despite that togetherness,

4:52

it was a perfect microcosm

4:54

of Faith's overarching personality.

4:58

In 2010, faith realized her dreams

5:00

and accepted the Gates millennium scholarship

5:02

for the university of North

5:04

Carolina. She started courses in the fall semester,

5:07

majoring in native American biology,

5:09

and immediately fell in love with the campus

5:12

within her first few weeks, she met fellow

5:15

freshmen, Kara Dixon , and the two

5:17

Swifty formed a tight knit friendship.

5:20

When faith took the spring of the 2012

5:22

semester off from school, Kara

5:24

helped faith find short term housing

5:26

at an off campus living quarter at

5:28

the Hawthorn at the view apartment

5:31

complex with a mutual friend Karena

5:34

Rosario, the two girls got

5:36

along fine together. Yet faith still

5:38

planned to move into another apartment complex. Once

5:40

her financial aid kicked in later

5:43

in 2012 in a dark

5:45

twist. However, those plans never

5:47

came to fruition. And just

5:50

two weeks after the Automall courses

5:52

began, faith Hedgepath was found

5:54

bloody and beaten to death. Juan

5:57

gloomy, Friday morning in her bed,

5:59

the Southern part of heaven was a paradise.

6:02

No more. Let us now

6:04

turn to a timeline of events leading

6:07

to Faith's murder at

6:13

about 5:45 PM. On the

6:15

evening of Thursday, September

6:18

6th, 2012 , faith Hedgepath attends a rush event

6:20

for the alpha PI Omega sorority

6:22

chapter on the UNC chapel

6:24

Hills campus. Alpha PI

6:27

Omega is the oldest native American

6:29

sorority in America, and very meaningful

6:32

to Faith's college experience. Faith

6:34

leaves the rush event at 7:15

6:37

PM intending to return home to continue

6:39

writing an essay on the history of

6:41

her [inaudible] tribe. 45

6:44

minutes later at around 8:00 PM. Faith

6:47

joins up with her roommates, Karena Rosario,

6:49

and the two visit Davis library on the

6:51

university's campus to study together

6:54

during their study session between eight 30

6:56

and 9:00 PM. Faith engages in

6:58

conversation via text with her father

7:00

Roland about her excitement and

7:03

hopes to join the alpha PI Omega

7:05

sorority chapter later in the

7:07

evening, faith leaves the library for awhile,

7:10

but what she does is unknown. She

7:12

returns at about 11:30

7:14

PM as the clock strikes midnight

7:16

on Friday, September 7th, both faith

7:18

and Rosario. Leave the Davis library

7:21

and return to their shared apartments at

7:23

the whole thorn at the view complex off

7:25

campus, 30 minutes

7:28

pass by and at 12:30 AM the

7:30

girl's team up once more and leave the apartment

7:32

and head up to the thrill. A nightclub

7:35

in downtown chapel Hill, North

7:37

Carolina, it is known for admitting people

7:39

under the legal drinking age of 21

7:42

at 12:40 AM, faith

7:45

Hedgepath and Karena Rosario,

7:47

and to the thrill by 1:00

7:49

AM the Jew . Meet up with friends and dance

7:51

for a while an hour ticks by

7:54

and at around two in the morning, Rosario,

7:57

feel sick with an upset stomach and informs

7:59

faith. She wants to leave at

8:01

2:06 AM. CCTV

8:04

security footage captures faith and Rosario

8:06

leaving the nightclub. The last

8:08

confirmed video of faith.

8:11

Hedgepath by 2:30

8:13

AM. The girls arrived back at their apartment

8:15

and faith age Rosario in returning

8:18

to bed at around

8:20

three in the morning, the unnamed woman

8:22

living below faith and Rosario's units.

8:24

Here's a series of thumping noises,

8:26

akin to the sound of furniture toppling over

8:28

or bags filled with cement dropping

8:31

on the floor at about the same time

8:33

Faith's Facebook page has accessed,

8:35

although whether by her or someone else

8:38

is unknown at exactly 3:40

8:41

AM. A text message is sent from faith cell

8:43

phone to the cell phone of Brandon

8:46

Edwards, a former boyfriend, the text

8:48

reads quotes. Hey

8:50

B, can you come over here, please? Rosario

8:53

needs you more. Aha. You

8:55

know, please let her know you

8:58

care . Three minutes later at 3:43

9:01

AM. A correction text is sent again

9:03

from Faith's phone to Brandon's phone

9:05

with the single word quote

9:07

than supposedly a replacement

9:10

for the quotes. Aha . In the

9:12

first message just over half

9:14

an hour later at 4:16

9:16

AM Brandon replies via text asking

9:19

who exactly sent the previous

9:21

two messages. There is

9:23

no reply at around the

9:25

same time. Rozario also attempts

9:27

to reach Brandon by phone reportedly

9:29

calling him from her own phone. She

9:31

receives no answer. And instead contacts,

9:33

fellow university of North Carolina soccer

9:36

player, Jordan McCrary asking

9:38

for a ride a few minutes later

9:40

at 4:27 AM Rosario

9:43

believes faith to be asleep in her own bedroom. And

9:46

the apartment gets

9:48

into McCrory's car and departs from the complex.

