“I don't like being alone in a house just 'cause I just get really scared.” “I know that police officers probably have a lot of different cases, but it's like, when it's someone that close, it's like you want an answer,” Rangel said. Celisa Lehew told ABC News’ “20/20.” “There was no sign of forced entry.”Ī DNA profile was generated from semen collected at the scene, and investigators believe that DNA belongs to Hedgepeth’s killer.įour years later, Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue remains confident that they will find who killed Hedgepeth.īut until Hedgepeth’s killer is caught, Rangel said she remains fearful. There was some blood splatter throughout the bedroom as well as where the pillow might be,” Chapel Hill Police Lt. “Faith was wrapped, partially, in a comforter that had been located on the bed. Police eventually arrived to the scene which was covered in blood. “They were telling us to put her on her back, but we couldn’t.” I just felt like it was taking so long for them to get there,” Rangel said. “I was just in shock, and just so sad, and just wanted someone to come. On the phone with 911, Rosario told police she found things in the apartment that were not there before, including an empty bottle of rum covered in blood, which police later identified as the murder weapon. But I was just telling her to tell them to hurry up.” “I was in the room, and - but Karena kept walking out and in of the room. “After that, we went and started calling 911,” Rangel said. Hedgepeth was partially nude and had suffered what appeared to be severe head trauma, police later said. Rangel and Rosario told police they found Hedgepeth dead in the bedroom. Only then will Karena and Faith’s family finally be able to move on.The path to the bedroom in the apartment where Faith Hedgepeth was found murdered is pictured here. The complete truth of what happened to Faith can only be found when Karena finally opens up to talk about her and starts keeping the memory of her friend alive. Even her presence on social media is untraceable. And now, because she never talks publicly, we do not know where she is or what she is up to now. She was contacted by Crime Watch Daily for an interview to get to know more about what happened on the day Faith died, but she never even responded to them. Karena has lived an extremely private life after everything that has happened.
Even Karena was investigated but was never charged with any wrongdoings. Although Eriq was initially a person of interest, because of his relationship with Karena and Faith, along with his suspicious post on Facebook just before Faith’s death, he cooperated and was never linked to the murder.
In fact, in the eight-minute phone call, Marisol couldn’t even be heard in the background, which seems extremely strange for someone who just walked into a murder scene.ĭue to DNA traces found on the crime scene, the police thought that they could catch Faith’s killer, but after months and months of investigation, they came out empty-handed. When Karena called 911, she never mentioned Faith by her name, nor did she state that she wasn’t alone. A few hours later, after she couldn’t get in touch with Faith, she contacted Marisol Rangel to give her a ride home, and at 11 a.m, when they arrived, they found Faith, bloodied, half-naked, and beaten to death. It could have been an end table being turned over'”Īfter that, when Faith had settled in and went off the bed, Karena left their apartment around 4:30 a.m., leaving the door unlocked and hopped in the car of UNC soccer player Jordan McCrary. She told ABC News, “The police asked me, ‘What did they sound like?’ And I said, ‘Thumps.’ I said, ‘They sounded like it could have been a heavy book bag being dropped. Photo Credit: Crime Watch DailyĪ neighbor who lived below the girls reportedly heard them come in at around 3 a.m. After a couple of hours, when Karena complained about not feeling well due to drinking too much, she and Faith left to return back home. Then, they decided to go to The Thrill, a nightclub in downtown Chapel Hill, after midnight. On the night before, Karena and Faith were studying at UNC’s library before they returned to their apartment around midnight. So obviously, it was a massive shock for Karena when she found her friend’s body in their apartment. Faith had even helped Karena get a restraining order against her former boyfriend, Eriq Takoy Jones, who had become violent with her. As roommates, they knew almost everything about each other and helped one another through the good times and the bad. Both Faith and Karena, her friend since freshman year, had gone to a local nightclub the previous night, and although they had made it home safely after that, Faith was killed just a few hours after that.īeing around the same age and having been friends for more than two years, Karena and Faith were as close as friends can get.
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