Faith Hedgepeth Murder Trial: Jury Hears Friend's 2012 Tape About the Roommate's Red Smudge | Pt 6

Jordan McCrary picked up Faith Hedgepeth's roommate around 4 a.m. Seconds into the drive, he tells the jury, Karena Rosario said she didn't know why there was blood on her finger. He saw "a little smudge spot." "It looked red." Then the jurors hear him describe the same smudge to police in 2012. This is State of North Carolina v. Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares, the Faith Hedgepeth murder trial in Durham County Superior Court before Judge Keith Gregory. Faith, a 19-year-old UNC student, was killed in September 2012. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is presumed innocent. Part 6 runs from the morning recess to lunch on Day 2: Ervin Mitchell, security at The Thrill, and State's Exhibit 23, the bar's surveillance video; then McCrary, State's Exhibit 24, his 2012 police interview, and a short defense cross. Here is what I want you to weigh. Karena has told this jury, "Do I believe it was blood? No." The defense told jurors in its opening that a blood drip on a bathroom door frame was swabbed and "the swab never gets tested." Neither Karena nor McCrary is charged with anything. The State's opening said Karena was "there without a ride" that morning; on the stand and on his 2012 tape, McCrary says she told him Faith "was gonna come." And that tape reached the jury cut down. Side by side, what do you make of it? --- WATCH WITH JUSTICE 0:00:00 What this video is, and a preview 0:00:18 Intro 0:01:18 to 0:04:34 - Video starts: Back from the morning recess, the State calls Ervin "Mitch" Mitchell, security at The Thrill. 0:04:34 to 0:14:46 - Faith and Karena: "whenever you saw one, you saw the other." That night, Karena "did have a few." 0:14:46 to 0:17:30 - He helped Chapel Hill police with the surveillance, then was questioned "as if I was like involved." 0:17:30 to 0:23:59 - State's Exhibit 23, The Thrill's surveillance video, admitted for illustrative purposes and played. 0:23:59 to 0:28:21 - Closing time on camera: he points out Karena, then Faith, at a timestamp of 2:07 a.m. 0:28:21 to 0:30:16 - Does he know the defendant? "I do not." Only "through what has been said online." 0:30:16 to 0:35:51 - The State calls Jordan McCrary, "on and off" with Karena. 0:35:51 to 0:40:39 - The Thrill, home "with a movie on," then her call around 4 a.m.: "please come." 0:40:39 to 0:42:33 - In his car: "she doesn't know why there's blood on her finger." "It looked red." 0:42:33 to 0:45:03 - Back at his place. In the morning, he says, Faith "was gonna come pick her up." 0:45:03 to 0:49:49 - The text in class that Faith was dead, the police, and "blood everywhere." 0:49:49 to 0:52:36 - State's Exhibit 24, his 2012 police interview, with portions cut out, accepted for illustrative purposes. 0:52:36 to 0:59:45 - The 2012 tape plays for the jury. 0:59:45 to 1:05:30 - On the tape: "a small smudge of blood," seen when the car light came on. "Not much at all." 1:05:30 to 1:10:14 - On the tape: Faith "was gonna come" for her. What time? "I don't know." Then: "Faith is dead." 1:10:14 to 1:11:46 - His phone and his DNA. Does he know the defendant? "No." 1:11:46 to 1:16:18 - The defense cross: a tube top search, a voicemail to police. "Has anything in your mind changed?" "No." 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