9:51

This would be the final theoretical

9:54

sighting of faith. Hedgepath by around

9:56

4:30 AM Rosario arrives

9:59

as another friend's residence in West long

10:01

view streets, McCrary leaves her and Rosario

10:04

spends the remainder of the early morning hours

10:06

here asleep six hours

10:08

later at around 10:30

10:10

AM Rosario awakens , and solidifies

10:12

plans to get a ride back to her own apartment.

10:15

She calls faith, but can't get hold of

10:17

her. As it repeatedly goes to voicemail.

10:20

She instead contacts. Another friend's name

10:22

is Marisol Ron Hill, who agrees to

10:24

take her home a few strokes before

10:27

11:00 AM on Friday, September

10:30

7th, 2012, Rosario reenters her unit

10:32

at the Hawthorne at the view complex and

10:34

called out Faith's name. When she doesn't

10:36

respond, she goes into Faith's room

10:39

and finds her lying on the bed,

10:41

motionless and unresponsive, partially

10:44

nude, but wrapped up in quilts covered

10:46

in blood . Having sustained heavy

10:48

blows to the head immediately

10:51

calls nine one, one and faith

10:53

is claimed dead in

10:55

the days under initial findings,

10:57

law enforcement quickly determines Faith's

10:59

death to be a homicide. As the result

11:01

of blunt force trauma to the head , the

11:04

murder weapon, most likely the empty

11:06

rum bottle found in the apartment.

11:09

Police also collect semen from the crime

11:11

scene and match its DNA profile

11:13

to other strands of DNA discovered

11:15

in the room. However, this information

11:17

is kept secret from the general public media

11:19

outlets and the chapel Hill community.

11:22

Within the next two months, it's

11:24

a pull organizations around chapel

11:26

Hill and North Carolina donate

11:28

funds as reward money in the

11:30

search for faith, hedge paths , killer totaling

11:33

at around $40,000,

11:35

or authorities are hopeful. The money will spur

11:38

someone to come forward with information

11:40

as their resource pool is limited over

11:43

the next two years information about

11:45

the investigation, interfaith hedge paths

11:47

, undeniable murder is kept

11:49

under strict confidentiality by

11:51

the chapel Hill police. Why

11:55

this is the case is never fully explained

11:57

as to chapel Hill PD usually shared

12:00

details about their high profile

12:02

investigations. The only key

12:04

piece of evidence announced during this time

12:06

comes in January of 2013.

12:09

When police announced that the DNA found

12:11

on Faith's person and in the apartments

12:13

belongs to an unidentified male

12:16

subjects, the FBI followed

12:18

this report with a theory of their own that

12:20

the man probably knows faith on a personal

12:22

level. Other than this, the records

12:25

are kept sealed by mandates of the local

12:27

courts. In September,

12:30

2013, the North Carolina state Bureau

12:32

of investigation is called in to aid

12:34

the investigation, neighbors of

12:36

faith on Rosario at Hawthorne at

12:38

the view, tell state detectives their expertise

12:41

as welcome as they felt that the local

12:43

chapel Hill PD were ill equipped

12:45

to handle such a complex case

12:47

after almost an entire year

12:50

of dead and investigating in

12:52

July of 2014, the case

12:54

records are unsealed and given to

12:56

the media for appropriate analysis.

12:59

However many details are redacted

13:01

from the public eye, such as faith, social

13:03

media records addresses connected to

13:05

her profile and computer files

13:08

fully released other transcripts to Rosario's

13:10

nine one one call a timeline

13:13

of their previous nights escapade and

13:15

the text messages sent to Brandon

13:17

cell phone. Then a couple

13:19

of months later in September,

13:21

2014, two full years after faith

13:23

was slain. The official autopsy

13:26

is finally announced to the public. This

13:28

includes new facts, such as blood

13:30

to under her fingernails hinting that she

13:32

struggled with her killer. In addition,

13:35

a new clue from the crime scene is also

13:37

identified a peculiar

13:39

and hastily written notes left

13:41

near Faith's body reading quotes.

