On October 24, 2026, a jury found Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares guilty on all counts in the murder of Faith Hedgepeth, the UNC student killed in her Chapel Hill apartment in 2012. Deliberations began at 9:30 a.m.; the jury asked for the latent fingerprint and DNA lab summaries and returned a verdict by 4:24 p.m., after closing arguments on October 22. Days later he was ordered to register as a sex offender for life, and his attorneys gave notice of appeal. The discussion now turns to the appeal and to what was seen in court.