The Disappearance of Hae Min Lee Opening Statement We believe that Jay is guilty. In the next five minutes we will prove to you that Adnan is in fact innocent and why Jay should be in jail. Adnan was close friends with Jay’s girlfriend Stephanie which is what we believe Jay’s motive was to murder Hae. The court convicted Adnan of the murder with the motive of being jealous of Hae’s new relationship. We argue that the motive of jealousy was what made Jay kill Hae Min Lee. Evidence 1 One piece of evidence that supports this theory is the fact that Jay had Adnan’s phone. During the timeframe of the murder a number of calls were made from Adnan’s phone to different people. All these calls made were only to people that Jay knew himself. Jay was in possession of Adnan’s phone before, during and after the 21 minutes in which Hae was murdered. These calls were all in the area of the murder clearly shown by the cell phone tower map. Phone records show calls to and from Jen, one of Jays best friends from high school, who Adnan had only met once or twice whilst with Jay. It doesn’t add up that Adnan would call Jen more than once, before and after the murder if he didn’t know her. …show more content…
A main point of interest and something that Jay was incredibly inconsistent with, was the location where Adnan supposedly showed Jay the body. In his first interview Jay told the police that Adnan showed him Hae’s body at Edmondson Avenue. However, second interview he said that he saw the body in the Best Buy parking lot. If you were in this position, would you forget the place you saw a dead body? Another detail he repeatedly changed was when Adnan told Jay that he was going to kill Hae. The day changes from the day of the murder to 3 or 4 days earlier. In fact, just about the only consistent event that occurs in all of Jays different retellings of the day Hae was murdered was the ‘come and get me’ call from
Adnan Syed was a golden boy to people; he was smart and loved by everyone. He never thought he’d be convicted of his ex-girlfriend’s murder, neither did anyone else. In fact, when he first received a call from the cops regarding Hae’s disappearance he brushed it off, more scared at that fact that he was high on marijuana and talking to a police officer. He thought Hae had just ran off to California, just like everyone else. However, when they found her body in a park notorious for being a body dump his whole world turned upside down. Soon after this a friend of his, Jay, confessed to the police into helping Adnan with Hae’s murder which then put Adnan behind bars. However, was Jay’s testimony true? Unfortunately Adnan’s case has many flaws and lies to it, and the true answer still remains; is Adnan Syed actually innocent or guilty all along?
First and foremost, The state's prosecution stated that Adnan's motive for killing Hae was their break up. He was heartbroken
In the first version of his alibi he didn’t tell cops that he was with his friend Jen throughout the day and during the time Hae was killed but in the second version he did. He told the police that he indeed did go to the mall but told the cops two different malls, in the second version he says that him and Adnan meet at Security Square Mall and then leave to get high and while they’re gone Adnan supposedly makes the vicious act of murder. In the first version Jay said that he did not help Adnan bury Hae that all he did was bring shovels to make the burial easier, but in his second version he says he did help Adnan bury Hae. Jay told the cops that he had Jen take him to his work the day after the murder so he could throw out the clothes and boots he was wearing the day before. Adnan claimed that he did not know where Hae car was but when cops asked Jay if he knew where the car was he knew right away and led the cops to Hae’s
Adnan has a terrible alibi. He said he was a track after school, but there was time between track and when school ended. Adnan staged his alibi just as a real murder would. He planned out the amount of time it would take him to kill Hae and get to track practice(Koenig 1). Even if Adnan was at track, one of his friends said that he was running late(Koenig 1). The coach said he doesn’t even recall Adnan being at practice because
Is adnan syed guilty or innocent of the murder of hae min lee? Adnan was convicted guilty of the murder of hae by the jury. Also they said that his friend jay helped him with the murder and to bury the body at leakin Park. I believe adnan is innocent because he said it was an abnormal day and that he was at the library when she died.