13:44

I'm not stupid bitch jealous

13:48

in 2015 crime watch daily announces

13:50

a new discovery in Faith's case this

13:53

time a key piece of evidence in

13:55

the form of an accidental voicemail

13:57

left on one of her friend's cell phones,

14:00

how or why the voicemail is recorded

14:02

is unclear and many assume it

14:04

to be an accidental dial, but

14:06

the mostly inaudible contents

14:09

are quite eerie. And some argue

14:11

that it actually captures the audio

14:13

of faiths final moments. The

14:16

timestamp in the phone records not withstanding despite

14:18

the big break in the case, the voicemail

14:20

leads to zero arrests

14:23

in September of 2016, more

14:25

than four years after Faith's murder.

14:27

The ABC news program, 2020

14:30

releases a composite image

14:32

created by genetic testing company, Parabon

14:35

NanoLabs that is said to resemble

14:37

the person whose DNA profile was

14:39

discovered from the semen and other

14:41

artifacts analyzed from Faith's

14:43

crime scene. Again, however,

14:45

another massive clue brings in

14:47

no new prime suspects presently

14:50

the into the homicide of faith Hedgepath

14:52

is still ongoing by both local

14:55

States and federal investigators.

14:57

They have tested over 800

14:59

subjects for their DNA to find

15:02

a match to Faith's killer ranging

15:04

from her friends to classmates, to fellow patrons

15:06

at the thrill nightclub and have yet

15:08

to find a positive match. Whoever

15:11

the killer is, they are likely still

15:13

out there

15:13

Walking among us only

15:15

Testimony or confession away

15:18

from solving this horrific tragedy.

15:22

There are many key data points

15:24

in faith, hedge paths , murder case, all

15:27

harboring deeper mysteries than surface

15:29

level observation allows us to see

15:32

whether it be the peculiar nine one one

15:34

call made by Karena . Risario

15:36

the inadvertent yet foggy voicemail,

15:38

recording of faith under duress, all

15:40

the suspicious chicken scratch notes left

15:43

at the scene of the crime, all of the clues

15:45

Lead anywhere and everywhere.

15:48

However, they could also be nothing more than

15:50

red herrings objects that seem

15:52

to have vital meaning simply because

15:54

they don't yet make sense in the context

15:57

of the investigation. That is

15:59

why we choose to highlight the one

16:01

piece of evidence that is rooted in science

16:03

and cannot be argued against that

16:06

of the DNA strands discovered in

16:08

Faith's bedroom and in the semen collected

16:10

from her person. As mentioned

16:12

previously, the strands were synced to the

16:14

Parabon NanoLabs in Virginia for

16:16

forensic scientists to analyze

16:19

the pheno type of the DNA profile

16:21

and create an image of the likely perpetrator

16:24

using its sequencing and possible physical

16:26

characteristics. In other words, quotes,

16:29

predicting eye color, hair, color, skin,

16:31

color, freckling, face morphology.

16:34

I'm done ancestry.

16:37

What they discovered couldn't print out a crystal

16:39

clear photograph of the killer at large, it

16:41

did give investigators and the general public,

16:44

a general description of who to look out

16:46

for and a fallback system to be

16:48

able to match other subjects DNA

16:50

against the mystery strands from the crime

16:53

scene in 2016, the

16:55

details from the nano labs were released

16:57

based on DNA phenotyping. The

16:59

killer was confirmed to be a male with

17:01

a highly probable Latino ancestry.

17:04

His region of origin was concluded to

17:06

be 30% likely from either central

17:09

America or South Western Europe,

17:11

but the results also included South America

17:14

and portions as Africa as possible.

