Hedgepeth trial, day two

True crime · Heat 1.0 / 10 · 2 shows · 43m airtime

The Salguero-Olivares trial in the 2012 murder of Faith Hedgepeth continued on October 8, 2026, in Durham County Superior Court. A forensic technician presented 2012 crime scene footage, and defense attorney Rainsford cross-examined Karina Rosario about her intoxication and 14 calls to Hedgepeth that morning; Rosario said she was trying to retrieve her notebook and key. Police found Hedgepeth's car gas cap open, and Rosario said she did not remember stopping for gas. Later, about ten minutes of a 90-minute body cam interview were played, in which an investigator told Salguero-Olivares he knew '100 percent' he killed her, and Salguero-Olivares denied knowing Hedgepeth. DNA swabs and fingerprints were also collected. The discussion now weighs Rosario's testimony and the gas cap.

How 2 podcasts covered it

1. Murder Sheet, 2026-10-09 (2:13 to 5:08)
   Opens day two with the crime scene footage
   Opens the second day of the Salguero-Olivares trial with a content warning and a forensic technician's walkthrough of 2012 crime scene footage, noting the judge kept graphic images off the broadcast.
   New angle: A forensic technician walked the jury through 2012 crime scene footage on day two.
2. Murder Sheet, 2026-10-09 (10:28 to 16:53)
   Weighs Rainsford's cross of Rosario
   Day-two coverage turns to James Rainsford's cross-examination of Karina Rosario, weighing his style and the points he pressed: her intoxication that night and the 14 calls she made to Faith the morning the body was found.
   New angle: Rainsford cross-examined Karina Rosario on day two, pressing her intoxication and 14 calls to Faith that morning.
3. Murder Sheet, 2026-10-09 (31:59 to 34:12)
   Plays Rosario's account of the 14 calls
   Plays Rosario's own explanation for the 14 calls - she needed her notebook and key for papers due that day - and weighs it against the suspicion the calls invite. Adds her account of the calls to the cross-examination already on the record.
   New angle: Rosario testified she called Faith repeatedly to retrieve her notebook and key for papers due that day.
4. Murder Sheet, 2026-10-09 (22:13 to 23:14)
   Adds the open gas cap to the cross
   Adds a defense point from the day-two cross: Faith's car gas cap was open when police examined it, and Rosario testified she did not remember stopping for gas. The hosts weigh whether that undercuts her memory.
   New angle: Faith's car gas cap was open when police examined it; Rosario said she did not remember stopping for gas.
5. Murder Sheet, 2026-10-09 (23:10 to 28:53)
   Plays the cross and disputes the defense
   Plays a clip of Rainsford cross-examining Rosario about why Faith did not follow her to the bathroom, then argues the defense's picking apart of human reactions is not compelling. Reaction and opinion, staying inside the day-two cross already on the record.
6. Murder Sheet, 2026-10-13 (25:49 to 40:13)
   Plays the interview where he denies knowing her
   Day five coverage of the body cam interview: Cesar Gutierrez, the SBI agent who conducted the September 16, 2021 interview, testifies, and the footage shows Salguero-Olivares denying he knew Faith Hedgepeth. The rest of the segment is cross-examination craft and fingerprint methodology.
   New angle: In the played interview, Salguero-Olivares denied knowing Faith Hedgepeth.
7. Dateline NBC, 2026-10-15 (14:58 to 25:19)
   Reports from week two of the Hedgepeth trial
   Dateline's producer reports from week two in Durham: the state's Bacardi-bottle and handwritten-note theory, the defense's attack on the DNA and scene handling, and Rosario's cross-examination about a possible blood smudge on her finger. A retelling that stays inside the trial's second week.