It was Jay Wilds, Adnan’s acquaintance, that came forward and accused Adnan Syed of doing this crime. He gave all the information to police officials. He confessed that Adnan, strangled Hae, put her in the trunk of her own car, and drove to Best Buy to met him (Jay), and drove off to Leakin Park to bury Hae. He also confessed that he did indeed help Adnan bury Hae’s body. What people should know, is that Jay lies, and throughout this whole investigation, Jay’s story is always shifting. To better
Wilds, a former friend of Adnan Syed, claims that Adnan had killed Hae. Wild’s story goes as follows: On the day of Hae’s disappearance, Adnan gives Jay his phone and his car so Jay could pick him up after he had done the “deed”. Adnan was to ask Hae if he could have a ride home, since his car was broken down. Adnan calls after the murder has been committed for Jay to come pick him up at Best Buy, which Jay does. Jay and Adnan then proceed to drive around for a while before Jay returns Adnan back to track practice. After track practice, both people bury Hae in Leakin Park. There are many holes within Jay’s story. In fact, his story changes at least 6 times. Detectives taped two of Jay’s interviews out of four, stories told in these interviews do not match up. The most prominent lie Jay has told in his interviews is where Adnan had first revealed Hae’s body in the trunk of her car. The first time he says that this happened on Edmonson Avenue and the next time he says that it was at Best Buy. One interview Jay states that Westview mall was where him and Adnan went on January, 13; the next interview Jay claims they went to Security Square Mall. Wilds has also lied about his participation in Hae’s murder, at first he says he didn’t help Adnan bury Hae and he just dropped him off somewhere, but then he says he did help him with Hae’s
Imagine being in prison for 15 years, convicted for a murder that had extremely little physical and forensic evidence against you. This was one of the numerous holes and facts that Sarah Koenig discusses in Serial that doesn’t match up in the murder case of Hae Min Lee. On January 13th, 1999, a seventeen year old student in Baltimore, Hae, disappears after school one afternoon. Her body was found in Leakin Park on February 9th, 1999, and was manually strangled. Adnan Syed, her ex-boyfriend, was arrested and eventually convicted of murdering her. The unusual aspect about this murder case is that there are many holes in the story that doesn't make sense. There is not much physical and real evidence against Adnan, although more of, stories that former classmates and friends discuss
Koenig describes how the investigation was not done quite right. For instance, the map book that was in Hae’s car had a partial fingerprint of Adnan’s finger on it. But the investigators never looked for anyone else’s fingerprints. Or they pulled the phone tower records that went along with Jay’s inconsistent story. Even though those phone tower records went along better with Adnan’s story. If the investigators used those phone records to work with Adnan’s story, then Jay would be more of a suspect then Adnan. Those phone calls also show that only one call was made to Adnan’s friend, the rest were made to Jay’s friends. This would also make Jay more of a suspect, because it would show how Jay could be coercing with different people in order to execute the murder of Hae and then hide her body. But the one phone call to Adnan’s friend is suspicious too, it was too long to be an accidental butt dial, but if Adnan is innocent then there was no reason to call his friend out of the blue. Another crucial piece of evidence that might have been overlooked in the time line, it is thought that the murder was committed right after school in a 20 minute time period. These 20 minutes include getting out of school, driving to the Best Buy, killing Hae, call Jay, moving the body, and get to track practice. Koenig followed the timeline, and showed how it was not possible. The prosecution presented this timeline, but no official ever tested it out to see if it was possible. Retracing these steps could have changed the outcome of the
An innocent woman was murdered and now an innocent man will take the blame. Adnan Syed did not commit the murder of Hae Min Lee. Jay Wilds is lying about the fact that he saw and assisted Adnan in committing the murder. All of the facts presented point to the innocence of Adnan Syed.
Some people might argue that Jay was the murder and not Adnan and vice versa. Still to this day people don't know what exactly went on that day but Adnan has more evidence then Jay. This leads many people to believe that Adnan was the killer of hae’s death.
The story of serial narrated by Sarah Koenig is about a kid named Adnan Syed he was accused of a murder and he got a life sentence in jail. He said he was innocent but people didn't believe him. Adnan is a Muslim kid who got accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Jay wilds is a key witness who said he helped Adnan bury Hae’s body and Adnan told Jay he was going to kill Hae. This story is interesting because there are many people who think that Adnan would have never done something like that. I believe that Adnan Syed is Innocent of the murder of Hae Min Lee because a girl him a letter and it said he was in the library when Hae went missing.
Adnan is the real murderer of Hae. He is the murderer because Adnan told one thing to one officer then told another one something different, He told officer Adcock that the day she went missing he asked her for a ride, and that could have been an excuse to get into her car and kill her. Then, on page 2 of chapter 6 it states that Adnan told another officer that he did not ask her for a ride. This means that Adnan may have been trying to cover up the fact that he did ask her for a ride. This matters because why would he first say that he did ask her for a ride but then later say that he did not, What was he trying to hide if there should not be anything to hide.
Our memory tends to change effortlessly because it receives information frequently. Accordingly, Jay’s memory of the events alters in a normal manner, but Adnan is constant throughout all of his interviews. There’s no way that someone can remember something without even a small change. He’s thought to have planned the murder, so he must’ve also planned a story to tell the police if he was caught. Jay had criminal history which could’ve made him the perfect scapegoat. Adnan made Jay an associate to murder for the purpose to draw all the attention onto him. Furthermore, if he wasn’t guilty why didn’t anyone testify in his favor? In episode 1, Asia reported that she and two friends were at the library the moment Adnan was there. He must’ve given these students a reason to not confess the truth. It was extremely strange that an anonymous caller told the police to question the ex-boyfriend and he’s been with Hae at Leakin’ Park before. Adnan told the police he wouldn’t have a reason to ever go to Leakin’ Park because of the
First of all, Adnan had an alibi and a witness to confirm this alibi, Asia. There were letters found, written by Asia, that said she had seen Adnan in the library at the time of Hai's murder. However, this evidence was not used during the trial to help Adnan's case. Later on when Sarah Koenig contacted Asia she was informed that Asia and Adnan had actually had a brief conversation the day she saw him in the library.