17:16

Backgrounds analysts at Parabon

17:19

were over 99%. Certain

17:22

that the suspect does not have fair

17:24

skin suggesting it most likely to be

17:26

either dark or a light olive colored

17:28

at an 84% likelihood. They

17:30

are 94% confident. The

17:32

killer has Brown or Hazel lies

17:35

on 93% confidence that the hair

17:37

is black and their face is void

17:39

of freckles. This phenotyping

17:42

did not produce statistics for probable

17:44

weight and height, but the image

17:46

provided had the suspect suggested

17:49

be 25 years old at

17:51

the time in 2016, it

17:53

is essential to recognize that these

17:55

results are not certain, but with confidence

17:57

levels over 90%, it's safe

18:00

to assume the killer matches most of

18:02

these characteristics, even if they

18:04

don't. The DNA is still a sure

18:06

fire way to convict a suspect. If

18:09

their courts and produce a match, making

18:11

the DNA strands the most important

18:13

case point

18:14

Recovered to this day. Four

18:16

A closer look at power bonds , digital

18:19

sketching on the perps face. Follow

18:21

our Google drive link in the show notes

18:23

to find the case photos where we

18:25

have uploaded the photograph. Let

18:28

us now turn to the most prominent theories

18:31

in answering

18:31

Murder of faith. Hedgepath

18:36

A lot of the early theories that still

18:38

circulate amongst case followers center

18:41

on Karena Rosario, Faith's

18:43

roommate, friends, and both the

18:45

last person to see her alive and

18:47

the first person to find her body wants

18:50

. Sleuths can't make sense of are

18:52

the suspicious details of the two

18:54

audio recordings made public

18:57

in Faith's case file. The nine one

18:59

one call made by Rozario and

19:01

the voicemail containing garbled

19:03

yet disturbing conversations in

19:06

terms of the nine one one call some

19:08

point to the fact that Rosario never clarifies

19:11

who faith is to the dispatcher

19:13

outside of calling her quotes. My

19:16

friend, she also tells the dispatcher

19:18

that faith appears to be unconscious yet

19:20

refuses to approach her or touch

19:23

her, to check her body temperature as directed

19:26

some theorists claim. The entire

19:28

call itself sounds staged

19:30

and point to the fact that near the latter, half

19:32

of the call Rosario goes out of her way

19:34

to mention repeatedly that the room

19:37

seems different than how she left it. How

19:39

there are items in Faith's room that didn't belong

19:41

there and how there must have been someone else

19:43

in the apartment before her return

19:46

. She also never mentioned

19:48

her friend that accompanied her to the apartments

19:50

Marisol around hell . And the fact

19:53

that if she was truly struggling to approach

19:55

Faith's body to touch it, she could have asked

19:57

Marisol instead, while she was on the

19:59

phone. Of course, none of these

20:01

observations or anything more than peculiar

20:03

coincidences. And it must be remembered

20:05

that anyone who calls nine one one after

20:08

stumbling upon a mutilated body is

20:10

not going to act or speak in

20:12

the clearest state of mind yet.

20:15

When combined with the other interesting subplots

20:17

of Rosario's possible role in the case,

20:20

it does seem like the first pebble in

20:22

a mountain of suspicious evidence

20:25

in terms of the voicemail left on the phone of faith

20:27

friends, both investigators, experts,

20:30

and amateur sleuths are now in conflict

20:32

over how Rosario might be involved

20:35

and what the voicemail means to the case.

20:38

Chapel Hill police and other tiers

20:40

of law enforcement believe that while there may

20:42

be an argument taking place on the voicemail,

20:44

it was timestamped on Faith's friends

20:47

at 1:23 AM a time

20:49

in which faith was still at the thrill

20:51

nightclub. Thus, the gobbled audio

20:54

rapping sounds and unintelligible conversations

20:56

could not be a recording of Faith's

20:59

murder. They reasoned that

21:01

with the loud music in general noisy

21:03

atmosphere of a nightclub, the voicemails

21:05

audio could not be incriminating.

21:08

I have here the original voicemail

21:10

recording that we retrieved from fellow investigative

21:13

reporter, Tom Gasper Rowley . The

21:15

full recording is over three minutes long.

21:17

I will play an unedited excerpts

21:19

from the clip right now. So you can hear for

21:21

yourself and form your own conclusion

21:24

as to what you believe might be happening.

21:26

Please be advised the audio quality is quite

21:29

rough and it may be distressing

21:31

for some listeners

21:56

[inaudible]

22:01

Despite the local police disregarding

22:04

this piece of evidence crime watch daily.

22:06

Wasn't so sure when they gained access

22:08

to the recording, they hired audio

22:10

engineering, mastermind, Arlo, West

22:13

known for his enhancement skills of

22:15

hard to hear sound samples.

