Defense looks to exclude DNA evidence, state wants to exclude 911 call analysis in UNC student Faith Hedgepeth’s murder trial

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) — More than a dozen motions were filed by both the state and the defense this week in the murder trial against Miguel Salguero Olivares, accused of killing UNC student Faith Hedgepeth in 2012 in her off-campus apartment.

State prosecutors filed seven motions. They want to exclude evidence of Hedgepeth’s BAC level at the time of her death. They say her then-roommate, Karena Rosario, who was with Hedgepeth in the hours before her death, has already testified that Hedgepeth had at least one drink that night at The Thrill.

But prosecutors say Rosario does not remember or know if Hedgepeth had more…

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