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Adnan Syed: Innocent or Guilty?
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Adnan Syed: Innocent or Guilty?
By: Lorena Alvarez, Ruth Nicolalde, and Emily Leon
SUMMARY
01.13.99
January 13, 1999
Hae Min Lee goes missing
Adnan Syed has been found guilty for the murder of Hae Min Lee. However, we believe Adnan is innocent and wrongly accused of murder. We have reason to believe Jay and Jenn committed the murder of Hae Min Lee.
February 9, 1999
02.09.99
Hae Min Lee's body is found.
February 28, 1999
02.28.99
Our Stance
Adnan Syed is arrested and charged with first degree murder.
Innocence
The top reasons for Adnan's innocence.
Why Adnan didn't kill Hae
1
1
No physical evidence was linked to Hae's body to Adnan.
- Not even DNA testing was done at the time of the investgation.
2
2
Witness : Asia McClain
- Asia remembers talking to Adnan at the Woodlawn Public Library during the time when Hae was killed.
3
3
Jay's inconsistences
- It was suspicious considering that Jay did change many things about his story in the second trial.
What was Adnan doing?
- 7:45 to 10:45 PM - Classes.
- 10:45 AM - Adnan calls Jay and gives him his car.
- Adnan said him and Jay didn't go shopping. They went out to eat.
- 11:15 to 11:30 AM - Jay drops Adnan back at school.
- 2:15 to 3:30 PM - Adnan goes to the Woodlawn Public library to check his email. Asia starts talking to him.
- 3:30 to 4:30 or 5:00 - Track practice.
- Adnan said that he and Jay went to go eat somewhere and after smoke weed.
Adnan:-Timeline
Part 2
- 6:00 PM - Adnan and Jay go to Cathy's house.
- 6:07 to 6:24 PM - Officer Adcock calls Adnan to tell him that Hae is missing.
- 7:00 to 8:00 PM - Adnan goes home and gets food for his father at the mosque.
- 8:00 to 10:00 PM - Prayers at the mosque.
Part 2
Why/How Jay and Jenn Did It
Some argue that Jay and Jenn were the ones who actually killed Hae Min Lee.
Suspected Killers
Motive
Motive
Why would Jay and Jenn kill Hae?
- A popular theory on Reddit suggests that perhaps Jay and Jenn were together while Jay was with Stephanie
- Hae knew about it and no matter how much they begged, Stephanie was her best friend and had to tell her
- Jay had to do what ever it took to keep her quiet because he realized cheating on Stephanie was a mistake
- Jenn did it because she loved Jay and wanted to be with him, even if Stephanie was around
Cell Records
Cell Records
Jay could have known Adnan was going to give him his phone
- This makes Jay less suspicious in the eyes of the detectives, because he knows something that they did not know yet
- The caller (Jay) calls Jenn at her home and her pager more than any other person
Jenn Calls + Corresponding Locations
- L652A: Driving
- L688A: Driving
- L651C: Jenn's House
- L689A: Forest Park
- L651A: Woodlawn High School
- L653C: Hae's Car
- L653A:Hae's Body/Leakin Park
The Nisha Call
The Nisha Call
- Nisha testifies that she thought Jay and Adnan were at the video store, where Jay worked
- Jay was not working there at the time
- Adnan could have called her that day but Jay insisted that they call her afterwards (weeks after), when Jay works at the video store
- This could just be Nisha confused
or...
- Jay pretends to be Adnan then goes back to his regular voice and hangs up
EVENTS
- 10:45 AM - Adnan calls Jay to tell him he’ll pick him up.
- 12:43 PM- Adnan calls Jay. Jay says he can probably pick him up but he’s at Jenn’s right now and he is acting shady.
- 12:43 to 2:20 PM- Jay and Jenn talk about Hae, how she knows that they're in a secret relationship behind Stephanie’s back.
Timeline of Killers
Continued...
- 2:15 PM- School finishes
- 2:36 PM- Adnan uses the phone at the library to call Jay.
- Hae meets Jenn and Jay. They get into her car and have a conversation. They didn’t intend to kill Hae but if she released the secret, then they would kill her.
Continued...
Continued...
- 3:21 PM- Jenn and Jay put Hae’s body into the trunk of her own car. Jenn uses Adnan’s phone from Jay so she can call her brother to pick her up.
- Adnan gets picked up from track before it ends at 5. Him and Jay go to Cathy’s house to hang out. 6:24 PM is the call from the police that Adnan had.
Works Cited
- “Timelines: January 13, 1999.” Serial, WBEZ, serialpodcast.org/maps/timelines-january-13-1999.
- “Top 5 reasons Adnan is INNOCENT? • r/Serialpodcast.” Reddit, www.reddit.com/r/serialpodcast/comments/42ufgo/top_5_reasons_adnan_is_innocent/.
- “Maps, Documents, etc.” Serial, serialpodcast.org/season-one/maps.
- Dockterman, Eliana. “The Innocence Project talks Adnan Syed's case.” Time, Time, 19 Dec. 2014, time.com/3639655/serial-innocence-project-deirdre-enright/.
- Engel, Pamela. “Redditors Are Trying To Solve A Murder That's At The Center Of The Wildly Popular 'Serial' Podcast.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 12 Nov. 2014, www.businessinsider.com/the-best-theories-about-the-serial-podcast-2014-11.
- Khazan, Olga. “Nearly Half of All Murdered Women Are Killed by Romantic Partners.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 20 July 2017, www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/07/homicides-women/534306/.