22:17

What he discovered was much more damning

22:20

than what police theorized. We

22:22

no longer have access to the full

22:24

edited voicemail audio itself,

22:27

but we do have transcripts and accounts

22:29

from Arlo West. He found

22:31

that the audio was capturing four separate

22:34

people, two male subjects

22:36

and two female subjects, one

22:38

being faith. It sounds as if faith

22:40

is in distress, seemingly tied up

22:43

and in pain. At one point exclaiming

22:45

our , my head and my hands

22:47

are on fire help. The

22:50

other three subjects are screaming at her with

22:52

the female specifically angered at faith

22:55

regarding lies. She told and

22:57

demanding. She puts up a fight

22:59

West. Also claims that at two separate

23:01

points, the names Rosie and

23:04

Eric are used. It just

23:06

so happens that Karena Rosario would often

23:08

go by the nickname Rosie . And that

23:10

the Eric mentioned was her ex boyfriend

23:13

who had a well known vendetta against

23:15

faith and the perceived role she

23:17

played in keeping him and Rosario

23:20

legally separated. In fact,

23:22

one of the transcripted lines has faith

23:24

saying quotes. I can't believe

23:26

you did it. Rosy followed by a mail

23:28

saying quotes, just throw it

23:31

in the river. Near the end of the voicemail.

23:33

One of the males says they are going to sexually

23:35

assault faith. After the second female

23:37

asks them to quote , go help.

23:40

Eric theorists take this

23:42

recording to mean that Rosario was

23:44

the one to kill faith and

23:46

that she was aided by Eric

23:48

Jones . And they had a third person assisting them

23:50

who was the one to rape faith and

23:53

leave the seaman . Now this doesn't

23:55

account for the timestamp left on the phone

23:57

at 1:23 AM because

23:59

faith couldn't have been killed at the thrill.

24:02

A CCTV footage recorded

24:04

her leaving perfectly fine.

24:06

However, Arlo West has an explanation

24:09

for this too. He claims the software

24:11

on the phones of both faith and her friend

24:14

were known for technical glitches and reporting

24:16

inaccurate timestamps on voicemails.

24:19

He says the towers around the area transmitting

24:21

their phones data were also unreliable.

24:24

And that simple metadata recordings we're likely

24:26

to have in consistencies West

24:29

is certain that the recording captures

24:32

the last breaths faith takes as

24:34

she is being murdered and for

24:36

what it's worth. So too , does

24:39

Faith's father Roland West cites

24:41

that his audio enhancements didn't actually conclude

24:43

there was background music as he picked up

24:46

no percussion bass or synthesize

24:48

the sounds and the notable absence

24:51

of other common nightclub sounds such

24:53

as glasses. Clinking meant the recording

24:55

must have happened elsewhere. Despite

24:58

West's technical work. It's important

25:01

to remember that the transcriptions and explanation

25:03

of faulty phone software is still

25:06

just a theory. Others

25:08

have listened to the recording with enhancements of

25:11

their own and claim. They can indeed hear

25:13

background music. One transcriber

25:16

listened to the recording and immediately recognized

25:18

a song in the background being booty work

25:20

by T pain . Their transcription

25:22

also detailed an argument taking place between

25:25

multiple female and male subjects,

25:27

but it didn't include specific names

25:29

like Rosie or Eric. All

25:31

of this serves to explain just how mysterious

25:34

the voicemail is. It's incredibly

25:36

hard to pick out what exactly the subjects

25:38

are shouting about and what the high pitch

25:40

noises actually are. If

25:42

the timestamp is incorrect

25:44

and the voicemail does record Rosario

25:47

or other perpetrators ending Faith's

25:49

life, then it might play the biggest

25:52

role in the case. So

25:54

if Rosario was the female in the recording

25:57

and did play a part in killing faith, how

25:59

does one explain the other facets of

26:01

the timeline that night? Some people

26:03

believe that Rosario's story about leaving the

26:05

club due to a stomach ache was a lie

26:08

because if she truly wasn't feeling well,

26:10

why would she then leave the house again at 4:30

26:13

AM to meet up with someone else. These

26:15

theorists also have major issues

26:18

with the unlocked door scenario.

26:20

It should be stated. Rosario's ex boyfriend

26:23

mentioned before Eric Jones had

26:25

kicked down two doors in Rosario and

26:28

Faith's units prior to the murder and

26:30

was well known for inciting domestic

26:32

issues during his relationship with Rosario.

26:35

In fact, she had a restraining order

26:37

against him, not only this, but Eric

26:39

lived in the same complex at the Hawthorne

26:41

at the view apartments. Thus it

26:44

leaves people wondering how Rosario

26:46

could just accidentally forget to lock

26:48

the door. When someone with a violent history

26:50

against her and faith was living just

26:52

a few doors away. That

26:55

is unless she wasn't the last

26:57

one to leave the house, or if

26:59

she left it unlocked for someone who planned to

27:01

show up later that morning, they also

27:03

believe that Rosario could have been the one who accessed

27:06

Faith's Facebook and sent the messages

27:08

to Brandon Edwards to make it seem like

27:10

faith was still alive and active.

