By Tammy Grubb tgrubb@newsobserver.com CHAPEL HILL Police say a judge has ordered 911 recordings sealed in the death of UNC-Chapel Hill stu- dent Faith Hedgepeth. Officers are treating Hedgepeth’s death as a homi- cide and have said the crime was not random. Police spokesman Sgt. Joshua Mecimore said the re- cordings and search warrants related to the homicide investigation have been sealed indefinitely to protect evidence. Police also have not released a cause of death, pending a Chapel Hill medical examiner’s report, he said. “It’s for accuracy and, right now, for investigative reasons,” Mecimore said. “There are details related to the inci- dent that only someone involved or in- vestigators may know.” Friends found Hedgepeth, 19, dead Friday in her apartment at Hawthorne on the View on Old Chapel Hill Road. The UNC junior was a biology major from Warrenton and a member of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe. Hundreds of students, family and friends met Monday night at the Pit on UNC-CH’s campus – the brick court- yard where students often gather – to remember Hedge- peth. Many questioned how someone could have killed the young woman, who planned to be a pediatrician or teacher in her small tribe of 4,000 members, most of whom live about 90 minutes northeast of Raleigh. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Bethel Baptist Church in Hollister. Hedgepeth will be buried in the church cemetery. Police are still seeking information. People can con- tact Crime Stoppers at 919-942-7515. Calls to Crime Stoppers are confidential and anonymous, and the cal- ler may be eligible for a cash reward up to $2,000. 911 call, warrants sealed in UNC student’s slaying Police: Judicial order protects evidence in Faith Hedgepeth’s death Hedgepeth
