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Story summary
- Miguel Salguero Olivares (defendant) is on trial in Durham, North Carolina for the 2012 murder of Faith Hedgepeth.
- Prosecution rested after nine days, 23 witnesses, including DNA and fingerprint experts.
- Defense began presenting its own witnesses in week four.
- Forensic scientist Erin Ermish testified DNA evidence cannot be proven with absolute certainty.
- DNA from Hedgepeth’s body was 170 septillion times more likely to match Salguero Olivares than an unknown individual.