27:13

Then in order to create an alibi, she

27:15

left to go and spend the night with a friend and

27:17

gets a ride with an un-involved third party.

27:20

Claiming faith was asleep. When she

27:22

left leaving the door unlocked,

27:25

it is a circumstantial theory,

27:27

but it is plausible, but it does

27:30

also leave the question of why

27:33

Rosaria would kill her roommate. Some suggest

27:35

that Rosario was upset with faith, for her connection

27:37

to her ex boyfriend, Brandon, that

27:39

she was jealous of possible romance between

27:41

the two and felt faith lied about

27:44

her relationship with him. They claim

27:46

this is the backstory to the notes left at

27:48

the crime scene. That was written before

27:50

faith was murdered. These theorists

27:53

explained that the part reading quotes I'm not stupid

27:56

bitch was written by Rosario

27:58

to be left for faith, who then wrote

28:00

jealous as a response experts

28:03

agree that it's possible as they are certain.

28:05

The word jealous was written by a different

28:07

person to the one who wrote the other

28:09

words. And they matched the penmanship

28:12

to that of a female writer. This

28:14

could have been the spark that set Rosario

28:17

in the wrong direction. Others believers,

28:19

Aria was simply envious of Faith's life.

28:21

Seeing her accomplishments and career success

28:24

as a threat thinking faith was pushing

28:26

her away from Brandon and Eric and

28:28

controlling her life while lying

28:31

about her intentions. Of course,

28:33

if Rosario was indeed involved with the crime,

28:36

she wouldn't be the only one. The semen

28:38

collected from Faith's body and the processing

28:40

DNA strands procured from it's confirmed.

28:42

There was at least one other male subject

28:45

in Faith's room. The morning she was

28:47

killed, could they have been assisting

28:49

Rosario? And if so, who

28:52

could it have been? The first

28:54

person targeted by police was Eric

28:57

Jones. The officer mentioned ex-boyfriends and

28:59

nuisance to faith and Rosario. Eric

29:01

had a history of domestic violence specifically.

29:04

Again , the two girls he kicked

29:06

in and even made a threat to

29:08

kill faith. If Rosario didn't

29:11

get back together with him. According

29:13

to official police reports released

29:15

in 2014, also brought

29:17

onto a microscope with a very disturbing

29:19

messages. Eric left right before faith

29:22

murder, such as a statements uploaded

29:24

to his Facebook cover photo toes , that reds

29:27

quotes. Dear Lord, forgive

29:29

me for all of my sins and the sins

29:32

I make commit today protects

29:34

me from the girl who don't deserve me and

29:36

the ones who wish me debt today.

29:39

He also sent a text to friend

29:41

that asked for forgiveness for what

29:43

he was about to do. Unlike

29:45

Rosario, whose theories and motive

29:48

are very vague. Eric

29:50

Jones has a much clearer motivation. He

29:52

threatened faith in parts because she was

29:54

the one who convinced Rosario to file

29:57

for a restraining order. After his

29:59

violent temper exploded on numerous

30:01

occasions, he could have seen faith

30:03

as the enemy standing in his way,

30:05

someone out to get him and ruin his life

30:08

again, though, if Eric helped Rosario

30:10

kill faith that morning and was a part

30:12

of the crime scene, he also was not

30:14

the only male subject there because

30:17

he allowed police to test his DNA.

30:19

And it was not a match with the DNA found

30:22

on Faith's corpse. So

30:24

if Eric or Rosario swung

30:26

the rum bottle that struck faith, a

30:28

third person bore witness, a third

30:31

person whom Eric and Rosario know

30:33

and who matches the NanoLabs profile.

30:37

Besides the DNA factor though, Eric

30:39

and Rosario teaming up in face murder has

30:41

further in consistencies. If

30:43

Eric was such a threat to Rosario and

30:45

menace to her livelihood, why would

30:47

he be the one she approached to

30:49

help pull off such a criminal feat

30:52

? If the two detested each other joining

30:54

forces to cover up a murder appears

30:56

entirely out of character for both

30:58

of them. Sure . They're threats and

31:01

unhappiness towards faith might've been shared. But

31:03

putting aside that chaotic history

31:05

on the whim of murdering a young woman

31:08

makes little sense. Their theoretical

31:10

involvement also means that they killed faith

31:12

between two 30 and 4:30

31:15

AM. But the only noise complaints coming from

31:17

neighbors was a couple of thumps at around

31:19

three in the morning. If the voicemail

31:22

we've heard captured the homicide taking place

31:25

that would have been high, pitched screaming, arguing,

31:27

and loud music erupting from the apartments

31:29

, almost certainly alerting the other

31:32

neighbors and giving them something else

31:34

to inform police abouts. And

31:36

finally, in regards to a third

31:38

person, the second male figure who

31:40

would be responsible for leaving the DNA at the

31:42

crime scene, why would someone

31:44

help protect Eric and Rosario's

31:46

innocence by leaving DNA behind

31:49

that? Wasn't either of theirs simply

31:51

to throw off police that in

31:53

itself is a bizarre way of

31:55

involving oneself in a felony.

