Summer Maffett: Full Testimony of the Print Examiner on the Faith Hedgepeth Wine Bottle

One blue wine bottle, three prints worth comparing, and nine years between her first look and her last. Watch the State's print examiner walk the jury through all of it. Summer Maffett has spent her career at the North Carolina State Crime Lab reading the ridges of fingers and palms. In the Faith Hedgepeth murder trial in Durham County, the State called her to tell the jury whose prints are on the blue Riesling bottle. Faith was a 19-year-old UNC student when she was killed in her Chapel Hill apartment in September 2012. The defendant is on trial on the charges, and he is presumed innocent. Her testimony runs across Day 5 and Day 6, and this video is every minute of it the jury heard, the breaks taken out. Follow the years. In 2012 her lab finds ridge detail on a Bacardi bottle, but nothing anyone can compare. In 2014 the blue bottle arrives, and Faith and her roommate, Karena Rosario, are checked against it. In 2021 and again in 2023 the defendant's known prints reach her lab. Then watch the defense, Mr. Murphy, go after what was never photographed and what a print can never tell you. Twice the jury is sent out of the room, and you hear her answers while they were gone. Here is what I want you to sit with. She agreed there is no way to know when a print was left on an object, or in what order. One fingerprint on that bottle is still unidentified. The Bacardi bottle's ridge detail was never photographed, and she said, "There is a chance it could degrade over the years." So as you watch, ask yourself what a print on a bottle proves and what it leaves open. I'll tell you where I think she landed at the end, but we're not the jury. Only the jurors decide. --- WATCH WITH JUSTICE 0:00 What this video is, and a preview 0:18 Video starts: Who she is: the State's print examiner takes the stand 11:18 The slideshow: how she reads a fingerprint 24:33 What makes a print worth comparing: "There's not a numerical standard." 47:32 2012: the Bacardi bottle and its fragmentary ridge detail 1:09:40 2012: the bag, Faith's phone, its case and a flyer 1:19:21 2014: the blue Riesling bottle reaches her lab 1:26:33 Three prints of value on the bottle: one palm, two fingers 1:36:01 She compares the bottle's prints to Faith and Karena Rosario 1:45:29 2021: the defendant's known prints, and the palm print 1:58:16 Jury out: the defense attacks the "approved by" line 2:05:10 Jury back: the page comes in over the objection 2:12:46 Day 6: her opinion on the palm print, point by point 2:22:23 2023: new inked prints and the left thumb 2:45:45 She shows the jury where each print sits on the bottle 2:53:06 Cross: Mr. Murphy confronts her on what was never photographed 3:00:37 Jury out: the objection sustained, then the defense's offer of proof 3:03:26 Jury back: one fingerprint on the bottle is still unidentified 3:06:27 Faith's phone, a wine glass and a parking ticket 3:15:33 Redirect: the State's last questions, and her release 3:16:07 Who this witness helped: my scale --- CASE BACKGROUND REPORT: https://justiceisaprocess.com/nc-v-mi... Complete case overview including the charges, the timeline, the key players, and the legal questions this trial raises. State of North Carolina v. Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares. Durham County Superior Court, North Carolina, Judge Keith Gregory presiding. Salguero-Olivares is charged with first-degree murder in the 2012 death of Faith Hedgepeth, a 19-year-old UNC-Chapel Hill student, along with other charges. He has pleaded not guilty. Opening statements were heard on October 7, 2026. He is presumed innocent unless and until the State proves each charge beyond a reasonable doubt. LATEST ARTICLE: https://justiceisaprocess.com/desk-20... PLAYLISTS AND RESOURCES Website: https://justiceisaprocess.com/coverag... Full Trial Live Broadcasts:    • NC v. Miguel Salguero-Olivares: Full Trial...   No Breaks Edition:    • NC v. Miguel Salguero-Olivares: No Breaks ...   Trial Analysis Podcast:    • NC v. Miguel Salguero-Olivares: Case Story...   Key Moments and Testimony:    • NC v. Miguel Salguero-Olivares: Key Moment...   Commentary:    • NC v. Miguel Salguero-Olivares: Commentary   Subscribe for Daily Coverage:    / @justiceisaprocess   FAIR USE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE This content is produced under Fair Use (17 U.S.C. 107) for news reporting, criticism, and educational purposes. We provide transformative commentary on public court proceedings, advancing public understanding of the judicial process through timestamps, analysis, and educational context. #JusticeIsAProcess #FaithHedgepeth #SalgueroOlivares