Suspected killer of UNC student Faith Hedgepeth is arrested nine years later

Nine years after a student at the University of North Carolina was brutally raped and beaten to death, her suspected killer has been arrested.

Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares, 28, was arrested on Thursday and charged with first-degree murder in the 2012 slaying of 19-year-old Faith Hedgepeth in her Chapel Hill apartment. 

Details of the violent murder shocked the normally quiet college town, including the taunting note the killer scrawled on a fast-food bag and left next to Faith's body, reading: 'I'm not stupid b***h jealous'.

Salguero-Olivares was tied to the murder through a DNA match with evidence collected at the crime scene, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said at a press conference.

Police declined to comment on whether the suspected killer had any prior relationship with the victim, and also would not say whether Salguero-Olivares would be charged with sex crimes in addition to murder.

'Our agency has been committed to bringing justice to Faith and her family since the day of her murder, ' Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said. 

'Nine years and nine days ago tragedy struck our community,' Blue said. 'Police officers responded to a heartbreaking scene. One where a promising young life had ended way too soon.' 

'While today's arrest will not bring Faith back, we are not yet done getting answers for Faith's family,' Blue added, saying that the arrest of Salguero-Olivares marks the 'the next phase of this investigation.' 

Faith Danielle Hedgepeth was found dead inside her off-campus apartment on Friday, September 7, 2012.

Faith had won a scholarship to study biology to UNC Chapel Hill and initially planned on becoming a doctor.

However, she fell behind in her studies and changed her major in her sophomore year after losing financial aid, deciding to focus on becoming an elementary

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