31:57

The official autopsy did not find

32:00

conclusive evidence that faith was raped

32:02

and the presence of semen was contradictory.

32:05

But that doesn't mean it was planted. Other

32:07

experts who have analyzed the scene still

32:10

believe faith could have been sexually assaulted

32:12

without major marks of trauma being left.

32:15

Which horrifying though, it certainly

32:17

is. Does make more sense than

32:19

a random bystander or group going

32:21

above and beyond to cover up Eric and

32:24

Rosario's involvements while it is not

32:26

impossible. It is highly unlikely.

32:29

In addition, both Eric and Rosario

32:31

have been very cooperative with police.

32:34

Eric has since deleted the suspicious social media

32:36

posts and Rosaria moved out. So North

32:39

Carolina, soon after the murder, but both

32:41

have continued answering the authorities

32:43

questions and have maintained their

32:46

innocence. So once

32:48

other suspects might, we consider many

32:51

people closer to the case in and around

32:53

chapel Hill have used the names of local

32:55

male figures to point fingers at subjects

32:58

who have yet to allow police to take their DNA

33:00

or who have reacted suspiciously to photos

33:03

and other media reports about faith.

33:05

It's important to remember that silence

33:08

does not preclude guilt just

33:10

because someone doesn't want to give up DNA samples

33:13

doesn't mean they murdered faith. Many

33:16

innocent people from minority communities

33:18

do not trust police because of the years

33:21

of systematic racism. And because

33:23

the prime suspect is believed to have been a person

33:25

of color or from a Latino or native

33:27

American background , it is

33:29

essential. We recognize the broader

33:31

context and history of policing.

33:34

Before we make brass judgements about individuals

33:36

who are nervous to give up a piece of their DNA,

33:39

not knowing what it could warrant in their future.

33:42

Some theories revolves around the possible

33:45

involvement of an unknown serial

33:47

killer or serial rapist. However,

33:49

there was no pattern of similar crimes

33:51

in the general vicinity before faith

33:54

was murdered, nor did a string of

33:56

violent assaults occur in the weeks, months

33:58

or years after Faith's case.

34:01

The university of North

34:03

Carolina and chapel Hill have both had their

34:05

fair share of criminal activity, but

34:07

nothing to suggest faith was a victim of

34:09

a larger murder spree or a

34:11

killer with a specific ammo. Other

34:14

theories wonder if someone had been following

34:16

faith for awhile , someone targeting

34:19

her in a planned assault and waiting

34:21

for the right moment to strike. They could

34:23

have been watching faith under camouflage,

34:25

taking notes on those. She went out with

34:27

and when she went out, when they

34:29

followed her on the morning of September

34:31

7th, they kept a view of her apartment. And when

34:33

Rosario left with another friend at 4:30

34:36

AM, they got lucky with the front door being

34:39

on locks and took advantage of

34:41

the opportunity. When faith fought back,

34:43

they decided to take their violence a step

34:45

further. It would explain why

34:48

faith had fought back so viciously

34:50

and why semen was found at the crime scene.

34:53

College campuses are notorious hotspots

34:56

for sexual predators, and the suspect

34:58

could have encountered faith that the thrill

35:00

followed her home, awaited their opportunity

35:03

and raped

35:04

And killed her. It should

35:06

be.

35:07

We noted that the police collected DNA

35:09

evidence from countless patrons known

35:11

to frequent the thrill. And from those who are

35:13

around the nightclub, the night faith made

35:15

her last appearance there around

35:17

800 men have been tested,

35:19

but the trail of theories have run dry,

35:22

still the desperate hunt for

35:24

the next break in the case continue

35:26

Use .

35:28

Before we dive bulge our hypothesis

35:30

of faith, hedge paths, unsolved murder,

35:32

we want to make it known that our conclusions presented

35:35

in cold case detective are purely

35:37

logical speculation based on

35:39

evidence circumstance and

35:41

factual subtext. We are

35:43

only privy to the same information presented

35:46

in each video. And we do not attempt

35:48

to promise certainty or an expert

35:50

guarantee on the findings we reach

35:53

in closing, we simply observe

35:55

research and reports in

35:59

terms of Faith's killer. We agree

36:01

with reporter Tom Gasper Rowley statements

36:03

, that he was probably just on

36:05

the outskirts of faith , social group

36:08

and acquaintance that didn't know her personally,

36:11

but knew of her through friends and classmates,

36:13

what their motivation was. Can't be said

36:16

for certain, maybe they would turn down

36:18

after making romantic advances. Maybe

36:20

they were jealous of her and her varied

36:22

accomplishments. Maybe they were seeking

36:24

revenge for her companionship with a

36:26

former lover of their own. The

36:28

possibilities are endless, but

36:30

as crime scene experts have concluded,

36:33

this was a crime of passion of

36:36

seizing malice and carried out by someone

36:38

with an emotional connection to

36:40

faith. It is hard to say

36:42

if the killer acted alone or with other

36:44

subjects, police have not clarified.

36:47

If they believe Faith's murder was to be at the hands

36:49

of a solo perpetrator or a group,

36:52

which does leave open the potential

36:54

for multiple people with knowledge of

36:56

the homicide to be out there. Or

36:58

authorities have mentioned that whoever is responsible

37:01

and those who know of their complicity would

37:03

have changed their behavior in the days,

37:05

weeks and months, following that

37:07

crime closely, following the case

37:09

and monitoring it for updates. This

37:12

is, there needs to be the reason why the records

37:14

were sealed for so long. So the unknown

37:16

killer couldn't have a leg up on police

37:18

and could be kept in the dark. If

37:21

one thing is for certain, is that the 800

37:24

or so men whose DNA has been sampled

37:26

to compare with the semen from the crime scene

37:29

is not as big a number as it seems

37:32

800 eliminated suspects

37:34

is better than zero. But

37:36

think about the tens of thousands of

37:38

people who could have crossed paths with faith

37:41

in her time at UNC in

37:43

chapel Hill or from her hometown

37:45

in Warren County, that leaves

37:47

a lot of doors open for someone to take advantage

37:50

of her independence and strike

37:52

. When no one was watching, committing

37:54

an atrocious crime, then disappearing

37:57

back into the crowd, blending back

37:59

into society as if nothing

38:01

had ever happened. It's why it

38:03

is absolutely vital for anyone

38:06

who might know something related to the crime

38:08

to reach out to the proper authorities.

38:11

Even if your tip in mind, doesn't relate

38:13

to a suspect whose appearance matches the

38:15

DNA profile sketch no

38:17

piece of information in this case

38:20

is wasteful. It could be

38:22

the missing key detectives need

38:24

to unlock a room full of answers,

38:27

bringing forth the justice that the

38:29

Hedgepath family have fought so diligently

38:31

for these past eight.

38:33

Yes. In the meantime,

38:36

Let us honor Faith's memory, not by

38:38

reducing her life to a single night

38:40

of unfortunate events, but praising

38:42

her for all. She accomplished in her young

38:44

life and plans to accomplish

38:47

later on faith broke

38:49

down. The barriers that small town life

38:51

in a rural community can bring forth

38:54

and sorts not only to venture out and

38:56

create a life for her own, but to gain

38:58

experiences and bring them back to

39:00

her community to share and help

39:02

sponsor growth in a town that's

39:05

so desperately needed it. Faith's

39:07

selfless drive to make others feel hope.

39:09

And happiness was a rare yet

39:11

welcomed traits for a person of

39:14

her youthful age to share. And

39:16

her legacy of bringing joy laughter

39:18

and purpose lives on in

39:20

the hearts of those who knew her faith

39:23

loved her, her Louis , the pony tribe

39:25

unconditionally and embraced a

39:27

future of leadership and communal

39:29

fellowship aiding the women and children

39:32

of her native American community without

39:34

ever giving it a second thought.

39:36

It is undoubtedly true that

39:39

faith would have flourished in her remaining

39:41

years in college and fulfilled her dreams

39:43

of becoming a pediatrician in

39:45

Warren County. She absolutely

39:48

would have made an excellent doctor as

39:50

she was a brilliant mind combined with

39:52

a compassionate soul faith.

39:54

Hedgepath simply made the world a better place

39:57

to live. And by fighting for her

39:59

memory and sharing her legacy with

40:01

others, we can do the same.

40:04

All it takes is a little faith.

40:07

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40:12

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